Ep. 186: Finding Your Future Through Research and Service (w/ Grace Holschuh)

I don't want to talk too much about research because that's definitely not the only thing you've done while you've been here.

But I do want to touch on the honors research that you've done.

So unlike most students, and this is a rare thing that that only some students want to put the time and commitment into because it's a big commitment, is you've actually done your own independent research study.

So tell us about that.

Yes.

So I did an independent research study that looked at how child maltreatment may or may not influence autonomic functioning.

So I brought people into the social research lab and they got to do some virtual reality while I recorded their heart rates.

And it was overall a really great experience for me.

It was, as you said, lots of hard work and a huge time commitment.

And I'm not going to lie, I'm not seeing some super significant results on a huge sample size.

But the fact that I created the project like from scratch by myself using technology I'd never used before, I'm really proud of that.

No, and you should be.

I think there's something very special about your first real independent research project that's your little baby.

I remember mine with great fondness as well.

Usually they don't work out.

Usually they're not significant.

Usually they don't get published.

But they'll mean something special, especially as you go on and maybe do more research.

That first one is still something special.

I got to do talk about something else because I love research and I could talk to you about research all day.