Undergraduate Honors Thesis

This was my first fully independent research project! The goal of this project was to use both recorded interviews and MRI data in order to better understand the impact of brain damage on speech behavior, as well as identify similarities and differences between participants with various types of aphasia. In order to accomplish this, I learned how to draw lesions by hand on the individual MRI images, a skill that was painstaking but worth the effort! I also learned to program in R to conduct my statistical analysis on the behavioral data I collected from the recorded interviews. In the end, I was given the opportunity to present my findings twice, one in a poster session and once a selected speaker. My final product was a 40+ page document that I have bound on my bookshelf as a reminder of my dedication to research, my education, and myself over the course of 2022. 

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Presented at:

Indiana University Journal of Undergraduate Research Research Slam - April 2022

Indiana University Advanced Summer Research Poster Symposium - August 2022

Indiana Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Conference - September 2022.

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Awards Received:

IU Undergraduate Research provides Advanced Summer Research Scholarships - $3500

Indiana University Hutton Honors College Summer Research Grant - $3000

Indiana University Department of Linguistics Research Funding - $500

Indiana University Journal of Undergraduate Research Research Slam - 1st Place Presentation.