The article "," recently published in Review of Policy Research, highlights many of the unique opportunities available to ůůֱ²¥ students.
The article is co-authored by ůůֱ²¥ of Environmental Studies and Political Science Carol Hager and Nicole Hamagami '16, a biology major at ůůֱ²¥ who is now pursuing an M.D./Ph.D. at Washington University in St. Louis.
Nicole was a student in ůůֱ²¥ Hager's course Global Politics of Climate Change, which was part of the 360° Climate Change: Science and Politics course cluster, in 2015. The Japan case study that she wrote for the article began as a research paper for ůůֱ²¥ Hager's course and Nicole continued to work independently with her on the joint project after she graduated in 2016.
"As an individual who was pursuing the 'pre-med' track at BMC, I had never really engaged in non-basic science research and thus was incredibly eager to delve into this project and push myself in a field that was really quite new to me," says Nicole.
"ůůֱ²¥ Hager and other professors at BMC believe in the capability of their students to contribute meaningful insights into a variety of disciplines, and looking back, I feel very fortunate that I was able to academically mature with that sense of trust."