Student Summer Research Talks have begun! Students present their summer research progress in 15 minute talks to the community. Today we heard from three groups: 1) Making Meaning of Madness: Narratives of First-Episode Psychosis Sophia Seitz ’16 and Justin Poh ’16 are helping John Adler (Assistant Professor of Psychology) in his research of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a mental illness in which an individual hallucinates, experiences delusions and ultimately loses a true sense of reality. Sophia and Justin have coded over 125 blind narratives from schizophrenia patients experiencing two different types of treatment. Through their research they hope to determine which type of treatment is most effective. 2) Santos Family Foundation Dante Santos ’14 and his family have the Santos Family Foundation, which is determined to improve driver safety. Chloe Eghtebas ‘15, James Nee ‘15, Jenny Vaccaro ’17, and Mindy Tieu ’17 are working with the foundation in order to create new SCOPE projects for Oliners to tackle this issue. This summer, the group hopes to produce a well documented database online that will offer possible projects to SCOPE groups, provide a reliable contact base and inspire groups to take on these projects. In their initial research they have found that distracted driving, new car familiarity and road infrastructure are three areas that can be improved to decrease automotive deaths. 3) What weve done so far (and where were going): teamwork and discourse analysis You’ve all done group projects, you’ve all had groups that work well… and some that didnt. Aditi Joshi ’17 and Allison Tau (REU student) and Ryan Eggert ’16 are taking a critical approach to how Olin students communicate with professors, and more importantly with each other. They are observing and coding different interactions to explore where individuals have an opportunity to speak, interrupt, agree and disagree. They are also examining how students perceive situations in terms of equality and what is appropriate to say. Ultimately, the group hopes to guide Oliners in the future towards more cohesive and productive communication skills to benefit their project outcomes and experiences.
Posted on: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 16:01:43 +0000
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