Alexandra Hill '23, born and raised in Los Angeles, California, is a triple major in English, French, and mathematics, with a minor in statistics. Her passion for mental health is a keystone for much of her academia; she presented her research on mental health accessibility in writing centers at a national conference in 2021, and her three senior honors projects each respectively analyze mental health in literature in unique ways. Beyond her scholarly interests, she works as editor-in-chief of The Laurentian Magazine and The Hill News, is president of the co-ed service fraternity APO, program manager for St. Lawrence’s Volunteer Services, a tutor in both the quantitative resource center and the writing center, and a private tutor for a range of math and French courses.
Projects
![The image on the left shows a confusion matrix that demonstrates that the computer can correctly guess the positionality of the author with a 60% accuracy, indicating that positionality likely has an influence on the portrayal of mental health in literature. The right image shows the sentiment around mental health terms by positionality, white male seeming to be more positive than both black and white female.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_library/public/2022-08/math%20project%20image_0.jpg?itok=ayyXfoDF)
![Bar graph of number of derogatory mental health terms used in a novel in chronological publishing order.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_library/public/2021-08/Alexandra%20Hill%20Bar%20Graph.png?itok=XKXNwVn2)