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Social Capital and the Queens College Experience Lara Porter QC’14 and Jim Stellar Lara and I wrote a previous blog post linking in-group/out-group effects of oxytocin (the “cuddle drug”) and a behavioral study of inducing a mental flexibility to promote … Continued

Peer Mentoring and growth from the experience   Jessica Singh QC ’13 and Jim Stellar   Jessica was a student in my course last Spring. We have had a few very illuminating conversations about a peer mentoring program that we … Continued

What happens in Greece does not stay in Greece   Adrienne Dooley NU’12 and Jim Stellar   Adrienne and I met when she was a high school student applying to Northeastern University and I was the Dean of the College … Continued

Internship number two – a growing experience   Paulina Smietanka  ‘14 and Jim Stellar   Paulina already wrote a blog on her first internship.  She wrote it in three parts and we saw a progression within that one month period.  Now we … Continued

Creating a nonprofit organization as an undergraduate – high level Ex Ed.   Stephanie Ortiz QC ’13 and Jim Stellar   Stephanie was a student a general education course I co-taught this past spring term and she is a reader … Continued

Nonverbal Communication and Experiential Education   Vanessa Castro NU’09, UMD’11 and Jim Stellar   Vanessa and I have written posts before about nonverbal communication of emotion in body movements and also about facial emotion recognition when she was a Master’s … Continued

An Internship in three phases     Paulina Smietanka QC ’14 and Jim Stellar   This is a bit of a different post. Paulina, a communication sciences and disorders student in her sophomore year, arranged an internship for herself for the … Continued