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Category Archives: Research & Experiences
I’m Published!
It finally happened! As many of you know, I worked on the first ever count of homeless youth in Washington, DC last year. Due to a long string of unfortunate incidents in the nonprofit world & DC politics, the report didn’t get published until after I started my PhD studies. Unfortunately, it didn’t have my…
Everything Has Its Purpose
So this summer, I’ve been working for a local nonprofit that does community organizing*. I’m basically the admin assistant, so I don’t get to do any organizing, but I’ve learned a lot anyway. And fortunately, they also let me sit in on a training they just had! I didn’t get to keep a manual (none…
Recap: Summer School on Socioeconomic Inequality #sssi12
Last month, I attended the first ever Summer School on Socioeconomic Inequality at the University of Chicago. World renowned scholars Steven Durlauf & James Heckman pulled together 30 up & coming scholars (mostly economists) from around the world to listen & engage around socioeconomic inequality. The goal of the program was to show the gang how to apply economic tools to issues of…
#PhDorBust Update – Jan-Mar 2012
So I’ve decided that, since I (technically) split my blog, I would start posting monthly academic updates directly here. Of course, I decided this at a random and awkward time, so I’m doing a triple for this month’s recap. Let’s see what I remember (and yes, there are tense switches. Sue me.) Jan 3: School…
doctoral hateration…
my field consultant (fc) just asked me to consider dropping out of my #phd program b/c of this morning’s date mixup fiasco. apparently i offended the secretary of the organization by being upset about having the wrong date. and this, plus the health issues i had last year (which are no longer a problem) is…
DC ALLIANCE OF YOUTH ADVOCATES RELEASE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS STUDY
YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!! I helped write this! GET IT HERE ~> DC Youth Homelessness Report FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 5, 2011 Contact: Katherine Morrison Tel. 202.587.0616 Email: katherine@dc-aya.org DC ALLIANCE OF YOUTH ADVOCATES RELEASE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS STUDY WASHINGTON, D.C.- The DC Alliance of Youth Advocates (DCAYA), a coalition of more than 120 youth serving organizations, today released…
but how will they know?
today i’m reading an article on the “proper” use of youth voice in educational settings. rodriguez & brown argue that the very marginalized youth who are supposed to learn to effect systemic change by speaking up are silenced by the researchers who are supposed to be helping them develop and utilize their voices. i’m not…
Update on the #DCYouthCount & #Nephew
We have prelim results!!! We’re also very proud to have been selected to participate in the Conference on Emerging Adulthood! I’m not sure how this will work out with my semester schedule & finances yet, but it looks like Maggie & I are… Y’all may or may not know this, but Jeffrey Jenson Arnett is…