Sara Khan, Author at The Emory Wheel

Sara Khan

Sara Khan (23C) is from Fairfax, Va., majoring in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology and minoring in English. Outside of the Wheel, Khan also serves as a research assistant in the Dilks Lab, freshman representative for Emory MSA, and is a committee member for both GlobeMed and Emory APCO. In her free time, she enjoys writing poetry, binge-watching movies, playing tennis, and telling people Northern Virginia isn't part of the South.

Professors Must Work to Support Students Struggling With Class Participation

Posted by Sara Khan | 2 days ago

Growing up, I attended relatively small schools with classes that were never larger than 18 people, so I knew my peers very well. As a naturally shy person, this close-knit environment enabled me to participate in class more...

Think Twice before Taking Harmful Diet Advice from Celebrities

Posted by Sara Khan | Apr 4, 2020

Celebrities’ influence on our decisions is both pervasive and unhealthy. In the age of social media, Americans’ obsession with reaching their unreasonable standards of beauty causes us to spend over $16.5 billion on plastic...

Social Distancing Isn’t a Suggestion, It’s a Civic Responsibility

Posted by Sara Khan | Apr 3, 2020

Since returning home to Virginia from Emory, I have had to find creative ways to maintain some of my previous daily habits. Exercise has been very important to me since I was young, so I try to run outside by myself at less...

TV Shows to Binge-Watch Amidst a Pandemic

Posted by Sara Khan | Mar 20, 2020

As the novel coronavirus rapidly spreads throughout the United States, college students may find...

France Ought to Overhaul Its #MeToo Movement

Posted by Sara Khan | Feb 25, 2020

In 2006, Tarana Burke, a sexual assault survivor and activist, started the #MeToo movement in the United States to culturally reframe and expand the conversation surrounding sexual violence. Her movement worked to address the...