WINTER QUARTER

My research work with Dr. Lang began this quarter. She was working on a project that explored how American NGOs mobilized, or did not mobilize in response to the Dobbs decision. My work with her involved data collection and analyses of the social media presence of pro-life and pro-choice women’s organizations that were active during and after the Dobbs decision. We met weekly in her office in Thomson hall, and while we mostly talked about our research, we also discussed world politics, events on campus, and how to keep your sanity when caring about international affairs during these times. My relationship with her added nuance to my understanding of politics, and forced me to question what I took to be true. It also is an example of Experiential Learning/Fieldwork, given that I was able to apply the lessons I had learned in Dr. Lang's class and my JSIS coursework as a whole. 

This quarter, I also started an internship with ASUW’s Gender Equity Commission, which was my first real insight into UW student government. I learned a lot about the tension between certain ASUW offices, the qualms that the GEC director had with the bureaucratic red tape of the ASUW machine, and also got to learn a lot about the work GEC has historically done.