The hackathon is September 21-23, in Baltimore, MD. More info here.
Friday, August 28, 2015
JHU Data Science Hackathon
I hit the ground running and am already in the midst of a few projects. One upcoming event I really look forward to is the JHU Data Science Hackathon, a collaboration between the National Institutes of Health and the Johns Hopkins University Biostatistics department, to give data scientists and future data scientists (me!) a chance to meet and solve/hack through real world problems. I've been spending a lot of time practicing R and can't wait to talk with a few experts.
The UX Notebook
One of my favorite UX resources is Sarah Doody's UX Notebook and blog--it's super helpful, especially for new UXers. Sarah's also surprisingly responsive and responds to emails with excellent advice--I speak from experience!
Check her out here: Sarah Doody
Check her out here: Sarah Doody
UX and Health Literacy by Communicate Health
I enjoy how CommunicateHealth has combined UX with Health Literacy. Sandy Hilfiker gave a great presentation a few weeks ago: https://webmeeting.umd.edu/p6nme78c1vz/
Babies’ brains stimulated by reading moms - Cape Times
One of the things I love most about my position is the encouragement and funding for involvement in international research. I find health literacy efforts like the one at Tygerberg Children's Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa inspiring and can't wait until I'm established enough to start my own.
Babies’ brains stimulated by reading moms - Cape Times
Babies’ brains stimulated by reading moms - Cape Times
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Something New
Hi!
I'm Bethany--I recently accepted a faculty position at at Big 10 school, am wrapping up a second Master's degree, and have been accepted in the first cohort of the Design 4 Learning project. To keep my sanity, and keep track of my professional life, I've turned to blogging to help organize my thoughts. This is the beginning!
A bit about me--I just moved to Lafayette, IN from the DC area and though I miss DC, I'm settling into Indiana quite nicely. I'm originally from South Carolina and it reminds me a lot of home. I have a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of South Carolina (2010) and a graduate Certificate in Health Sciences Librarianship from the University of Pittsburgh (2011). After graduating with my MLIS I spent the summer of 2010 as a fellow at the Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service then was hired by Howard University as the Allied Health Sciences Librarian. I spent a total of 5 years in DC, and just accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Library Science at Purdue University, where I serve as the Health Sciences Information Specialist.
My position at Purdue is tenure-track, which means I'm expected to excel in teaching, research, and community involvement. There's always room for improvement, especially when learning new resources and access policies, but I'm generally comfortable teaching and have a personal passion for community involvement--no worries. I only have the vaguest idea where I want to go with my research though.
I'm working on a MS in Interaction Design and Information Architecture, which I expect to finish in the summer of 2016. My research interests are in health literacy and user experience design. This semester, I'm taking Advanced Information Architecture, and received an override to take a doctoral level Research Methodologies class. My reading lists are about 6-inches of articles each week.
The Design4Learning project will be interesting--I accepted my place because it's a remote program that allows you to work at your own pace. I will need that flexibility and I'm hoping I can squeeze the work into my free time. I'm really hoping the teaching and learning strategies will help me manage my classroom, on and offline.
I'm pretty busy learning and teaching, but I still make time for fun. I've already joined a gym and found release in BodyPump and BodyFlow classes. Purdue has a stellar aquatics center with an olympic-sized pool, a regular pool, a jacuzzi, a sauna, etc. It's amazing. I've been church-hunting and am taking advantage of faculty-events to meet new people.
I also love traveling, good food and wine, and photography.
In past attempts, I've been terrible keeping an academic blog. I hope I'll be better at this--I'll give it my best shot!
I'm Bethany--I recently accepted a faculty position at at Big 10 school, am wrapping up a second Master's degree, and have been accepted in the first cohort of the Design 4 Learning project. To keep my sanity, and keep track of my professional life, I've turned to blogging to help organize my thoughts. This is the beginning!
A bit about me--I just moved to Lafayette, IN from the DC area and though I miss DC, I'm settling into Indiana quite nicely. I'm originally from South Carolina and it reminds me a lot of home. I have a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of South Carolina (2010) and a graduate Certificate in Health Sciences Librarianship from the University of Pittsburgh (2011). After graduating with my MLIS I spent the summer of 2010 as a fellow at the Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service then was hired by Howard University as the Allied Health Sciences Librarian. I spent a total of 5 years in DC, and just accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Library Science at Purdue University, where I serve as the Health Sciences Information Specialist.
My position at Purdue is tenure-track, which means I'm expected to excel in teaching, research, and community involvement. There's always room for improvement, especially when learning new resources and access policies, but I'm generally comfortable teaching and have a personal passion for community involvement--no worries. I only have the vaguest idea where I want to go with my research though.
I'm working on a MS in Interaction Design and Information Architecture, which I expect to finish in the summer of 2016. My research interests are in health literacy and user experience design. This semester, I'm taking Advanced Information Architecture, and received an override to take a doctoral level Research Methodologies class. My reading lists are about 6-inches of articles each week.
The Design4Learning project will be interesting--I accepted my place because it's a remote program that allows you to work at your own pace. I will need that flexibility and I'm hoping I can squeeze the work into my free time. I'm really hoping the teaching and learning strategies will help me manage my classroom, on and offline.
I'm pretty busy learning and teaching, but I still make time for fun. I've already joined a gym and found release in BodyPump and BodyFlow classes. Purdue has a stellar aquatics center with an olympic-sized pool, a regular pool, a jacuzzi, a sauna, etc. It's amazing. I've been church-hunting and am taking advantage of faculty-events to meet new people.
I also love traveling, good food and wine, and photography.
In past attempts, I've been terrible keeping an academic blog. I hope I'll be better at this--I'll give it my best shot!
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