Kristina McDonald
Supporter
Kristina McDonald received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Illinois Wesleyan University and now pursues a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Duke's Department of Psychology & Neuroscience. An undergraduate nominator demonstrates Kristina's dedication to mentoring in a chronicle of her practical support during a thesis project. “Everything about this experience has been new to me, but I have never felt lost because of the excellent guidance I have received. She taught me how to analyze data in a variety of ways. She taught me how to put together a poster that I had to present at the end of my summer program. When it came time to design a study, she was extremely helpful generating ideas, but it was clear that it was always my decision for what I wanted to do and how I was going to do it…She kept up communication with me over winter break so that I could get a head start on writing the introduction and methods sections to my thesis. And she has only continued to be a constant source of advice and guidance as I have finished collecting data and begun analyzing it. I feel very confident about where my thesis will end up, and that is mostly because of the support I have received from Kristina.”