mhc metrics lab members featured on WMHC Radio

Lab manager and radio podcast host Jen Thornquest had the pleasure of interviewing members of the dynamic team on WMHC, Mount Holyoke College’s radio station.

Members, including the lab’s two faculty leads, a data science student, and two sociology students, broke down the lab objectives and shared a bit about the lab’s fourth semester’s mixed-method teams project. In this twenty-minute interview segment, listeners grasped the depth of our mission, the innovative nature of our research approach, and student insights on working together. Professors Townsley and Gebre-Medhin discuss computational text analysis methods, the value of hands-on research experiences that cross discipline boundaries, and how student interests direct the lab project. Don’t miss the end to hear data science major Fiona Dowell ’ 24, and sociology student Kat Delamere ‘25 share what they think students considering joining mhc metrics lab should know.