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#78: A Horticultural Approach to Restorative Justice with Rhiannon Weakley ’24, Psychology

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In today’s episode, we hear from Rhiannon about restorative justice, therapeutic horticulture, and how their intersection can present alternatives to the carceral justice system for young adults. Rhiannon shares about the experience of working in a gardening program at the juvenile justice complex in Northeast Portland and how this experience profoundly changed Rhiannon’s life. Tune in to hear more about how gardening can cultivate belonging, community, and confidence for young people, as well as how this research might lead to long-term policy changes in the future.

Reed community members can read Rhiannon’s thesis, “Planting the Seeds of Belonging: Restorative Justice and Therapeutic Horticulture with Justice-Involved Youths,” online in the Electronic Thesis Archive.

#41: Understanding Climate Graphs with Rishi Krishnamurthy ’22, Psychology

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Why do two people look at the same graph and walk away with different interpretations? Rishi spent a year looking into some reasons for why this happens when people are looking at climate data.

Reed community members can read Rishi’s thesis, “Overt Attention and Cognitive Ability Explain Climate Graph Interpretation,” online in the Electronic Theses Archive.

#28: Attitudes toward Disability with Madhav Pulle ’21, Psychology

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Madhav conducted a study of college students, staff, and faculty to learn about how accepting these groups were of accommodations in higher education for various kinds of disabilities.

Reed community members can read Madhav’s thesis, “How Appropriate is “Appropriate”? Views of Students, Faculty, and Staff on Disability Accommodations Based on Type of Disability,” online in the Electronic Theses Archive.

This episode contains discussion of topics concerning mental health.

#5: Gender Pronoun Use at Reed with Jade Fung ’20, Psychology

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Quarantine has created an atmosphere for a lot of difficult conversations with friends and especially families. Today we will hear from Jade about her research study on gender and pronouns amongst Reed students.

Reed community members can read Jade’s thesis online in the Electronic Theses Archive.