Caroline Conway

Staff Writer, Dartmouth College

Writer Bio

I am in the Class of 2024 at Dartmouth College. As a freshman, I am undeclared, but I plan to double major in Cognitive Science and Hispanic Studies. Ultimately, I hope to get my PhD and conduct research as a neuroscientist. In addition to writing for the Undergraduate Journal of Science, I serve as the House Outreach Coordinator for the Mental Health Student Union at Dartmouth. My hobbies include playing ultimate frisbee, jamming out to Broadway show tunes, and teaching myself ukulele.

Research Interests

Biology

Biology has been my favorite subject for as long as I can remember. The summer before my senior year of high school, I interned at the Medical University of South Carolina in a lab investigating the biological pathways that lead to excess muscle formation in Texel sheep. I love learning about the mechanisms of life, and I hope to do additional biological research in the future.

Cognition

Majoring in Cognitive Science, I hope to learn more about cognition in the years to come. I am especially fascinated by the relationships between memory, music, and language. I am also interested in the field of social cognition.

Mental Health

In a recent course on the self in philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience, I wrote my final research paper on how mental illness can be both incorporated into one’s sense of self and compartmentalized as a force external to the self. I would love to further research the psychology and neuroscience tied to mental health.