07/18/18
We were physically active in the beginning of session: followed WINCART's 10 minute exercise session with Asian Pacific Islanders; I followed the routine to a tee and Dana complimented me on that. As we cooled down, Emily talked about Sora's academic background and what she has accomplished as a scholar. Sora's presentation was about research and what defines research. She has been criticized for doing "soft research" instead of "hard research" because she did not follow the strict biomedical research methods when she conducted her research. Her presentation talked about Community-Based Participatory Research and how it helps both the community and the researcher(s). Sora gave us advice that since we are now enrolled in a master's program that we should team up with our cohort mates in order to do well in classes. During our undergrad, it was whoever got the highest score that set the curve so we rarely worked well in groups. In master's pro