JORDANIAN WOMEN AND STEM EDUCATION
VIMY 2014
about
Though we come from a range of backgrounds, the members of the 2014 Vimy team have three major things in common. We study Arabic, love to travel, and are self-identified nerds.
This June we'll head to Jordan to investigate the high rate of women studying STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields at the University of Jordan in Amman.
We're funded by the Center for Global Initiatives' Vimy grant. The award is given to a team of students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Also important to note is that our adviser, Dr. Cathy Scott, is a superhero and we wouldn't be here without her.
It's going to be a fun summer!
Keep in touch.
Love,
Fareeda, Kate and Samantha
Photo: Aidan Herbolich
Kate Borden
Atlanta, GA
Mathematics & Arab Cultures
Treasurer/finance expert
Originally from Atlanta, Borden studied in Cairo while a senior in high school. She has also lived in Istanbul and is excited to add Amman to the list.
Borden's happy things include the Tesla vs. Edison debate and discussing poverty relief efforts in the rural south.
She loves hiking, running, David Forster Wallace and a good piece of pie.
Photo: CGI
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”
Rumi
Fareeda Zikry
Chapel Hill, NC
Global Studies & Political Science
Arabic minor
Project Leader
A Chapel Hill native, Zikry loves to travel. She has particularly loved her time in Turkey, Egypt and Jordan. She's thrilled to be returning to Amman this summer.
In her free time Zikry enjoys creative writing, politics, running, swimming and learning from getting lost.
She also loves desert sunsets and her cat Olivia.
Photo: Hetali Lodaya
Samantha Harrington
Middleton, WI
Journalism & Arab Cultures
Documentation/Engagement Coordinator
Originally from the Midwest, but always a Tar Heel, Harrington began studying Arabic three years ago. She spent the spring of 2013 abroad in Rabat, Morocco.
Harrington loves to talk about digital media, international politics, history, Twitter, sunflowers, Joan Didion, and ice cream.
Follow her on Twitter: @Samantharrin