Thursday, September 27, 2012


 "When we are listening to stories, we must enact mindfulness and suspend judgment. We must remember humility which is what I hope for all of us with CARE. When you start by being humble, you can embrace being authentic."

-Mohan Dutta
9/26/2012
(Check out our new CARE blog: http://www.care-cca.com/)

   Today was a beautiful day!...I'm talking like drinking an original Diet Coke good! I met my fellow Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE) team members, and I am motivated, inspired, completely excited to be working with such a stellar team. As of now, the team consists of Daniel (MA), JT (post doc), Kang (post doc), Dr. Mohan Dutta, and yours truly. The members of my team are so smart and passionate with sunny dispositions and a true desire to see social change regarding health. Not only that, they have welcomed me in with kind words, encouraging reassurance, and fresh fruit smoothies. With the diversity of our backgrounds, ethnic origins, research interests, favorite smoothie flavor, etc., today was the start of our CARE family...and I love it. 

My first project will be focused on women diagnosed with cardiovascular disease (one of the leading causes of death for women in Sing), and I will be working with the National University Health Center of Singapore. I am excited about this project and also look forward to paying visits to JT and Kang's projects in other various locations in Southeast Asia!

The Department of Communication and New Media (where the CARE center is housed) was recently ranked #3 in the world for the subject of Communication and Media Studies! They have a wonderful faculty and everyone is so kind and they have made me feel so welcomed! The faculty and staff are made up of intelligent, quick-witted, and truly passionate scholars and teachers. Our department belongs in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences which equivalent to what in the US we call a "college" within a university.  I went to my first Faculty meeting yesterday and after the brief Sept. birthdays celebration at the beginning, I knew I'd be right at home!
 


  • Singing: "Beautiful Day" U2

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  1. MeganIreneSeptember 28, 2012 at 12:49 AM

    This sounds AWESOME!! What a fun, diverse team!! You guys are going to do great things together, I can feel it!! I mean, the only thing I feel like you're missing is a rhetorician specializing in feminist postcolonial studies and political commemoration.... so, I mean, when you guys are just SCRAMBLING to fill this imminent void, don't be afraid to put in a good word for yours truly so I can come join the fun!!

    I love love love hearing about your adventures, and in the slightly edited words of Dorey:
    Just keep SINGing, just keep SINGing!!

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  2. TonyaSeptember 28, 2012 at 9:16 AM

    So proud of you, Sarah!! :)

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