Sunshine's+Research+Interests

Previous research experience as researcher, subject, etc
//Informal// I think most of my research experiences are rather informal. I think everyday in life is a day as a researcher, whether I am researching courses to take, things to do, or places to go, I'm always doing some sort of research about the world around me. Also a lot of research goes into all the papers and assignments completed for school :) //Formally//
 * Finding out information in elementary school about hobbies of peers
 * Handed out and analyzed surveys for high school courses - topics include: relationships, family dynamics
 * Conducted interviews for video documentaries - topic: teenage pregnancy
 * Psychology Research Methods course at Western - handed out and analyzed surveys, wrote up report
 * Avid subject for Psychology research projects at Western - cognition, decision making, played with a robot and once even had wore a cap with probes on it to look at brain waves
 * Research Assistant - //Fourth R Research Team, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health// __The Role of Peer Networks in Adolescent Risk Behaviour__ under the direction of Wendy Ellis, PhD and Jennine Rawana

Research that I would do with unlimited money and resources

 * To determine the purpose of human suffering and emotional, psychological and physical pain and how to aleviate and/or eliminate it

More realistic current research interest(s)

 * The effects of the Mobile Computing Program at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology on the health of students
 * Removing the Purple Elephant in the Room - Speaking Out about the Stigma of Depression
 * To develop and implement a non-profit organization to support young adults with mental health issues, specifically mood disorders