Fourth Estate Staff Writer Amy Woolsey
Ph.D students teach courses and take on double lead for extra experience
|Graduate students are saddled with an enormous amount of responsibility. In addition to studying, many of them teach classes, conduct their own research and work multiple jobs.
“[We’re] gluttons for punishment,” said Steven Harris-Scott with a laugh.
At Krasnow Institute, students conduct high-profile research
|The Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study is not easy to find.
Nestled away at the very edge of the Mason Fairfax campus, on a small side street off Shenandoah Lane, the institute looks indistinguishable from any other university building.
Inside, students labor over homework in the Great Room, a high-ceilinged library complete with a fireplace, and hunch over microscopes in the many labs.
Posters cover the hallway walls, displaying graphs, charts and titles like “Communication Development of Autism Spectrum Disorder Through a Behavior-Level Approach.”