I have been feeling a little down on myself lately, trying to figure out what the heck it is I should be doing with my fellowship this year. So so so many possibilities, and so little time to narrow it down, put it into action, and have it be relevant to anyone besides myself. I …
This is just to document how much of a geek I really am. Today, while flipping through the chapter on qualitative data analysis in Qualitative Methods in Public Health: A Field Guide for Applied Research, my heart actually started beating faster. Yep, in anticipation of learning how to properly analyze qualitative data. Somehow during grad school, …
Our orientation came to a close last Thursday in Berlin, although my attention span dropped off about a week earlier. Even so, it was totally fantastic. I learned a lot from the speakers we listened to, but I learned even more from the 30 people I spent every day (and many evenings) with. Spending time …
My feet are aching from tromping around the Reichstag, where Germany’s Parliament (Bundestag) is housed. We spent the day there talking with members of all the different political parties (there are currently five which hold seats in the Parliament) and sitting in on the Parliament in session. It was definitely worth the aching feet. What …