Brandon W
- Research Program Mentor
PhD Doctor of Philosophy candidate
Expertise
Linguistics; Statistics; Research Methodology
Project ideas
Project ideas are meant to help inspire student thinking about their own project. Students are in the driver seat of their research and are free to use any or none of the ideas shared by their mentors.
Project 1
Analyzing social media or news data using Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods
Project 2
Hands-on introduction to statistics and experiment design: test a hypothesis about human behavior using online data collection methods, then analyze that data using statistical modeling techniques.
Project 3
Write an effective literature review by identifying appropriate academic sources summarized in your own words
Project 4
Produce a podcast in which you interview an expert on a topic or current issue you are passionate about