Kate Starbird is spinning up a long term study on the aftermath of Maria in Puerto Rico. We greatly appreciate if you would share this call with those who might be interested. Thanks!
HCDE Asst. Professor Kate Starbird is seeking a few students to join a Winter Quarter Directed Research Group (research for credit) looking at the impact of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Ricans. Particularly, we are looking for students who can help with qualitative analysis of Spanish language social media and/or have contextual knowledge of Puerto Rico. Students from all departments and all levels are welcome to apply.
If you are
- fully bilingual and/or culturally fluent in contemporary Puerto Rican culture
- have some interest in qualitative analysis of large scale social media data sets and/or want to do research to help people in crisis
- can commit 6 hours of work per week (3 credit hours) for Winter Quarter
please drop a line to ddailey@uw.edu expressing your interest and relevant background.