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Reviewed and evaluated the testing of cognitive skills, abilities, and traits.Advised on pilot testing analysis to validate findings.

Center for Educational EffectivenessDeveloped a survey to measure student inclusion in higher education after identifying a need for a standardized assessment tool.Operationalized a standard definition of classroom inclusion and its key components. Created novel survey questions and built a student-facing survey.Collected qualitative and quantitative data from focus group interviews with students, faculty, and external education experts.

Designed, conducted, and analyzed scientific research studies on human memory using behavioral, neuroimaging, and neuropsychological experimental designs.Made strategic decisions on the appropriate principles, procedures, and techniques to apply to complex, multivariate datasets, including general linear models, computational models, and linear mixed models.Built data management workflows using MATLAB, Excel, and R to collect, organize, analyze, and visualize 10+ datasets.Summarized and communicated my research findings through 5 peer-reviewed research articles, a book chapter, and presentations at national and local conferences.

Developed course design and content for a new hybrid course on Data Visualization. This included teaching computer lab sections implementing Excel, JASP, and online graphing programs to organize and display data. Designed and recorded supplemental lessons as virtual TA to further assist students with data interpretation and scientific communication skills.Wrote and graded weekly homework assignments, exam responses, and research essays.Guest lectured classes ranging from 18 to 200 students on working memory, amnesia, and research methods.

Managed the research activities and IRB protocols of 5 graduate students, 2 postdoc researchers, and 15-30 undergraduates each quarter.Managed patient research database, including recruitment, testing, and evaluation. Trained over 40 undergraduate students in human research protocols using both written materials and group training.

Administered EEG and neuropsychological tests to children and adult patients and wrote summary reports for clinicians. Collected patient histories, including medical and behavioral data in a neurology clinic. Assisted with neurofeedback and cognitive behavioral therapies with children and adults.

Summer Neuroscience Undergraduate Research Fellowship | Publication: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.623280