Pre-Thesis — Fall 2021

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 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 12: Mapping Overall Research Flow & Begin Prototyping

Week 11: Visualizing Prototypes + Observations on Vulnerable Spaces

Week 10: Planning Research Methods

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

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 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 7: Learnings About Memories

After reading a bunch of scholarly journals last week about the first topic area of the concept of our memories, I realized that when it comes to memories, articles mostly discuss about childhood trauma. I eventually realized the reason being the introduction of…

Week 6: Diving Into The Readings

This week I started reading the materials I have picked out for the first topic area to explore, which is learning about the psychology behind our memories.

Learnings from Readings