For my Spring 2023 semester, I decided to do an honors contract with my Professor, Gina Londino-Smolar. It was for my Concepts of Forensic Science II class. I decided to pick this class to do an honors contract with because my major is Forensic Biology. 

I wrote a 10-page, double-spaced research paper about Forensic Botany. I wrote about the beginning of forensic science and forensic botany. I then explained the schooling and career paths behind the field. The paper also discusses case studies and methods used in the field. The paper then concluded with newer studies in the field and talked about the importance of improving the field and how necessary it is to make it more accepted/known. 

This was an exciting project to do. I was able to learn more about my major which I am very passionate about. I also learned about a field in my major that I didn't know much about. This project allowed me to better some transferrable skills such as communication (with my professor) and being more accountable, by getting a project done that I was assigned by myself.