Billings is working with McCormick in her lab on late auditory evoked potentials, looking at diet effects on the P300 wav e. This is Billings' second research experience, both of which he has enjoyed very much. Doing research for Dr. McCormick makes the classroom experience real. Rather than being fed information, she makes me feel more like an equal, that my own research a nd impact are important. With such mentoring, it is no wonder Billings wants to pursue a master s degree in this area.
Undergraduate research is also alive and thriving in areas other than science and mathematics.
Duncan Metcalfe, faculty adviser in the anthropology department, has been working with Rachel Quist, an employee for the Museum of Natural History, on an excava tion project at Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge south of Dugway. Her artifact findings are being published through the museum and her honors thesis is on file at the Marriott Library. It propelled me into my current position with the museum. Carol Werner, chair of the Environmental Studies Program, worked with Sarah Livsey on a psychology senior thesis and a Bennion Center service project. Livsey developed and organized a household hazardous waste reduction program in the Outreach Lab, which was implemented in about 50 elementary schools throughout the city.