Responsible for teaching two sections of Psychological Perspectives on Teaching and Learning. The course focus is on introducing core concepts of Educational Psychology to undergraduate students from a variety of backgrounds.-Developed course goals and syllabus.-Plan curriculum and daily lessons.-Design assessments and collect feedback from students.

College of Education and Human Ecology, Office of Scholarships and Student EnrichmentCo-investigator for a study designed to evaluate the impact of scholarship awards on students.- Conducted a literature review of research on scholarships and financial aid, college student development, and academic motivation.- Designed a quantitative survey instrument to evaluate the relationships between scholarship awards and various measures of student academic motivation and academic decision-making.- Conducting interviews and focus groups with current college students to qualitatively assess the nature of observed relationships.- Submitting proposals and results to local, regional, and national conferences.

Research assistant for two separate projects, worked with multiple faculty members to achieve both study objectives.Teachers' Influence During Peer Collaboration Study:- Conducted literature reviews on the cognitive, affective, and social effects of teacher moves during peer discussion exercises.- Developed coding schemes for qualitative data analysis.- Data management and restructuring for quantitative data analyses.- Assisted with writing up results for submission to national AERA conference.Barriers and Facilitators to Access and Retention in Care for HIV+ Women in Ohio:- Conducted literature reviews on women with HIV, factors influential in HIV retention in care, and the motivation of HIV patients to initiate and stay in care.- Conducted interviews and focus groups with HIV healthcare providers and women affected by HIV.- Assisted with data management and qualitative analysis of audio recordings from interviews and focus groups.- Coordinated participant recruitment, scheduling, and follow-up.- Reported study results for submission to conferences and journals.- Presented results at local and regional conferences.

- Graduate Student Co-Editor, Special 50th Anniversary of Theory Into Practice (TIP)- Assisted with a project studying middle school transition and drop out rates at local public schools. Part of a team that met with 6th grade students for photo-elicitation interviews and focus groups, school observations, and helped write up study results.

Stress and Health Lab, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research.Assisted with data collection and organization for several large-scale projects, studying the effects of various interventions (e.g. yoga, fish oil supplementation) on health issues like heart disease and cancer. Primary responsibilities included: - Transcribing, coding, and organizing audio data for multiple studies.- Trained other undergraduate students on audio data transcription and coding.- Assisting with complex participant visits.- Conducting structured interviews.- Helping with other data management and clean-up.- Other duties as needed.

Undergraduate research assistant for the Judgment and Decision Making program.Assisted with participant scheduling, ran participant visits, managed and prepared data for analysis, and assisted with basic data analysis.

Undergraduate research internship for the Depression Research Lab.- Assisted with participant scheduling, running participants through a two-day study, and collecting follow-up survey data. - Gained experience with structured interviewing of college students.- Learned research lab practices such as obtaining informed consent, maintaining research records, protecting participant privacy, data organization and management.