Mustafa is an Emory senior from Huntsville, Alabama. He is double majoring in Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies (MESAS) and Political Science. After Emory he plans to attend law school. While at Emory’s Oxford campus, Mustafa completed an honors research project focused on ethnic minority leaders and miss killings in the context of civil war. Now Mustafa is able to continue this research through his senior thesis. His current project focuses on the 1991 Uprisings in Southern Iraq. His goal is to distinguish the uprisings as a seminal moment in modern Iraqi and modern Shia history. Mustafa credits the wealth of resources in Emory’s libraries and the wonderful professors in the MESAS department for the ability to conduct this research. He says the most valuable aspect of his research has been “challenging my preconceived notions about the Middle East, where my parents come from. I learned to distinguish between certifiable facts and what I have been brought up to understand and believe”. He believes research like his will be able to dispel ignorance and aid the progress of society.
Aamna Soniwala is a sophomore majoring in Human Health (on the pre-dental track) with a minor in Sociology. URP's Research Ambassador Arielle Segal had the pleasure of interviewing Aamna about her research experiences. Here it is: What research do you do on campus? How long have you been doing it? “I work under Dr. K.M. Venkat Narayan with Dr. Jithin Varghese in the Hubert Department of Global Health at Rollins – specifically within the Emory Global Diabetes Research Center. I started during my second semester of my first year, researching global health equity in diabetes precision medicine.” How did you get started in your research? “I took HLTH 210 last spring, and Dr. Narayan was one of our asynchronous guest lecturers. I felt that I resonated with his values and research, so I reached out to him and started working with a post-doctoral fellow, Dr. Varghese.” How has research impacted your undergraduate career? “Research has allowed me to grow as a critical thinker and problem
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