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Internship vs. undergraduate research – what is the difference? Paulina Smietanka ‘14 and Jim Stellar This is our third blog. We already wrote on her first public school and second private clinic internship experience. Now our goal is to compare … Continued

Making Emotional Choices; It May Be the Only Way We Know How by Raphael Spiro QC ‘12 & Golshan Aghanori QC ’13 Note from Jim Stellar: I have been working on this blog since February of 2009. This is the … Continued

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