Archives: Spotlights
Student Spotlight: Stephen Kim

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…
Student Spotlight: Elena Guzman

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…
Student Spotlight: David Garavito

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…
Student Spotlight: Helen Trejo

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…
Student Spotlight: Manish Raghavan

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…
Student Spotlight: Theresa Rocha Beardall

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…
Postdoc Spotlight: Jermaine Toney

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…
Student Spotlight: Jared Enriquez

Jared Enriquez is a doctoral student in city and regional planning from San Antonio, Texas. After earning his undergraduate degree at Yale College, he chose to pursue further study at…
Postdoc Spotlight: Sarah Lower

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…
Postdoc Spotlight: John J. Michael

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…