Week 1: Imagining Thesis Topics

Picking a specific topic for a thesis project has never been easy for me as there are plenty subject matter that needs to be discussed or explored further. Also the fact that I am such an indecisive person makes this even more challenging. But the quick class exercises that…

Week 2: Refining Thesis Topic

Out of the five interests that I listed from last week, I have narrowed down the choices into three main…

Week 12: Mapping Overall Research Flow & Begin Prototyping

Week 13: Reflecting on Comments & Writing First Chapter of Dissertation

This week began with the presentation of my final, and now is the time to reflect on the comments offered. Other than that, I am also starting to write the first introduction chapter for my thesis…

Week 14: Writing the First Two Chapters of Thesis Dissertation

This week I am spending a lot of my time writing the first two chapters of my thesis dissertation on the topic of vulnerability through understanding our perception of memory and the stigma of mental health within Asian…

Week 10: Planning Research Methods

This week I started to plan and visualize the potential research methods that I can implement as…

Week 4: Secondary Research

From last week’s presentation, the main concern for my topic was that I need to partner up with a psychotherapy…

Week 8: Assessing My Thesis Progress

I think the presentation last week really helped me in a way of knowing what other people perceived about my thesis topic in general and the direction that they thought it will lead to. I realized from the comments that many people have when it comes to the word…

Week 9: Timeline for the Next Few Weeks

This week I will be plotting a project timeline for the next few weeks as well as for winter break until the end of next semester. I will also be continuing my reading plan onto the next topic area, which is learning about silent mental health crisis in…

Week 3: Narrowing Down Research Questions

“Designing an experience where users can feel secure and eventually let go of their traumatic memories in the past, through a curated set of social interactions.”