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Meet Krista Craven
Jan. 30, 2015—In my application to Vanderbilt, I outlined my interest in utilizing a less conventional approach to research, known as participatory action research (PAR). PAR involves elucidating the main issues that are of relevance to a particular group or community through dialogue and collaborative data collection and analysis, and then creating and implementing a plan of...
Meet Caree Banton
Jan. 16, 2015—Growing up as a Caribbean immigrant in the US, history gave me a way to find my identity and orientation within the scope of humanity. Though my parents wanted me to study computer science in order to find a lucrative career, my passion has always been and always will be history. While at Vanderbilt, my...
Meet Andrew Greer
Nov. 14, 2014—While at Vanderbilt I focused my dissertation on the effectiveness and efficiency of homelessness prevention in California and New York. The evaluation work I am doing now at Westat is a logical continuation of that. For example, I build statistical models to evaluate whether homelessness services affect a variety of outcomes. Compared to my program,...