University of British Columbia

Dr. Carolyn Szostak’s Lab

September 2020 - September 2022

Honours Student (PSYO 490B) Find my full thesis here. Studied individual differences contributing to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and conspiracy beliefs. Conducted literature reviews, compiled measures, and developed questionnaires using Qualtrics. Created consent and debriefing forms. Considered appropriate statistical tests for analysis, and conducted data analysis. Presented the results in two conferences, and completed an honors thesis manuscript. My PURC talk received the Best Honours Presentation award. Here are the presentations with findings:
Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference
Interdisciplinary Student Health Conference

Directed Studies (PSYO 381B) Helped conduct research for the “Media & Climate Change” study: including literature review, data analysis, and writing an academic IMRD paper.

Volunteer Conducted a scoping review (using Covidence) regarding student well-being and academic accommodation.

Learning Outcomes Literature review, Scoping review, Research design, Research ethics application, Qualtrics, Scientific writing, Data analyses, Quantitative method, Statistical testing, SPSS, R, Covidence, Presentation skills, Working independently, Holistic research skills.

The Truth and Trust Lab

January 2020 - April 2022

Directed Studies Student (PSYO 481A): Helped design a study to facilitate lie and truth conditions during a dyadic conversation to evaluate deception detection in real-life conversations. Presented the study design and methods to the research team. Moderated interview-styled conversations between participants on Zoom.

Methodology: Presentation

Volunteer: Continued to run participants for the above study on Zoom.

Learning Outcomes: Research design, Survey creation (Qualtrics), Ethics application, Lab presentation, Working in a lab, Communication skills, Deception research, Literature review, Teamwork, and Working independently.

The Psychopathology Lifespan and Neuropsychology (PLAN) Lab

September - December 2019; October 2020 - February 2021

Volunteer: Ran participants for the “Gratitude study”, which evaluated the effects of gratitude-focused mindfulness on body image perceptions.

The Health Psychology Lab

September 2019 - February 2020

Volunteer: Ran participants for the ”Lean on Me” study which studied the effects of social support on stress. Collected data on tweet deck for a Twitter-based study exploring the use of crisis text line. Collected data from Facebook for a study based on chronic fatigue syndrome and the emotions expressed on Facebook posts.

Learning Outcomes: Data collection from social media.