Undergraduate honours thesis student
Mika is entering her 4th year of the Honour's B.Sc. program in Psychology at the University of Waterloo. She is currently completing her Honour's Thesis under the supervision of Dr. Nilsen and Dr. Henderson, in collaboration with the Cognitive Development Lab and the Social Development Lab. Her thesis examines how shyness impacts children’s communication with peers during a collaborative, goal-oriented drawing task. Broadly, Mika is interested in how children express themselves and how psychopathology manifests in childhood and adolescence. She hopes to pursue a career in the field of clinical psychology.