Research in Practice
Using research, data, and clear communication to understand education, migration, identity, and social life.
Selected Projects
Quantitative Social Research
Attitudes Toward Poverty Among Canadian University Students
A quantitative project examining how social attitudes can be operationalized, measured, analyzed, and communicated. The work demonstrates questionnaire-based research, SPSS analysis, interpretation, and research-poster presentation.
Migration & Social Integration
Chinese Immigrant Social Integration in Canada
Research focused on language, identity, employment, education, belonging, and community experience. This work connects sociological concepts with the lived realities of migration and settlement.
Education & Technology
Education, Technology, and Generative AI
Critical and practical work on digital citizenship, children and social media, technology in classrooms, teacher development, and the opportunities and limits of generative AI in learning.
Research Capabilities
- Research-question development
- Conceptualization and operationalization
- Survey and questionnaire review
- Quantitative data preparation
- SPSS and descriptive analysis
- Reliability, correlation, and regression
- Charts, posters, and presentations
- Clear, audience-focused reporting
Research Principles
Research should be ethical, transparent, understandable, and appropriate to the question. Public portfolio materials do not disclose participant identities, confidential data, private interview records, or restricted course materials.
