Congrats to PhD candidates, Graham Albert & Leyla Jafarova
- By: Mackenzie Arnolds
The Office of the Associate Provost for Graduate Affairs, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GRS) and the Center for Innovation in Social Science (CISS) supported nine outstanding graduate students as part of the Boston University’s 2022 Summer Graduate Internships in the Social Sciences program. Two of our AN graduates received internship awards.
Graham Albert is a PhD candidate in the Anthropology Department, focusing on biological anthropology. Albert looks at how facial appearance affects interpersonal perceptions. In particular, he looks at how certain facial characteristics affect dominance perceptions.
Albert is working as the Data Analytics Intern for the Boston University Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs. He is working with Neena Verma, Assistant Provost for Academic Data and Decision Support (ADDS) to apply the skills he has gained from his PhD to analyze survey data. As an intern, he will strengthen his data science skills, bringing him closer to a career goal as a data scientist conducting research for governments to inform energy and natural resources policy.
Leyla Jafarova is a PhD candidate in the Anthropology Department, focusing on socio-cultural anthropology. She is researching social legacies and consequences of the Nagono-Karabakh war,focusing on the emergence of alternative forms of knowledge as well as gendered experiences of uncertainty.
Jafarova is interning with the Lynn Racial Justice Coalition (more info here), a local grassroots organizing in Lynn, Massachusetts. She is working with the Coalition to develop an alternative to police response to mental health crisis situations. This position offers Jafarova an excellent opportunity to gain experience and skills on the path to becoming an applied anthropologist.
Congratulations Graham and Leyla Jafarova!