Qualitative Research
I primarily consider myself a qualitative research. Numbers can show us the depth of a health problem, but understanding the actual felt effects of the issue from the people experiencing it helps show us why the issue exists in the first place and how we can best help the communities affected by it.
01
COVID-19 and Firearms
Spearheaded by Dr. Erica Payton-Foh of UNC Greensboro, this content analysis of news articles analyzed the increase in firearm and ammunition sales in response to COVID-19.
02
Depression in the USA vs Italy
In this independent study, I conducted interviews and thematic analysis of TikToks to compare the adolescents' perceptions of depression between Italy and the United States. This project also sought to understand how culture impacts understandings of mental illness.
03
Stigmatizing Language in News Reporting
In this independent content analysis, I studied changes in stigmatizing language in news reporting on pregnant and parenting women in methadone treatment between 2010 and 2017.
04
Rhetoric of the DSM
This independent study was conducted as the final paper for my Honors Rhetoric of Health and Medicine class. Using the dramatisic approach, I analyzed changes in language about anxiety between the first and most recent iterations of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
