A Qualitative Analysis of DoxyPEP Access and Uptake among Young Men
The research study is being conducted to explore the multilevel factors that men who engage in intimate sexual activity with other men (MSM), in Philadelphia navigate when discussing, seeking, and using DoxyPEP with healthcare providers.
Get paid to read Dickens and play with LEGO this summer
I am looking for 1-2 Penn undergraduates who want to get paid to read Dickens and play with LEGO this summer. Specifically, I need help prototyping curricula, readings, and course assignments for 1) a Spring 2027 Penn Global Seminar called "London in the Time of Cholera: Sewage, Sickness, and the Stink of Empire" and 2) an ongoing series of classroom experiences based on the LEGO Serious Play method.
Building on the Fly by Design: How Policymakers Create Innovative Solutions to Wicked Problems
In this project, students will help to understand how senior leaders make decisions in the face of an unprecedented health care emergency. While an enormous amount of work goes into preparing for disaster, what happens when the disaster is so much worse than predicted that none of the plans apply anymore? How do leaders make critical decisions in a crisis of exceptional size and scope? How do they collaborate across sectors, and innovate beyond traditional processes and methods in this kind of a crisis?
Tommy Zhang
I am a Psychology and Linguistics double major and a Linguistics MA submatriculant at the College of Arts and Sciences, and I am broadly interested in how people interpret meanings in semantics-pragmatics interface phenomena and canonical psycholinguistic areas like language production and comprehension. For instance, I am currently working with Dr. Florian Schwarz and Dr. Paloma Jeretič on unpacking the meaning of vice versa in formal semantics and investigating the constraints placed on the available meaning of vice versa. Beyond research, I enjoy reading non-fiction books in Cognitive Science; watching SNL, stand-ups, and K-dramas; and learning foreign languages.
- Research Assistant, Experimental Study of Meaning Lab
- Undergraduate Member, Language Contact and Cognition Lab
Global Health Website Creation
Seeking support in the creation of two distinct websites (1) global health project that supports work at Penn Medicine and (2) fellowship for country-to-country exchange with fellows, scholars, and campus engagement events. In addition, there are opportunities to expand the work of each of these initiatives and create and submit manuscripts about the efforts and outcomes.
Skylar Fan
From hieroglyphs on clay to words on screens, language changes and evolves with us since the dawn of time. My research interests lie at the intersection of sociolinguistics and history. I am curious to explore humanity's relationship with language and investigate how language has been used to construct power both historically and in modern times. As I am still narrowing down my focus, I also have secondary research interests in bilingualism and language acquisition.
Outside of my academic work, I am involved with The Daily Pennsylvanian, Penn Policy Consulting, as well as the Yarnaholics crochet and knitting club.
- Participant in the Turkish Language Program of the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y)
The Business of Borders
How do businesses participate in defining and implementing border security policy in the United States? This research project examines how private businesses define and influence United States national security threats, and specifically, US border policy and enforcement
Climate Decisions Lab
We meet regularly and conduct studies pertaining to climate change, sustainability and related matters. We produce reports from our work products. These reports are posted on the Web and/or submitted for refereed publication. The lab has been operating since 2000. Many students have found it useful for getting started post-Penn, either on the job or for graduate school. All levels of "technical" expertise welcome. Example of work product: Bina, Rachel and Luong, Kha and Mehta, Shrey and Pang, Daphne and Xie, Kristen and Chou, Christine and Kimbrough, Steven O., On Large Language Models as Data Sources for Policy Deliberation on Climate Change and Sustainability (February 02, 2025). The Wharton School Research Paper , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5123359 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5123359
Qualitative Research Assistant: The Housing Intitiative
The Housing Initiative at Penn seeks a qualitative research assistant for the fall semester (with the possibility of extension) to support an ongoing evaluation of Rebuilding Together Philadelphia (RTP)'s home repair program in West Philadelphia. Work will include a combination of in-person interviews with homeowners and interview coding.