Archives: Spotlights
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…
Postdoc Spotlight: Seçil Yilmaz
Seçil Yilmaz is featured as part of Cornell’s Postdoc Appreciation Week 2017. What is your area of emphasis? Why is this work important? My research concentrates on the history of…
Postdoc Spotlight: Ana Maria Porras
Ana Maria Porras is featured as part of Cornell’s Postdoc Appreciation Week 2017. What is your area of emphasis? Why is this work important? I work with Dr. Ilana Brito…
Postdoc Spotlight: Justin Richardson
Justin Richardson is featured as part of Cornell’s Postdoc Appreciation Week 2017. What is your area of emphasis? Why is this work important? I am a low-temperature geochemist, focusing primarily…
Student Spotlight: Mark W. Deets
What is your area of research? I study modern African history, focused on colonial and postcolonial (i.e. after 1850) Senegambia. My research studies the ways that people from Senegal’s Casamance…
Student Spotlight: Allison Truhlar
June 2, 2017 What is your area of research? I’ve pursued multiple lines of research while at Cornell. In my discipline, I study E. coli adaptations for survival in agricultural soil, as…