Choice Architecture in business and what it tells us about the brain Sanjana Koushik ’22 NU and Jim Stellar In our first blog, we explored how Kahneman’s model of decision-making plays a role in the thinking of business leaders, and … Continued
What do I do after graduation? I explore the world in parallel to my current plumbing job. By Zaden Smith UA’25 and Jim Stellar ZS took classes with JS in his senior year. That began a conversation outside of class … Continued
Getting an MSW as a clinical advocacy degree, peacefully, after a gap year or two. By Molly Mann UA’23 and Jim Stellar In a recent conversation, MM explained to me that at her job she is helping people go back … Continued
How does the Common Center form behavioral approaches: An example from taking care of a child with Williams Syndrome Keira Autera UA’27 and Jim Stellar Williams Syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by a missing section of chromosome seven. It … Continued
What does a recent graduate, working in business, interested in neuroscience, know about decision-making Sanjana Koushik ’22 NU and Jim Stellar SK and JS met through a mutual friend with whom JS worked long ago at Northeastern. As you can … Continued
Contextual learning is highly limbic. It is why “presence” is so important By Christina Testa and James Stellar Context is everything when considering a career or a job. Of course the theme (e.g. public health worker) is what one drives … Continued
From the Classroom to the Field: What Grad School Taught Me About Being a Better Socio-Therapist Emma Langsford UA’23, C’25 and Jim Stellar We’ve followed EL’s journey in a series of blogs, starting from her transition from UAlbany to Columbia … Continued
Finding your way to a career and maybe graduate school during a gap year or two By Joyce Lee UA’24 and Jim Stellar I met Joyce very early in her college years and we formed a mentor-mentee connection that took … Continued
I found my gap year job in Syracuse with a professor at Syracuse doing Alzheimer’s research By Kriti Kalary UA’25 and Jim Stellar As KK says, I looked everywhere for a job to do in the gap year between my … Continued
Pursuing biotechnology, starting as a freshman By Stephanie Oshiotse UA’28 and Jim Stellar I am thinking about ultimately graduating with my masters in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. I just couldn’t choose between Biology and Chemistry so I chose the next … Continued