3/30/2021 Graduate Spotlight: Claire Perkins
In addition, this spring semester I am living in Washington D.C. and participating in the Archer Fellowship program through the UT system, taking classes in policy and advocacy while working as a full-time semester research analyst at the Center for Security and Emergent Technology at Georgetown University. CSET focuses on using open-sourced data (data that is not classified and can be found online) for science and technology development research to provide useful policy recommendations with security implications. For the future, I am planning on pursuing a P.h.D. in either developmental or cognitive psychology with a focus on the intersectionality of childhood education and health. I like the intersectionality because I believe that you can not make substantial changes in the education system without addressing the basic needs of a child first. While I do not plan on working in health care in the future, the Biomedical Sciences Academy did give me a useful perspective about the US healthcare system which influenced the direction that I wanted to take my research for the future. Having a baseline knowledge about biomedical sciences equipment and technologies has been useful for the sake of being able to hold my own in a room with people who have a more stem-oriented background and allows me to further conversations about science and technology research. I also was able to have the autonomy early on to understand the research process, even if it was in a different topic area, so now that I have my own independent projects, writing a report is significantly easier. I am appreciative of the academic skills that the Biomedical Sciences Academy taught me because the pedagogy of the program is helpful for preparing students for college or any technical career post-high school. Want to read about more CTE graduates? Click here!
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