GLOBAL-LOCAL ENGAGEMENT PLAN
GLOBAL-LOCAL ENGAGEMENT PLAN
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Identifying my global-local engagement component related to my animating question.
SUMMER 2024
SUMMER 2024
Organization: Carnegie Mellon's Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Position/Role: Undergraduate Research Intern
Time Frame: 10-weeks during Summer 2024; work extended for Fall 2024
I'm fortunate to be accepted into Carnegie Mellon's Human-Computer Interaction Insitute's Summer Undergraduate Research Program (CMU HCII). Human-computer interaction is a field I want to explore because of the multidisciplinary focus it has on bridging technology and humans to benefit one another. I'm researching with Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, Carl C. Hayness-Magyar, and his work on Codespec, a self-directed learning environment for computer programming practice that scaffolds the development of programming skills. Codespec aims to support learners, instructors, and researchers by providing help-seeking features, generating multimodal learning analytics, and cultivating IDEAS+: inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility, sexual orientation, gender awareness, and justice.
My Research Poster for HCII REU
My Research Poster for HCII REU
Recap Presentation
Recap Presentation
HCII SUMMER REU 2024.pdfA side quest I did during the summer was to put together a Summer Recap presentation that is played during our poster presentations. I also took some of these photos with my digi. This just showcases how much fun I had for the summer with my REU cohort – people who come from different educational backgrounds and experiences but working with HCI in mind.
Other Global-Local Engagements
Other Global-Local Engagements
It's important to highlight other engagements that have contributed to my understanding of the pathway and how it contributes to The Work I want to pursue. Anything underlined is hyperlinks that you can get more information on! Here's a few I decided to highlight :)
Morton Schapiro Northwestern Academy for Chicago Public Schools is a college-prep program hosted by Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy (SESP). As a scholar in the program during high school, I return back as an alumn during the Summer 2023 & Summer 2024 terms. I learned how to develop curriculum and provided academic and college support to 65+ BIPOC & FGLI (first generation, low-income) students from Chicago Public Schools!
During Spring Break 2024, I attended my first hackathon: The Hack for Accessibility Hackathon/Ideathon. It is hosted by Code Your Dreams and Deaf Kids Code, sponsored by Fetch, ISACA Chicago Chapter, GitHub, and Discovery Partners Institute at the Google Chicago office. I intersected everything I know through this event from my academic interests and extracurricular passions relating to DEI & to address accessibility and inclusivity through technology.
As one of the Co-Chairs for Asian Students in Action (ASIA), our Executive Board revamped ConversASIANS for Asian American Pacific Islander Month, which focuses on having a space for Asian-identifying students to discuss cultural, political, social, and academic issues that concern Asian-identifying students. One of the topics we facilitated is Asian Activism. We partnered with the Center for the Critical Study of Race & Ethnicity and Race & Ethnicity Programs, along with other student organizations.
Click here to read an article published by The College Voice!
Race & Ethnicity Programs
Race & Ethnicity Programs
During the 2022-2023 Academic Year, I was a Community Engagement Communications & Marketing Fellow for Race & Ethnicity Programs, where my job is to promote programming and events from the Division of Institutional Equity and Inclusion. I had to analyze data from subscribers from our newsletters and from our social media pages. Institutional work is important to me and I believe every student must take advantage of those resources, especially with the focus of DEI work.
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