[Social-sciences-list] Welcome and Introductions

Arielle Silverman arielle71 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 23 16:16:02 UTC 2012


Are there really infants who have eating disorders?
Arielle

On 7/23/12, Christine Szostak <szostak.1 at buckeyemail.osu.edu> wrote:
> Yes, they can have the very same type. It is most prevalent in the young,
> affluent, female population, but it  transcends all diverse populations
> (e.g., elderly, very young children, infants, all ethnicities, all cultures,
>
> all religions, males, all SES brackets...
> Many thanks,
> Christine
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrews, David B (DEED)" <david.b.andrews at state.mn.us>
> To: "Blind Social Scientists List" <social-sciences-list at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 10:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [Social-sciences-list] Welcome and Introductions
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>
>> So, I have to ask -- do blind people have eating disorders, (besides over
>>
>> eating?) (smile.)  Are at the same rate as the sighted public, higher,
>> lower?
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: social-sciences-list-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:social-sciences-list-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Christine
>> Szostak
>> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 1:16 AM
>> To: Blind Social Scientists List
>> Subject: Re: [Social-sciences-list] Welcome and Introductions
>>
>> HI All,
>>  My name is Christine and I am working toward a PhD in Cognitive
>> Psychology with an emphasis on psycholinguistics (the study of the
>> processes involved in language perception) from Ohio State. I am working
>> toward a graduation date of June 2013.
>>
>>  My focus is not in vision loss, though I actually did a prior degree in
>> Clinical Psychology where my dissertation focused on eating disorders
>> among the visually impaired. Although my current work focuses on  general
>>
>> processes involved in understanding spoken language, I am actually
>> interested in doing research in sensory loss and spoken language
>> processing either with those having vision loss or cochlear implants.
>> Many thanks,
>> Christine
>>
>>
>> M. Szostak
>> Doctoral Candidate
>> Language Perception Laboratory
>> Department of Psychology, Cognitive Area The Ohio State University
>> Columbus, Ohio szostak.1 at osu.edu
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Katie Wang" <bunnykatie6 at gmail.com>
>> To: "Blind Social Scientists List" <social-sciences-list at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 1:08 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Social-sciences-list] Welcome and Introductions
>>
>>
>>> Hi, Arielle and all,
>>>
>>> My name is Katie Wang, and I'm  a doctoral student in Social
>>> Psychology at Yale University. I'm planning to graduate in Spring 2014
>>> and will be working on my dissertation for the next two years. My
>>> research broadly focuses on the experience of stigma from the targets'
>>> perspective; in particular, I'm interested in how women and minorities
>>> cope with prejudice and discrimination and how their  interpretations
>>> of such negative experiences affect their psychological well-being.
>>> Like arielle, I'm also interested in the barriers faced by people with
>>> disabilities and have been pursuing this topic as a secondary line of
>>> research. Almost all of my research so far has  utilized quantitative
>>> methods, so I have had quite a bit of experience in conducting
>>> statistical data analyses (primarily using SPSS). I'm really excited
>>> about this new discussion forum and look forward to having many
>>> informative conversations with all of you!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Katie
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/23/12, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> As the moderator for this new social-sciences list, I first want to
>>>> welcome everyone who joined. I noticed about 25 email addresses on the
>>>> subscription roster and thought it might be nice if everyone could
>>>> briefly introduce themselves and perhaps say a bit about what you are
>>>> hoping to get out of being on the social-sciences list.
>>>> My name is Arielle Silverman, and I am a doctoral student in
>>>> experimental social psychology at the University of Colorado in
>>>> Boulder. I am planning to graduate in the spring of 2014 and am
>>>> interested in becoming a research professor either at a university or
>>>> at an institute which studies disability issues. My primary goal is to
>>>> investigate the underlying causes of the psychological barriers that
>>>> people with disabilities face to integration, both the barriers that
>>>> we have internalized ourselves and the ones that come from negative
>>>> social attitudes. The bulk of my research training has been
>>>> quantitative, although I would like to eventually collaborate with
>>>> qualitative scientists as well.
>>>> I look forward to hearing from you and learning who you are!
>>>> Best,
>>>> Arielle
>>
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