What is your area of research? I am a Ph.D. candidate in English with minor fields in feminist, gender, and sexuality studies and science and technology studies. My research seeks to help develop a vocabulary for discussing race in texts from Renaissance England. This project is tricky because much of what we know and think…

What is your area of research? I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology and I am currently writing my dissertation. My work is concerned with the ways art, media, and performance are used by marginalized communities to make meaning in the world and how the arts are used to illuminate disenfranchised voices.…

What is your area of research?  In general, my area of research concerns cognitive theory and neuroscience, with a specific focus on neuroeconomics and decision-making. Currently, my immediate work focuses on the decision-making and perception of risks within the context of sports, as well as the cognitive and neural effects of concussive and sub-concussive injuries.…

What is your area of research?   As a Ph.D. candidate in fiber science and apparel design, my research explores the intersections of fashion and agriculture in New York. I focused on learning about the farm-to-fashion value chain as part of slow fashion in New York. Slow fashion is part of the broader slow food movement…

What is your area of research?  My primary focus is on analyzing the social and ethical consequences of algorithms. I work to understand how the rising presence of algorithms in our lives—in such diverse realms as hiring, criminal justice, and online interactions—presents both opportunities and challenges as we strive for a fair and free society.…

What is your area of research? Why is this research important?  I am a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in sociology studying race, policing, and inequality. My dissertation research explores two critical constraints on police behavior using an organizational, employer-employee perspective: police union contracts and copwatching networks. First, I examine how the collective-bargaining table is an important,…

What is your area of emphasis? As a postdoctoral scholar supported by the National Science Foundation, my work builds upon the field of household finance. Under the supervision of Vicki Bogan, my current work examines the link between household financial status and health. My doctoral training was in economics. The title of my dissertation was “Essays on…

What is your area of research? I am a third-year Ph.D. student in city and regional planning. My research agenda focuses on how communities can improve shoreline resilience amid the challenges of youth out-migration and the governmental devolution of risk management. Despite advancements in technology and knowledge, implementation of best practices, and the emergence of…

Sarah Lower is featured as part of Cornell’s Postdoc Appreciation Week 2017. What is your area of emphasis? Why is this work important?  I study short repetitive DNA sequences, called satellite DNA, that make up a substantial portion of most genomes, including ours. Satellites show a lot of variation in both their DNA sequence and…

John J. Michael is featured as part of Cornell’s Postdoc Appreciation Week 2017.  What is your area of emphasis? Why is this work important? I’m a teaching postdoc and my work focuses on implementing teaching techniques that promote active learning in both small (~20 students) and large (~450 students) classes. One technique that I use extensively…