 
So I'm doing my research on Malala Yousafzai
and the media's representation her and so
basically I'm
doing some background research on
postcolonialism
and then I will be reading all of
her speeches, her book, and different
articles she's written
and then comparing it to how she's been
represented by the media in the
West. Malala Yousafzai is the most recent
Nobel Peace Prize winner
made famous a few years ago when the
Pakistani Taliban tried to assassinate her.
And what Keziah will end up doing is
exploring how the Western media
portrays Malala particularly to what
extent do they
understand or tell her story as
someone
is inspired by religion, Islam. What I
really like about summer collaborative research
opportunities at Luther College
is that it allows students who are really
passionate about a particular public to
go
in depth in that topic, really as a full time
job which is basically what I do
for a living, I'm a full-time teacher and researcher, and
students get a bit of a taste of that during
the summer as well
Doing research here this summer is
a really amazing opportunity
getting to spend 40 hours a week just
focusing on one topic that I'm very very
interested in, and working with a faculty member
that is so well-versed in the topic and we can
have these
in-depth conversations and really get to
dig deep into
a topic that I wouldn't have the opportunity to do
in a classroom setting
 
 
 
 
 
