UROP Leader Information Submission: Submission #49

First Name: Sophia
Last Name: Gannaoui
Full name as you would like it to appear on the website: Sophia Gannaoui
Preferred Pronouns: she/her/hers
Hometown, State, and Country (ex: Tallahassee, FL, USA): Kissimmee, FL, USA
FSU email : srg20f@fsu.edu
Please check this box if you are willing to be contacted by students interested in UROP: Yes
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Major(s): Choral Music Education
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Graduation Semester and Year (ex: Fall, 2022): Fall, 2024
What is your current research focus?:
Currently, I am exploring my cultural heritage and finding the connections between Filipino and Moroccan vocal music for my Honors in the Major thesis.

Are there any other research related activities you participate(d) in?:
During my senior year of high school, I conducted a study analyzing how learning choral music in German could affect pronouncing German correctly outside of a musical setting for my AP Research project.

Answer one of the following two questions about being a UROP Leader or your UROP background. : How has UROP impacted your time at FSU?
Please answer the question you selected above in the area provided.:
Being in UROP has helped expose me to a bunch of research fields that I would not have otherwise gone out of my way to learn about without being introduced to it first. It has also been highlighted to me that there needs to be better representation for research in the arts which has motivated me to discover the research that graduate students and faculty members in my college are conducting. I have been inspired to help contribute to more research created in the field of music along with finding ways to make it more interdisciplinary for more people to be interested in it.

Please list any other hobbies or interests you would like to share:
I currently serve as a Programming Coordinator for the Asian American Student Union because I am dedicated to sharing Asian cultures and representation with the students of FSU in a fun way. In my free time, I enjoy video editing, exploring new places, visiting different restaurants, and being in water- either swimming or coxing a boat with the FSU Rowing Club.

Headshot: https://cre.fsu.edu/system/files/webform/urop_leaders_information/4366/IMG_2482.jpg
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2025Year2025: 2022
Approved: Yes
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Years as a UROP Leader: 2022-2023