Lab members

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Sophia is a first year graduate student in the Communication & Advocacy program. Her research focuses on mental health advocacy, specifically campaigns in suicide prevention & awareness. 

Throughout her undergraduate career at Penn State Schuylkill Campus, she presented research at the Eastern Communication Association’s 2021, 2022, and 2023 Undergraduate Scholars Conference and at the National Communication Association’s 107th and 108th Annual Convention. She has also co-authored three papers with her research mentor Dr. Valerie Schrader. "I am very excited to continue my research in mental health communication and advocacy and suicide prevention at JMU."

Teagan's thesis will examine personality disorders and their impact on death anxiety and meaning of life.