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My direct cultural environment is a research cohort of eight diverse and talented students from various parts of the country (Oklahoma, Ohio, New Hampshire, and Virginia). We are all united based on age, gender identity, and similar interests. Many of us come from psychology, law, sociology, criminology, and social work backgrounds, where many of ourContinue reading “My Little Rock Community Experience”

In my research community, solidarity looks like each of us relating to the shared experience and shouldering the work in a way that is feasible and distributed equally. For example, we have data cleaning for a survey that we are using as practice for our study, and splitting sections of it is crucial to keepingContinue reading “Solidarity in the Little Rock, AR Community Regarding Islamophobia”

In terms of structural inequalities, I have noticed that the area in which my host university is located has extreme differences based on the differing sides of town. The side closest to my dorm is an extremely rundown area, and appears to still have segregation issues that have lasted despite desegregation laws. Yet, a fiveContinue reading “Structural Inequalities in Little Rock, AR”

This second week has been incredible. We hit the ground running on Monday, with each of us finding 18 sources on hate crime victimization literature. I was assigned the topic, “How do hate crimes impact victims?” and created an annotated bibliography from my references. The next day, we took our findings and divided them intoContinue reading “A two week reflection on helping research Muslim Hate Crime Victimization Research with an REU in Little Rock, Arkansas (Week 2)”

This first week transitioning into the program has been a great one. The directors of the program are so helpful, intelligent, and accommodating. There are eight of us in the cohort, and we spent the first day participating in icebreakers and group activities to get to know each other better. All of our personalities blendContinue reading “Initial experiences starting to help REU exploring Muslim Hate Crime Victimization in Little Rock, Arkansas (Week 1)”

Hi! My name is Samantha Strickland, and I am a junior majoring in Psychology and minoring in Law & Philosophy. This summer I am working with an REU at the University of Little Rock in Arkansas with an NSF-funded grant. The research project, with which I am helping, concerns Islamophobia and Muslim Hate Crime VictimizationContinue reading “Hey! I am Samantha!”