Hello! I have now been in Croatia for two months and so far I am loving the city of Dubrovnik and my new everyday life here. The food is fantastic and it has been such a privilege to explore the Old Town of Dubrovnik and its history without the large crowd of tourists that arrive…
Tag: Spring 2022
CUTF and Readings In Contemporary Fiction: The Power of An Idea
Over the past semester, my experience teaching in Readings In Contemporary Fiction has transformed my outlook as both a student and aspiring educator. Going into this experience (especially from a student perspective), I already knew I wanted my teaching to be student-focused. The syllabus itself reflected my goals; I chose readings that were targeted at…
A River Never Truly Flows in One Direction, Reflections on a Chancellors Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship
Teaching, much like learning, is a process that takes time and iteration, adjustment and patience. It’s about developing tools and implementing them only to find that the tools themselves need to be adjusted. Sometimes the goal isn’t even the completion of the task, or even conveying a message, but rather developing a method for how…
Wrapping Up the CUTF: Reflecting on a Case Study Semester
With less than two weeks remaining in the Spring 2022 semester, my project mentor, Dr. Scott Nelson, and I are wrapping up the UHC Organic Chemistry II Case Study Supplement and working with students to prepare for their final examination. We are also reflecting on the integration of the Case Study Supplement with the course…
CRF #3 : My Research Network
I have previously completed a directed study and research fellowship with the School of Social Work’s Pittsburgh Wage Study. Throughout this study experience, I learned a lot about the technical skills in qualitative studies- surveying, interviewing, memos, transcription and coding. This was my first research experience and it was an incredible experience. I made some…
Teaching as Learning: Patchworked Aspirations
Pieces of work aren’t always about perfection—sometimes, they’re about practice, problem-solving, and learning the processes. Before this experience, I understood teaching as something instructors did to convey information. My previous understanding was two-dimensional and lackluster. After spending more time analyzing Dr. Lotz’s teaching style, diagnosing my own, and putting together a lesson plan for a…
CURF Post #3: How I Now Define Corruption
I found beginning research to be very difficult. The first few weeks, I found the balance between academics, research, and extracurricular activities to put a strain on my workflow. I also struggled knowing where to start. The idea of corruption proved to be enormous, and nearly impossible to study because of the vastness of the…
CURF 3: Reflection on Research
Almost an entire year has passed since I officially started conducting research under Dr. Hong, and both of the fellowship programs I have received are continuously changing my perception of research. When I first began my research experience, I saw research as a STEM-dominated practice that involved experimentation in the physical sciences; however, the opportunity…
CURF #3: End of the semester!
When I first started at Dr Kuwajima’s lab, I had a basic understanding of what Dr Kuwajima’s research entailed. Before joining his lab, I emailed a few other researchers whose research I was interested in, so I had a basic understanding of what they were all researching, and I feel like this is an important…
CURF #3: Reflection on Research
At the beginning of the semester and further back in 2020, I had a limited understanding of what the research process was like. I had assumed that research was formulating a hypothesis and experiment, and then performing the experiment to see if the results would align with your hypothesis. While generally, this may be true…