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Introduction
Workshops Schedule for 2022-2023
Workshop Leaders
Thesis Resources
INTRODUCTION
An honors thesis is one of the capstones of an undergraduate education. Working usually in close collaboration with a faculty member, you undertake original research that draws upon the topical knowledge and research skills you have developed in the MBB program. This research is the most important contribution you can make to the study of mind/brain/behavior.
An important related activity is sharing your research with the scholarly community. The MBB Program offers both un-structured and structured interactions with fellow thesis writers and seasoned researchers. In addition to the informal, course-based, and laboratory-related contacts with faculty and fellow students, the Program holds a required, non-credit series of small group discussions for thesis writers. These thesis workshops are a full-year, seminar style series of modules that focus on developing presentation and communication skills, as well as bolstering the diverse community of concentrations. These meetings will allow you to report your thesis findings and discuss them with your fellow MBB thesis writers, as well as provide feedback to your peers as you learn about their work. By listening to each other, you will also learn about the other areas in mind/brain/behavior, some quite different in topic and approach from that of your own thesis. Finally, these thesis discussion groups will also be a forum to explore and examine wider issues, from MBB-related issues, topics, and research to communicating science and developing the writing, creative, and speaking skills to do so effectively.
WORKSHOPS SCHEDULE FOR 2022-2023
Fall 2022
The fall workshops are focused on building an interdisciplinary community. Students will share and reflect on their process, as well as practice framing their work through visualization tasks.
Students should attend the intro meeting or watch its recorded information section and then one October and one November meeting. Super-seniors are excused from the November meeting and are expected to attend the December meeting instead.
Introductory Meeting - Friday 16 September, 3 p.m., via zoom
recording of informational (non-student) portions of this meeting can be viewed at https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/rzDODPIP0j8pJovml-gjkPhtDBbhYEIR-nogsi9QNNU8D2LobKxYSIr7Qh3Q1Q4U.G2gKACJtaFD5lyIO .
October Workshops
Friday 21 October, 2--4 p.m., William James B6 (basement seminar room) - Maggie Kandel
Friday 28 October, 4:30-6:30 p.m., William James B6 - Adam Omary
November Workshops
Friday 11 November, 2-4 p.m., William James B6 - Maggie Kandel (Veterans' Day but classes will be held)
Thursday 17 November, 4:30-6:30 p.m., location to be arrangted - Adam Omary
December Workshop
time and location to be arranged (reading period)
Spring 2023
Spring workshops will focus on sharing work beyond disciplinary boundaries. Thesis writers will continue to reflect on their process, and consider visual presentation of thesis work, culminating in a research presentation.
Three Workshops – to be arranged, April and early May
Senior Recognition Ceremony - Wednesday 24 May, 9-10:30 a.m., 2023, Faculty Club – Certificates in Mind Brain Behavior will be awarded.
WORKSHOP LEADERS
Maggie Kandel, mkandel@g.harvard.edu
Maggie is a Ph.D. student in the psychology department, with a background in linguistics. Her research interests include language acquisition and the cognitive mechanisms underlying human language production and comprehension. She has a strong belief in the importance of interdisciplinary research and dialogue and looks forward to sharing this passion with the undergraduate MBB thesis writers!
Adam Omary, aomary@g.harvard.edu
Adam is a Psychology Ph.D. student working in the Affective Neuroscience & Development Laboratory. His research studies environmental and hormonal influences on adolescent brain development, reward processing, and cognitive control. Adam loves to talk about interdisciplinary MBB research, ranging from cognitive neuroscience, to evolutionary biology, social psychology, moral philosophy, artificial intelligence, juvenile justice, and more!
THESIS RESOURCES
MBB Thesis Titles from Previous Years: Class of 2022 // Class of 2021 // Class of 2020 (with links to some posters) // Class of 2019 // Class of 2018 // Class of 2017 // Class of 2016 // Class of 2015 // Class of 2014
MBB Thesis Abstracts from Previous Years: Class of 2022 // Class of 2021
MBB Thesis Videos: Class of 2022
College Thesis Writer Resources
