programsDr. Hangen (Social-Personality Psychology): Currently Dr. Drazan and I meet weekly to advance ourwork. Within 11 months of beginning our collaboration we have worked across at six projects which haveresulting in various scholarly products such as a co-authored podium presentation at the OrthopedicResearch Society Annual meeting that was recognized as a Finalist for the New Investigator RecognitionAward (NIRA), co-authored a manuscript on a sports biomechanics STEM outreach intervention (inprep), and as co-PI’s (along with another colleague) a National Science Foundation S-STEM proposal.These early, tangible, outcomes have laid the groundwork for future projects and collaborations at theboundary of our respective fields.More broadly, I have