Handwashing and health program for schools in poor nations (YEDI affiliated)
David Levine, Professor
Business, Haas School
Applications for Fall 2025 are closed for this project.
We are developing a curriculum based on stories, games and engaging activities to teach about health in poor nations (wash hands with soap, etc.).
Role: We need LOTS of different skills:
1. Create training videos for teachers. You will learn video production and principles of behavior change.
2. Illustrate a children's story teaching health: You will learn principles of behavior change and how they relate to health education
3. Make our web site great: Web design and marketing skills
4. Folks who speak Tamil
If you are selected for this research project, you will also be invited to join the Youth Equity Discovery Initiative (YEDI) Program, a research mentorship program that aims to build supportive pathways into research careers, service, and leadership addressing adolescent wellbeing. The year-long program provides weekly skill-building workshops, cascading mentorship, and professional development training to a cohort of 20-30 undergraduate scholars working on faculty-led youth equity research projects (like this one). Past scholars have benefitted from YEDI’s mentorship and professional development opportunities (including faculty and graduate student speakers). The program culminates in an end-of-year research poster symposium.
The 2025-2026 YEDI cohort will meet in BOTH fall and spring. For the Fall, the workshops will take place on Tuesdays, 2:00pm-3:30pm starting September 30th. In order to take part in the YEDI program, you MUST be able to attend the workshops at this time. As a YEDI scholar, you will sign up for a PH198 class and receive 1 unit. This is in addition to the units you receive for your URAP research project. For any questions about YEDI, please contact YEDI’s Director Marieka Schotland (mschotland@berkeley.edu) or visit our website here. Participation in the YEDI Program is not required for this research project, but is strongly encouraged.
Qualifications: Depending on your role:
1. Training videos: Able to produce 3 3-minute video based on rough drafts of scripts: Find actors and camera crew, direct, edit, etc.
2. Illustrator: Able to do fun cartoons. Can do basic digital art (advanced is better).
3. Web design: Basic Web design skills + design skills
Hours: 6-8 hrs
Off-Campus Research Site: From your location.
Social Sciences Arts & Humanities