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title: Now
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date: 2024-01-27
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description: "Find out what I am doing now: What I'm learning or reading, what I'm working on in my free time, and where I'm at professionally."
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**You might also want to read:** [What is a "now page"?](https://nownownow.com/about)
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## Recent academic and professional progress
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I took the GRE and started the spring 2024 semester earlier this month.
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I anticipate graduating in May 2024 and applying for doctoral (PhD) programs in the fall. I've finished deciding where I'll apply.
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## In my free time
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I've completed the draft of a paper that I intend to submit for peer review within the next few weeks.
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## What I'm learning
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* Current courses
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* ePortfolio Capstone (17:610:503) (0-credit course)
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* Information Visualization and Presentation (17:610:554)
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* Machine Learning for Data Science (17:610:564)
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* Fellowship-related experiences
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* The [State of the States Data Ambassador Program](https://boggscenter.rwjms.rutgers.edu/news/njlend-fellow-ethan-yoo-selected-as-state-of-the-states-data-ambassador)
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* An internship with [New Jersey Early Intervention System (NJEIS)](https://www.nj.gov/health/fhs/eis/) in the Division of Family Health Services, New Jersey Department of Health as part of the [Eagleton Graduate Fellowship Program](https://eagleton.rutgers.edu/grad-fellowships/)
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* Other non-credit programs: [MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science](https://micromasters.mit.edu/ds/)
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# In previous months
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## December 2023
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* I finished my second-to-last semester in the Master of Information (MI) program.
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## November 2023
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* I was selected to represent The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities and New Jersey as part of an inaugural cohort of "Data Ambassadors" led by the federally funded [State of the States in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities](https://stateofthestates.ku.edu/) project and the [Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)](https://www.aucd.org/template/index.cfm).
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* I went to the [Museum of Sex](https://www.museumofsex.com/about/) with a friend.
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## October 2023
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* I attended the [Princeton Prospective PhD Preview (P3)](https://graddiversity.princeton.edu/prospective-phd-preview-p3) program, "a nationally recognized program that focuses on engaging scholars from diverse academic, research, and non-traditional backgrounds around the path to the Ph.D."
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* I returned to work with a professor from the Department of Library and Information Science at Rutgers University School of Communication and Information.
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* I attended the Eagleton Institute's [Future of Democracy Networking Reception](https://eagleton.rutgers.edu/event/future-of-democracy-networking-reception/).
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* I went to the [Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)](https://www.moma.org/) with a friend.
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## September 2023
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* I started the fall 2023 semester at Rutgers University, including the [Eagleton Graduate Fellowship Program in Politics and Government](https://eagleton.rutgers.edu/grad-fellowships/).
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* I wrapped up my role with the Center for Research on Ending Violence (REV) at Rutgers School of Social Work.
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## August 2023
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* I returned to [The Boggs Center's NJLEND program](https://boggscenter.rwjms.rutgers.edu/student-experiences/njlend) as a Second-Year Fellow.
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* I visited Washington, D.C. in early August.
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* I was invited to continue working at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) as a part-time intern. I will remain in [the Office for Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response](https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ohsepr) (OHSEPR).
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## July 2023
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* I started a new project at the Center for Research on Ending Violence (REV) related to sexual misconduct by physicians.
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## June 2023
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* I attended the annual New Jersey Library Association (NJLA) Conference.
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* I completed an [8-week introduction to grant proposal writing](https://www.fhsu.edu/sociology/grant-writing-certification-program/) offered by the Sociology Program at Fort Hays State University.
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* I started a full-time summer internship at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), where I am working with [the Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response](https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ohsepr) (OHSEPR).
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* I was invited to continue working with the Center for Research on Ending Violence (REV) at Rutgers School of Social Work as a temporary research assistant on a new project.
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## May 2023
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* I graduated from the 2022-2023 [New Jersey Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (NJLEND) graduate fellowship program](https://boggscenter.rwjms.rutgers.edu/student-experiences/njlend).
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* I accepted a Governor's Executive Award for the 2023-2024 [Eagleton Graduate Fellowship Program in Politics and Government](https://eagleton.rutgers.edu/grad-fellowships/).
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* My initial appointment as a research assistant with the Department of Library and Information Science ended; I will return in August 2023.
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## April 2023
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* I completed the non-credit [Certificate in Nonprofit Career Development (Center for Nonprofits and Philanthropy, Texas A&M University)](https://tamu.badgr.com/public/assertions/ifg0paHpTSOBvVutj4_JsQ?identity__email=ethan@ethanyoo.com), for which I received a full scholarship.
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* I was awarded an [Equity Scholarship](https://www.njla.org/scholarships) by the New Jersey Library Association (NJLA) for the 2023-2024 academic year. The Equity Scholarship was funded through partnerships with Rutgers University School of Communication and Information, the New Jersey State Library, and LibraryLinkNJ.
