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Rachel Beaton

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B.A., University of Virginia (2007 )

“Graduate school is usually the phase in academia during which the scope of one’s knowledge narrows, while the depth of one’s knowledge simultaneously increases. I decided to become a Jefferson Fellow because I felt that it permitted me to remain engaged in other fields and actively indulge interests that lie beyond the boundaries of my thesis and my field. I personally feel that in interacting with fields different from our own, we can gain priceless insight into our own work and find perspectives that would have otherwise remained out of touch.”

Research Interests: Near-Field Cosmology