Chelen Johnson
The HIPS AGaiN (Hidden in Plain Sight AGaiN) team will be using archival surveys for stellar variability to detect variability in active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the background.
NITARP has transformed my life and the way I teach, so it's difficult to find anything that has NOT been influenced by this experience!
It was very satisfying to be able to converse with the grad students about their science and actually understand what they were talking about.
I saw kids rise to a challenge and meet it – they learned a lot from the process, each other, and the experience – in ways they could not get in a regular classroom setting at home.
