Mika Jayaweera
Undergraduate honours thesis student
Mika is in the Honour's Psychology B.Sc. program 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.