Through the fellowship I have learned valuable lessons about both the research process and from my cohort and peer researchers that have given me a new perspective on research as a whole. Though I came into the fellowship with a clear understanding of linguistic research I have come to better understand different field’s ways of…
Author: Sarah Moore
Communicating Ideas Across Disciplines: The Importance of Being Understood by All
Though I have specifically targeted my research at the college student population for its implications between student mental health and pro-social behavior, my study on how our definitions of nice and kind effect how we act and the type of social environment that this creates can be applied to any person regardless of age or…
Ingenuity through Interdisciplinarity
One of the key tenets of the Brackenridge Fellowship is interdisciplinarity, relating students from different fields and connecting their various ways of study to one another in order to create a supportive and diverse community of researchers. Since applying I have looked at this integrative setting as an ideal place to conduct research and have…
An Introduction to Me and My Research: Getting to know Sarah Moore and the Semantics of Nice and Kind
1. This summer I am excited to be conducting research entitled, A Call to Positivity: Understanding the Difference Between Nice and Kind and Implications for Building Inclusive Campus Environments, which will explore the semantic nuances between the words nice and kind and their influence over our actions. My research will investigate how college students define…