This past semester, I took a seminar in the honors college that focused on fundamentals of research and how to communicate findings. During this seminar, I learned the value of thought-out research communication and how to overcome some of the barriers that may hinder the effectiveness of this communication. It is a considerable task to…
Category: Research Scholarship
Explaining Subconscious Gender Bias
One of the most important findings regarding the Glass Cliff is that people respond differently to its impact, causes, and very existence based on their own personal backgrounds and beliefs. For instance, studies show that women are much more likely to acknowledge pernicious causes of the phenomenon, whereas men are likely to blame benign causes…
The Necessity of Equitable Access to Powerful Data
This summer, I’ve embarked on an interesting journey to learn the true extent to which data drives community outreach and intervention. This tool embodies the intersection of politics and data, and represents the coordinated efforts of many prominent community stakeholders. Throughout the process of developing and eventually launching this new version of the Food Abundance…
On the Edge of the Glass Cliff
Although I have been interested in gender equality and learning about the causes of gender discrimination my entire life, I have always mainly focused on external factors that have caused such a disparity in the number of women and men in top leadership roles in this country. I have also generally focused on corporate America….
The Future of Food: Building Resilient Food Systems (Introduction)
Background My name is Alex Firestine, and I’m a rising sophomore from Montgomery County, Maryland, which is about half an hour outside of Washington D.C. I’m pursuing a double degree in Finance and Political Science, with a minor in Economics and two certificates: one in Leadership & Ethics and the other in Business Analytics. My…
Introduction
Hello! My name is Meg Anderson and I just finished up my Freshman year at Pitt in the business school. I grew up in Murrysville, PA, which is about a half hour east of Pittsburgh. I loved going to the city and surrounding neighborhoods all throughout my childhood and fell in love with Oakland and…