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How?

This is our methods section. This page is a journal written by Kevin Chen, who lead this project, that details how we started, some of the challenges, and how we solved them. I've italicized the sections are key for people interested in doing this themselves, that way you can skip through my other blabber if you want.

Inspiration:

The initial inspiration for this project came from two main things:

1. John Bohnanon's talk TEDxBrussels:
   • I had only heard a little bit about the Dance Your PhD Contest before watching this video. I thought that this video was incredible and right after watching it, this was already added to the "list of things that I'd like to do something in my life". Of course, at the same time I had to add "Get a PhD" to that list.
2. Emma Ware winning the social sciences category of DYPhD 2011:
   • I knew Emma through dancing with the KinetiQ Crew. I found out about this shortly after watching John Bohannon's talk and I was thrilled to hear that this was something that actually happened here at Queen's. So the whole thing just felt a lot closer. This confirmed it. I had to do something like this when I'm doing my PhD.

At this time, I was a volunteer with the