Student researchers take on exciting summer projects
From the field, to the lab, to the archives, Acadia students were hard at work all summer long! Our students worked on projects from the geologically old (350 million years, in fact!) to the startlingly new (stroke rehabilitation through VR, anyone?).
In our summer research projects series, you can hear from just a few of our students who worked alongside Acadia faculty to advance their fields of study. In each video, a student researcher and their mentor tell us all about what they’re working on and what makes Acadia the place for them to do research like nowhere else.
Watch below to learn about the incredible research opportunities our students have been able to take advantage of outside of the academic year.
Jenna Floyd, recent grad with a double major in psychology and computer science, explored modes of motor learning through virtual reality to inform rehabilitation practices for stroke patients alongside Dr. Dan Blustein (Psychology).
Fourth-year environmental science student, Taya Lucas-Desmond, worked with Dr. Zoe Panchen (Biology) to assess how different native Nova Scotia plant species respond to climate change in her summer research project.
Through a combination of field work and archival research, third-year environmental geoscience student Tess Gates-Flaherty worked with Dr. Mo Snyder (Earth and Environmental Science) this summer to correlate fossils in the Maritime Sub-basins.