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Amanda Gagne is a member of the Class of 2025 at St Lawrence University. She is a double major in Computer Science and Music. She recently completed a Research Fellowship through the St. Lawrence University Fellows Program investigating the potential role of Artificial Intelligence in hardening software and defending against cyber-attacks. The dynamic future of Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity are of particular interest to Amanda. Her goal is to use the knowledge and skills developed during this fellowship in the future as she begins down her career path. 

Galen Halasz, class of 2027, is an intended English and Music double major. He is passionate about the arts and aspires to be a professional writer and musician. He is a varsity cross-country and track athlete, member of the Choral Society, and regularly participates in intramural soccer, the nordic ski club, open mic nights, and chess club. His creative writing has been featured in the Laurentian Magazine, and he was a winner of the Bradley R. Evers Outstanding First-Year Student Award.

Southeastern Europe is a mix of ethnicities, religions and traditions existing on the foundation of different cultural practices and politics.  The centuries of Ottoman rule on the Balkan peninsula had a profound effect on the culture and populations of the region. As a person born and raised in the Balkans, I have been fascinated by the nuances in the culture -what makes us different and what makes us similar, since my earliest childhood. My journey focused mostly on exploring cultures through music, food, fashion, tradition, history and lifestyles.

Annan (Yanna) Yue graduated from St. Lawrence University in 2020 with a double degree in Psychology and Music. She is interested in Counseling and Developmental Psychology. The courses she took in psychology and her interest in counseling led her to this project. For her future career plans, Yanna is devoted to do academic research on developmental psychology and she is committed to pursuing a Ph.D. degree after finishing a Master’s degree.

Yanfei Mao' 21 is a senior student who comes from China with double majoring in Psychology and Music. She has been interested in positive psychology and especially the relationship between character strength and positive outcomes in academic context. Currently, she continues working on this project by analyzing another dataset from MTurk and tries to create an appropriate strength intervention in academic context based on the results to improve college students’ academic achievements and happiness.