Fellow:Wesley Alexis

I'm a student at Wichita State University studying mathematics, psychology, music, bioche- basically if it's STEM-related, music composition, or vocal performance, I'm studying it, have studied, or plan to study it. (I'm not really that sassy, I'm just using humour...okay I'm a little sassy.)

As for what I want to do with all of my knowledge, I have three objectives:


I want to create sustainable structures that distribute social and financial power more evenly. To do this, I'm focused on empowering individuals, not bringing others down. For example, I'm currently working with my university's Technology Transfer department to give students their Intellectual Property Rights. My team and I are LITERALLY rewritting laws. Yes, we are that awesome.

I want to change the way society appreciates and approaches mental and emotional health. To do this, I'm researching cognitive and neurochemical aspects of behavior. For example, people suffering with depression tend to have malfunctioning sections of their brain. One way to alleviate this might be to noninvasively stimulate the brain using video games! (I cannot tell you how many hours I've spent on Samsh Bros...wait...yes I can, it's approximately 913).

Lastly, I feel society has completely underestimated the ways futurism and globalism affect and will affect humanity. I want to get people discussing this topic at a level that AT LEAST considers how socioeconomic class, gender, culture, and daily life will interact with these dynamics.

So, in review, I'm a diva, a debater, a geek, and civically minded -- I am basically all of the characters in the Breakfast Club...again with the humour. I hope it's working.