May 11, 2018
As a freshman at UW Madison, I have expanded my research in religion and economics. I have declared my majors in Economics and Psychology, with a certificate in Religious Studies. I was able to meet with Dr. Chaeyoon Lim, a sociologist who researches on the relationship between subjective well-being and religiosity. I plan to redo my analysis using the General Social Survey data I now have access to via the university. Dr. Markus Brauer’s psychology lab will allow me to develop this type of research next semester as an RA. Dr. Ulrich Rosenhagen has enabled me to more deeply understand the importance of religion in a contemporary sociocultural context. The Necessity of Now Seminar he led with Greg Steinberger at the Hillel Center allowed me to not only discuss religion’s impact on race politics with other students from different religious backgrounds, but experience the National Holocaust and African American History Museum in Washington DC. Next semester, I am excited to be an Interfaith Fellow for the Center for Religion and Global Citizenry and continue the interfaith discussion. Besides interfaith discussion, I have also been increasingly involved in Women in Economics (WE). I was one of two UWM representatives to attend the Third Annual National Undergraduate Women in Economics Conference at the University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign in April 2018. The women at the conference — including the Chicago Federal Reserve senior researcher Lisa Barrow and WE's co-founder Tatyana Avilova — inspired me to run for a position on of UW WE’s Executive Board. As the new Professional Outreach Chair, I am in charge of bringing female professionals with Economics backgrounds to speak with WE about their own experiences as a woman in economics. I also plan to use my new position to pilot a high school outreach program that would expose more high school students to Economics as a field. I have had a great freshman year, and I am excited to see how these opportunities unfold!
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Emma Laiis a college senior majoring in Economics (Math Emphasis), Psychology, and Religious Studies. Archives
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