Ph.D. Dissertation

Phuture Doctors started as a passion project on Instagram in January 2017. I had a vision to start my own YouTube channel showcasing the diversity of science research and scientists.

As someone who watches A LOT of YouTube, I noticed that the science channels I looked up to were predominately hosted by middle-aged, white males, whose channel audience breakdown is roughly 90% male viewers. Even the science channels hosted by women were predominately white presenting as well.

Phuture Doctors was an initiative to showcase scientists from underrepresented backgrounds and share the cutting-edge research they’re working on. Eventually, this passion project turned into my Ph.D. dissertation, in which I studied the perception of science and scientists among young adults. I looked into themes of belonging, STEM identity, storytelling, and video comprehension.

This small, fun idea resulted in a self-made career in which I apply my research knowledge and expertise to every client project I work on.

I am incredibly proud of what I accomplished and hope you enjoy seeing the origins of Phuture Doctors.

The first video was about my Master’s research in nanoscale materials and spectroscopy.

Interviewing Dr. Korie Grayson for my dissertations videos.

Filming the second episode in the greenroom at Vanderbilt’s Institute for Digital Learning.

Interviewing Dr. Isiah Speight for episode two outside the Vanderbilt Library.

I featured 16 scientists from Vanderbilt University
who are researching in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math.

 I produced three science explainer videos and one featured profile for my Ph.D. Dissertation

And explored the perception of science versus scientists among young adults.