Get To Know Me: Kaitlin

Hi everyone, my name is Kaitlin and I'm a second year MI student concentrated in User Experience Design. 

A bit about my research background, I've previous has experience doing quantitative research as a part of my undergrad thesis. My research was focused on colon cancer risk factors, specifically I studied the relationship between bulky DNA adducts and LINE-1 DNA methylation. 

I'm really excited to broaden my knowledge of qualitative research methods as this is an area I'm not familiar with (at all!). 

That's it in regards to me, I'm looking forward to getting to know you all over the following weeks! 



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  1. AdenSeptember 17, 2020 at 12:48 PM

    Hi everyone, this is Aden. I am in Museum Studies and Jewish Studies. I am particularly interested in studying Moroccan Jewry in North America. I studied history and Jewish studies in my undergraduate degree and I went to law school before coming to this program.

    I am looking to study the optimal ways to preserve the Moroccan Jewish diaspora’s history, memory and culture through museums and exhibitions. I am excited about this opportunity because Jewish academic research is typically dominated by European research. There is definitely room in the literature for studying the non-European Jewish experience.

    Having not taken museum courses yet, I am not sure exactly how my research will proceed but I hope to do a thesis. I am taking this course to learn the best ways to research in the information and museums fields.

    I typically begin my research process by gathering and reading as many articles as I can related to my topic. Additionally, I find that writing down ideas as I think of them, not necessarily during a dedicated brainstorm session, is helpful for determining topic ideas and the direction of my papers.

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  2. ErinaSeptember 18, 2020 at 3:58 AM

    What an interesting transition you are making from biology to UXD. At the same time, I suppose these fields all, arguable, fall within the area of inquiry into human physiology. I look forward to learning more about your quantitative research knowledge (as someone who has almost none) and will love to learn more about how you will combine both the quantitative and qualitative methods of research going forward.

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    1. KaitlinOctober 29, 2020 at 7:51 AM

      Thank you Erina, although I do have some experience in quantitative research, there is always more to learn but I hope to bring this perspective to our research blog!

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