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San Luis Obispo, California, United States

• Oversaw lab operations during the PI's absence, facilitated peer meetings to ensure project milestones were met, and played a key role in mentoring lab members on Atlas.ti.
• Assisted with transcribing interviews.
• Received mentorship in grounded theory and qualitative analysis.
• Developed and maintained a comprehensive codebook.
• Acquired and taught Atlas.ti software through peer-mentoring sessions.
• Led Atlas.ti project setup, including material uploads, error troubleshooting, and codebook development.

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

• Oversaw lab operations, facilitated onboarding and peer meetings, and played a key role in mentoring team members in remote settings.
• Onboarded and trained 5 new undergraduate research assistants from the University of Virginia remotely from California
• Managed lab organization, scheduling, and operational tasks to enhance efficiency
• Led peer-mentorship meetings to support team development and collaboration
• Supported Principal Investigator with data analysis and research activities
• Maintained and updated the lab website using Squarespace to ensure accurate and functional information

San Luis Obispo, California, United States

Led a team of 10 students where we collaboratively designed a study aimed at examining the relationship between various stressors (social, economic, and environmental) inherent to undergraduate students and their influence on comfort food consumption, staying grounded in evolutionary theories. Aided in the research design process by creating a survey using.

Contributed to a research project examining revenge from an evolutionary perspective, with a focus on resource costs and gender differences in revenge enactment. Participated in weekly 2-hour meetings to discuss key findings and prepare presentation materials. Represented Cal Poly SLO at CWESS 2023 at UC Merced on May 5th, presenting research findings.