Meet Hannah Scott, 2021 REU Scholar

We are pleased to introduce a new REU team member in the second of a 10-part series introducing the world to our 2021 NSF REU and RET scholars.

Bio: My name is Hannah Scott (she/her), and I am a student at Colorado College. I am majoring in Sociology with a concentration in Health and Society and minoring in Molecular Biology. To me, being an international community scholar means challenging the traditional systems of knowledge production that tend to only validate privileged populations. This includes recognizing my own positionality as well as prioritizing local knowledge, values, and voices to define problems and solutions. By collaborating with community stakeholders, students, and youth members, I am so excited to move beyond the conventional format of academic inquiry toward sustainable and accessible research that is genuinely beneficial for people who live in Hopkins, Belize.