Bem-vindo a São Paulo!

Smile and wave boys, smile and wave. That has been much of my communication over the last five days. Though I can understand much of Portuguese, I’m rather (read: very) limited in what I can say. Needless to say, I have spent a lot of time smiling, nodding, and...

T-minus 4 hours

Fake President Josiah Bartlett once asked his best friend Leo McGary to “jump off a cliff.” While, Josiah Bartlett was only asking him to serve as his fake Chief of Staff on the political television drama The West Wing; the idea of figuratively jumping off a cliff...

CVAL: Competitive Visa Application League

After days of navigating the incomprehensible online directions of the Brazilian consulate and gathering all of the documents I needed, I went to the Brazilian consulate to apply for a Visa on Wednesday. This process has long been on my to-do list, but was held up...

Introductions and Preparation

Hi! I’ll be tracking my progress on this blog as I set out to travel the world and investigate sexual assault at different universities around the world. Currently, I’m sending – on average – a thousand emails a week to universities and professors around the world to...