I realize that it’s been quite some time since my last entry, and though I have been quite busy in that interim, when I catalog the events of those weeks, only a few things stand out. But, boy, do they stand out. More on that in a bit. Since my last writing, I’ve been up to my ears in research. I’ve received over a thousand pages of questionnaire data from collection here in Mali, which represents not quite half of what I will end up with. I’ve also been collecting online survey data from students back in the U.S., and with the beginning of the spring semester, I’ve been working with students on three projects that I’m coordinating at NCSU. Finally, I’m on the cusp of beginning focus group data collection, which hopefully will be a
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