Victoria Mousley
2017
College of the Holy Cross
Victoria Mousley studies Psychology and Deaf Studies at the College of the Holy Cross. Victoria explored her passion for cognitive neuroscience as a visiting student at Gallaudet University, an undergraduate institution for deaf students, where she immersed herself in Deaf culture, used American Sign Language as her primary language, and conducted neuroscience of language research. She will spend her Marshall Scholarship studying cognitive neuroscience of language at University College London. As a 2016 Harry S. Truman Scholar, Victoria intends to pursue a public policy degree and work to use neuroscience research to inform education and healthcare policy worldwide.