Originally, I had a preconceived notion that equity and inclusion are addressed primarily through humanities and sometimes social sciences, much less in my field, STEM. However, after beginning this summer’s work, I discovered that I was sorely mistaken. As such, one of the main goals I made for myself this summer concerning interdisciplinary research was…
Category: Community Research Fellowship
Meandering Growth: My Experience
Turns out, research is not exactly what I thought it to be. While some parts of the process did meet my expectations (the frustrations, grammar checks, meetings, etc.), there were moments that changed my understanding of conducting research. The first realization I made was the value in having someone to contact for a specific issue. …
Summarizing My Summer: CRF 2021 Results and Reflections
Over the course of this summer, I am happy to report that my research led to some very interesting conclusions about video resources and the video resource creation process. By the end date of the Community Research Fellowship, I had published four videos to the private YouTube channel I was using to collect feedback. In…
Community Research Fellowship Reflections
Something that has really resonated with me since arriving in Pittsburgh, but particularly this summer, is how deeply people care for the Pittsburgh community. Community members constantly strive to work toward a happy, healthy, and equitable Pittsburgh. Meeting so many people engaged in local communities has been one of the most valuable experiences of this…
A Neuroscientist, Data Scientist, and Three Undergrads Log onto a Zoom Call: Crossing Boundaries With Interdisciplinary Research
When I first learned about the idea of community research, my initial understanding was that a summer fellowship in this field meant undergoing an intensive study of Pittsburgh history. While a project like this would no doubt be the recipe for a summer well spent, under the guidance of the amazing faculty at the Pitt…
Navigating Networks
I began this summer with two goals: learn a coding language and use it to explore satellite data. The research opportunity I have this summer with the Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory and Community Research Fellowship have been extremely supportive in helping me attain these goals. In particular, the research done by my advisor, Dr. John Gardner,…
Research & Collaboration
Hi Everyone, As we enter the last three weeks of this project, I’ve been reflecting on how much I’ve learned from the Community Research Fellowship, and how many people have worked tirelessly to make that possible. As I mentioned in a previous blog post, there are so many components to making a project run smoothly,…
Communicating My Research
Equity in education is necessary for all students regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, and age to succeed. However, educational equity does not exist in today’s society. Since the 1980s, socioeconomic segregation for black students in schools has been increasing, contributing to inequity for these students (Orfield). I am researching…
Looking Ahead: Communicating Research
Hi everyone! I can’t believe we’re entering the ninth week of the community research fellowship already. I’ve learned so much over the past couple months, but it’s also been flying by! One of the things that I’ve learned over the last few weeks of working on this project is that the key to changemaking is…
Communicating My Results to a Diverse Audience
By: Tony Robol The objective of my summer project is to create a manual to better help high schoolers gain early exposure to the field of data science through the annual Pittsburgh Data Jam competition. My final manual will contain not only every detail and point of emphasis needed to conduct a high-level Data Jam…