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About ljhosman

Laura Hosman is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Illinois Institute of Technology

PISCES Project Part II: Site surveys to Romanum, Udot and Eot Islands (Day 1 of site surveys)

Posted on March 24, 2013

Below is a map of the Chuuk lagoon, illustrating the route of our team’s travels on the site surveys. On this first day, we traveled East-South-East from the Main Island of Weno out to the three island schools of Romanum, … Continue reading →

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PISCES Project Part II: First day of training workshop and talking with Peace Corps worker Melody

Posted on March 20, 2013

Our first full day on the ground in Chuuk for the PISCES Project, Part II, and we hit the ground running! The technical team has a number of work-goals for this week, including: 1. Field site survey training and then heading … Continue reading →

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Getting ready for 2nd deployment trip to Chuuk, FSM–PISCES Project

Posted on March 14, 2013

The second deployment trip to Chuuk, FSM, for the PISCES Project is upon us! I’m leading a class at IIT this semester focused on three main areas related to the PISCES project: the Hardware Team and Applications Team, focused on … Continue reading →

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