Teresa is a first year Master’s student studying Information Science at the School of Information and Library Science. She is also a Graduate Research Assistant for the Initiative for Minority Excellence. What made you decide to pursue a graduate degree? … Read more
Autumn McClellan has been part of the Carolina family for nine years, during which she earned her Master’s and PhD from the Sociology Department. She recently defended her dissertation – “Social Psychological Influences on Participation in Online Collective Actions” – … Read more
Juanita Limas is a 2nd year PhD student in the Department of Pharmacology. Her research focuses on cell cycle regulation, in particular, elucidating the mechanisms of oncogene-induced DNA replication stress. 1. What made you decide to pursue a graduate degree? My … Read more
Joanna Ramirez is a first-year Master’s student in the Health Behavior Department in the Gillings School of Global Public Health. She is also the new Graduate Assistant for the Carolina Grad Student F1RSTS. What made you decide to pursue … Read more
Kathy Do is a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. Her research focuses on how brain development and social processes contribute to behavior change during adolescence. What made you decide to pursue a graduate degree? … Read more
Michael Strayer is a fourth year Ph.D. student in the mathematics department. He works under Robert Proctor in the area of combinatorial Lie theory. 1) What made you decide to pursue a graduate degree? I have always loved math and … Read more
Charlotte Leitch is in the first year of the MS in Library Science in the School of Information and Library Science. She is also a staff member in the UNC Writing and Learning Center. 1. What made you decide to … Read more
Joseph Leshin is a second-year doctoral student in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, studying the brain basis of human emotion to investigate why and how there is tremendous variability in how each of us experiences emotions. 1. What made you decide to … Read more
Sarah Ruth Hoffman is a fourth year doctoral student in Epidemiology at the Gillings School of Global Public Health. 1. What made you decide to pursue a graduate degree? I noticed that I was leaving undergrad with deeper questions about my field … Read more
Adante Hart is in the first year of the Master of Public Health program in Nutrition-Registered Dietitian training (MPH-RD) at the Gillings School of Global Public Health. 1. What made you decide to pursue a graduate degree? Although I earned … Read more
