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Aiming to be the first person in her family to complete a PhD, Julia Hall's research is uncovering how the pandemic affected child development. "For children, who grow so rapidly and have sensitive periods of development, the pandemic disrupted their daily lives to an extent that hasn't really been seen before or researched before." After finishing her Master of Psychology, Julia seized the chance to start a PhD in Education, combining psychology practice and research to help more people at different scales. "If you're going into practice, you're looking to impact your community in the area you live. But if you go into academia, you're looking to impact the whole community.” Learn more about her life as a graduate researcher at our Faculty of Education → unimelb.me/3x3Sayw

Hoping to become the first person in her family to complete a PhD, Julia Hall's research is uncovering how the pandemic affected child development. "For children, who grow so rapidly and have sensitive periods of development, the pandemic disrupted their daily lives to an extent that hasn't really been seen before or researched before." After finishing her Master of Psychology, Julia seized the chance to start a PhD in Education, combining psychology practice and research to help more people at different scales. "If you're going into practice, you're looking to impact your community in the area you live. But if you go into academia, you're looking to impact the whole community." Learn more about her life as a graduate researcher with The Faculty of Education at The University of Melbourne → unimelb.me/3x3Sayw

SMU’s College of Integrative Studies (CIS) is leading the way in breaking the mould in higher education, helping students to identify their passion and mission, and guiding them to develop their own individualised majors in pursuit of their passion. The Bachelor of Integrative Studies intentionally helps students to take an integrative interdisciplinary lens in addressing some of the world’s challenges. Interested in making the world a better place for seniors? Develop your own major in “Sustainable ageing”. Keen to contribute to lifting the lot of the disadvantaged? What about a major in “Social mobility” that helps students understand sociology, psychology, public policy, economics, legal and regulatory frameworks, historical context, and digital divides? And the list goes on - there can be as many majors as there are students in CIS! Another innovation from SMU!

Dr. Jocelyn Dautel from QUB School of Psychology and Dr. Bethany Corbett from Ulster University are investigating how polarization persists among young people in the historically divided society of Northern Ireland. Watch the full Stories of Impact video to learn: ➡️ How differences in systematic exposure to historical narrative may "create fertile grounds for polarization" among young people in the region. ➡️ How epistemic vigilance - a skillset akin to critical thinking - may help foster knowledge and reduce polarization for this and other divided societies. ➡️ Insights from participants in an innovative program called "Shared Education," a curriculum that brings students from a Catholic school and a Protestant school together to learn alongside and about each other. ▶️ https://lnkd.in/eu6cMdaA

🎓 On Saturday, I graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in History and Politics. I am particularly proud of my thesis, where I explored sexual violence through the lens of Foucault's theories in Discipline and Punish, examining it as a disciplining mechanism. This research provided me with a profound theoretical perspective on a very real and pressing issue, enriching my work at It Happens Here. I am excited to apply this knowledge and perspective in my future endeavors and contribute to meaningful change. #Graduation #OxfordUniversity #HistoryAndPolitics #Thesis

Friends and Colleagues, please consider sharing the dissertation research survey with students and higher education professionals for one of my dearest friends, Kim Kushner, M.S., PMP. Kim is a doctoral student in the School of Education, Social Work, and Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). Her research study focuses on the factors that influence Jewish undergraduate students' sense of belonging in U.S. higher education. For more information and a link to the research study survey, please go to https:/https://lnkd.in/gdS6Y98z #highereducation #dissertationresearch

Interesting NYT OpEd from Stanford University on DEI at US universities. They are proposing an alternative: “American campuses need an alternative to ideological D.E.I. programs. They need programs that foster a sense of belonging and engagement for students of diverse backgrounds, religious beliefs and political views without subverting their schools’ educational missions. Such programs should be based on a pluralistic vision of the university community combined with its commitments to academic freedom and critical inquiry.” Worth a read! Makes pretty much sense to me. How would this translate to universities outside the US. Or to the corporate world? https://lnkd.in/eQnbVGeJ

NEWS: New Associate of Arts in Behavioral Sciences degree set for a Fall 2024 start. This degree provides an in-depth understanding of human behavior and the underlying psychological and social mechanisms that drive it. Details in the article. #DiscoverYou

New research note of interest to those teaching #race classes in the social sciences! We find that #reverseracism is not the primary framework through which white undergrads at a regional PWI interpret their negative classroom experiences. Instead, they position themselves as silenced in these settings. In building their narrative that their whiteness makes them ineligible to participate in class, they draw on (1) *hypothetical* scenarios involving explosive professors and students of color and (2) the idea that race classes are simply spaces to be exposed to "different perspectives" Focusing on their affective experiences—the awkward or tense vibes, the feeling of being watched, the fear of an outburst, the discomfort in commenting on racism when you don't experience it—white students can maneuver into passivity and the periphery of the classroom, rather than active engagement. They can then frame their experience in the classroom as externally enforced. My amazing University of Massachusetts Lowell students Carley Bennet, Nick Rizzo, and Breanny Guerrero did such great work on this!