[Social-sciences-list] Welcome and Introductions

[Humberto Avila]

Hello all:

My name is Humberto Avila. I am not into PHD work yet, nor am I into even
bachelor work yet just like Arielle and Katie. I am just fresh. I will be a
sophomore in college and I go to the Yakima Valley Community College. I am
not doing social science for my major, however, I'm interested to learn from
you about any statistics software and access barriers that will face my way
in the future, as I prepare and take more classes at college level and as I
get into obtaining a major. I am going to be a teacher of the blind in
specialties in assistive technology and devices, but any of these
discussions that you bring up will be interesting especially the ones
dealing with how research is done about helping people with disabilities,
how blind people can be more integrated and any other stats about blind
folks and their personal views as well as views they have developed from
others' misperceptions. I will learn so much, and I'll be prepared to do
some major advocacy when the time comes. 

Have a good night and hope to talk soon.  See you online!

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:social-sciences-list-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Katie Wang
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 10:09 PM
To: Blind Social Scientists List
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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