This preliminary fieldwork will allow me to assess site feasibility in Georgia, North Carolina, and Colombia for an ethnography of agricultural intermediaries and will shape my future dissertation project and course of studies. The research seeks to expand understandings of extension, an agricultural development model characterized by top-down dissemination of university-based research. Studying how extension employees navigate between their bureaucratic organizations and the farmers they serve -- noting who is considered an expert, how knowledge and technology are produced, and who is involved in the process (and under what circumstances) -- has potential implications for a more just food system.

We are assess the utility of using a required doctor badge insert along with normal physician name tags to help patients and staff more accurately identify physicians. In particular, residents, or trainees, especially those in surgery are often misperceived as nurses, students, or other non-physicians. Prior research has shown that this varies based on both race and gender.

The purpose of the study is to see how Kenyan clerics at the Coastal Region used social media platforms to communicate with their followers in areas including spiritual needs, teaching, counseling during the pandemic due to lockdowns by the government.

This study recruits participants who receive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) as a treatment for their depression. We investigate how brain rhythms change during the treatment to better understand how TMS affects the brain.

This study is being conduced to assess the feasibility of conducting multi-center prospective studies on surgical excision of suspected OSSN lesions in SSA in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA).

We want to better understand how and why the dosing of and response to hydroxyurea is different for different patients.

The purpose of this study is to develop a prospective longitudinal cohort/registry of lymphoma patients in Malawi to address a lack of prospective longitudinal data related to lymphoma in sub-Saharan Africa, and to serve as a foundation for developing optimal treatment strategies in this challenging environment.

The purpose of this study is to understand how people think about different aspects of time (past, present, and future) and its association with their well-being in romantic relationships.

The purpose of this study is to understand two things: (a) different ways that couples think about time and stress and (b) how this impacts aspects of individual and relationship well-being.

The purpose of the study is to gain a better understanding of Black women's experiences with communication, relationships, and interactions with their women's health care providers. Specifically, we are interested in 1) exploring Black women's experience of racism or discrimination and stress, 2) understanding the importance of racial concordance between Black women and their obstetric care providers, and 3) describing Black women's lived experiences with their obstetric care providers.