Augusta Ding ’23, photographed at the College of Holy Cross on July 28, 2022, is working with Professor Alex Browman for her summer research project that is looking at gender roles in video games. (Photo by Michael Ivins/Holy Cross)
From a young age, Augusta Ding ’23, who grew up in Shanghai, China, gravitated toward video games. Now, as a rising senior at the College of the Holy Cross, the psychology major has transformed that passion into a Charles S. Weiss Summer Research Project examining how gender roles affect the professional gaming industry.