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* I started working for the Center for Research on Ending Violence (REV) at Rutgers School of Social Work as a temporary graduate research assistant.
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## March 2023
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* I decided that I will pursue a research doctorate (i.e., a PhD) after graduating with the Master of Information (MI) degree - most likely in a social science (e.g., sociology or demography).
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* I started working on a pilot study with a professor from the Department of Library and Information Science at Rutgers University School of Communication and Information.
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## November 2022 to February 2023
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* I interviewed for full-time employment with many interesting government and non-profit organizations, but I ultimately decided to continue attending school full-time while working part-time. For example, I started working for Rutgers University Libraries as a Data Science Graduate Specialist, a role in which I develop and teach weekly, open workshops in "Data Science Basics" for individuals who want to improve their data management and visualization skills.
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* I created a [Letterboxd account](https://letterboxd.com/ethanyoo/stats/) to log the movies that I watch.
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* I spent some time reviewing Esri tools (e.g., ArcGIS Pro) and self-hosting concepts (e.g., Docker containers and Ansible).
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## October 2022
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* I finished my year of national service in the [AmeriCorps VISTA](https://americorps.gov/serve/fit-finder/americorps-vista) program on October 24, 2022.
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## September 2022
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* I started the Master of Information (MI) degree program at the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information on a part-time basis.
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* I started NJLEND, a graduate fellowship for which I was selected as the first Library and Information Science Fellow in May 2022.
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## August 2022
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* I took an American Heart Association (AHA) course to renew my Basic Life Support (CPR and AED) certification.
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* I finished Optimization - Linear Programming at Thomas Edison State University.
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## July 2022
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* Using the scholarship I was awarded by Thomas Edison State University, I started a graduate-level course (Optimization - Linear Programming) in the data science program.
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* I met with a group of friends from Swarthmore College in New York City.
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## June 2022
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* I was certified to graduate from Thomas Edison State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science and an associate's degree in mathematics on June 10, 2022. I also completed the undergraduate certificates in Computer Information Systems and Operations Management.
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* I was awarded scholarship funds for the fall 2022 semester by the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University.
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* I was awarded a Joseph Lippincott Fellowship ([Swarthmore Fellowship](https://www.swarthmore.edu/fellowships-and-prizes/swarthmore-fellowships)) by the Fellowships and Prizes Committee at Swarthmore College.
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## May 2022
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* I finished the February 2022 term at Thomas Edison State University, during which I took Computer Architecture and the Liberal Arts Capstone.
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* I was selected to participate in [The Boggs Center's Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (NJLEND) program](https://www.rwjms.rutgers.edu/boggscenter/student/LEND.html) as a Library and Information Science Fellow during the 2022-2023 academic year. NJLEND is an interdisciplinary graduate fellowship and leadership development program.
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## February 2022
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* I was [interviewed by someone from Saylor Academy](https://www.saylor.org/2022/02/student-spotlight-ethan-yoo/).
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* I was awarded $2500 in scholarship funds by the Thomas Edison State University Scholarship Committee.
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## January 2022
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* I officially withdrew from the Master of Social Work (MSW) program at Smith College School for Social Work, from which I had been taking a leave of absence.
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* I finished the November 2021 term at Thomas Edison State University, including three [online courses](https://www.tesu.edu/academics/online-courses) (Data Structures; Database Management; Software Engineering) and two [e-Pack courses](https://www.tesu.edu/academics/e-pack-courses) (Computer Concepts and Applications; Industrial Psychology).
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## November 2021
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* Between moving in January 2021 and summer coursework at Smith College, I had some months where I wasn't regularly volunteering as an EMT. I'm back to it as of late November 2021.
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## December 2020
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* I started participating in [#100DaysToOffload](https://100daystooffload.com/) on December 1. #100DaysToOffload "challenge[s] people to publish 100 posts on their **personal blog** in a year." I'm posting these entries to [Write.as,](https://ethan.writeas.com/) a blogging platform with its foundations in [free software](https://writefreely.org/) and [a respect for privacy.](https://write.as/principles)
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* I disabled access logs and updated the [privacy policy](/privacy/) on December 24.
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* I left Mastodon for a few weeks before creating a new account as [@ethanyoo@todon.eu](https://todon.eu/@ethanyoo) on December 29.
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## November 2020
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* I wrote my first "personal" post on November 2, where I describe [leaving Cloudflare and GitLab Pages.](/cloudflare/)
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* I'm back to volunteering as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) as of November 4.
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* I posted the [privacy and security policy](/privacy/) for this website on November 8.
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* I wrote a new ["Start" page](/index.html) on November 11; it's now more of a landing page. There is an image of the old index page at the bottom of this post.
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* I added the "Now" page (what you're currently reading) on November 11.
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# Images
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