[Social-sciences-list] Welcome and Introductions

[Faiz Rasool]

Trevor, 

This is Faiz Rasool. I've just started working on my PHD  in Sociology at
University of Karachi, Pakistan. My   research is in the interdisciplinary
field of environmental behavior research. The focus of my research is
everyday environmental behaviors of individuals. My variables of  interest
are  mainly social and psychological predictors of environmental behaviors
e.g. awareness, concern, and ascription of responsibility. The design of my
research is mix method. I'm  conducting focus groups and later on I'll use
the findings of FGDs for questionnaire development. Since you're  and my
research areas are somewhat similar, I wonder would it be ok  for you if we
can correspond off-list as well?

Regards and all the best for your PHD journey,
Faiz.

 

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Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 6:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [Social-sciences-list] Welcome and Introductions

Hey folks,
This is Trevor Attenberg, and I am just beginning a Ph.D. pursuit at
Portland State University in Oregon within the Environmental Science and
Management department. My interest is the crossroads between social science
and ecological science. That is to say I'm interested in how different
manifestations of human development and cultural structures relate to the
conservation and degradation of biodiversity. Essentially I am interested in
both human diversity and ecological diversity, and how these two variables
might find a stable state. 
On the blindness front, one of my passions is cities with public transit
that provide equal opportunities to a dynamic blind population, and
simultaneously cater to environmental sustainability and a diverse
population. I've also concentrated some of my resent research on citizen
science tools, that allow citizens outside of academia to participate in
scientific monitoring in what is called "Citizen Science." As a blind person
myself, I like to clearly define a diverse population as one including
dynamic disabled individuals. I've long enjoyed being able to touch wild
plants--usually save poison ivy, and listen to bird and frog songs.
Much of my recent work has included ANOVA and linguistic media analysis. I
am fairly familiar with different methods of quantitative and qualitative
analysis; though I haven't yet put the bulk of it into practical use. My
hopes for this list is to gain prospective from your interesting projects
and reflections. Perhaps I can learn about adaptive techniques that I am not
familiar with; and perhaps I can also learn here a great deal in the social
science trade.
I hope we can each be valuable and voluble for one another.
Best,
Trevor Attenberg 


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