How/Why Research? Before entering college, I knew I wanted to get into research, but I also didn’t fully understand the broad scope of the topics professors here were addressing. During my freshman year, I began my search by looking at the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience faculty website, narrowing down which labs seemed to best align with my interests. This helped me gain an appreciation for the types of research I could conduct, and by subsequently being fortunate enough to join a lab, I built the foundational skills I continue to use today.
Research Experience: In my freshman year, I was a research assistant in Dr. Kurt Gray’s Deepest Beliefs Lab, where I analyzed trends in supernatural attributions in cross-cultural ethnographic records, and with Dr. Brenna Maddox and Dr. Clare Harrop during my sophomore year, I studied biomarkers of suicide risk in female autistic adolescents. I am currently in the CLICK Lab with Dr. Jeffrey Greene studying the relationship between socioeconomic status and beliefs of intelligence in students and teachers. In spring 2023, I was a Karen M. Gil Intern at the Neuro Image Research and Analysis Laboratories (NIRAL), where I conducted quality control and data analysis in R of infant MRI data, and I will remain in the lab in fall 2023. I am excited to use these experiences to take a neuroimaging and affective psychology approach to learning sciences in future studies.
Student Organizations/Clubs: Psi Chi, Circle K, Sangam
Also Happy to Chat about: Emailing Professors, Talking with Professors, Networking, Fitting Research into a Busy Schedule, Finding research opportunities
Random Fun Fact: I once wrote a fifty-page fiction short story as a kid!