Anna Yan Email & Phone Number

Chapel Hill, NC, US

Berkeley, California, United States

• Principal Investigator: Dr. Jennifer Chatman

Berkeley, California, United States

• Organize and manage Berkeley Culture Initiative events, including the Fourth Annual Berkeley Culture Conference and the "Leading Through Culture" Fireside Chat Series with prominent culture leaders. Previously.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Conduct extensive literature search and code existing articles on confronting biased behavior.
• Code 50+ newspaper articles and accompanying social media posts for public reactions to Black victims or their families who forgive White perpetrators.
• Pilot and provide feedback on surveys studying employee and student well-being and diversity.
• Principal Investigators: Dr. Mikki Hebl and Dr. Eden King

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Manage a team of Research Assistants (RAs).
• Oversee RA performance and develop quarterly performance appraisal system.
• Assist in planning weekly meetings and developing weekly agendas.
• Recruit, interview, select, and onboard Research Assistants each quarter.

• Create and edit research materials to study perceptions of workplace gender diversity efforts.
• Prescreen and quantitatively analyze datasets using SPSS.
• Code MTurk participant responses to affirmative action and its effects on Asian Americans and other ethnic groups.
• Perform literature searches for the development of new research projects that study benevolent sexism, group relative deprivation, and gender hypotheses and stereotypes.
• Principal Investigator: Dr. Yuen Huo
• Graduate Student Mentors: Mako S. Tanaka, M.A. and Jason C. Chin, M.A.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Code gender and race/ethnicity of 1200+ faculty members at business and law schools.
• Conduct searches for feminist-related Wikipedia pages for a diversity, equity, inclusion project.
• Provide Zoom training (audio, visual, and chat functions) to 30-45 lab participants weekly.

• Evaluate record-breaking 100+ applications for writer and editor positions.
• Lead online recruitment efforts for Volume 20, including planning and leading 2 information sessions with attendance of 100+ students from UCLA and other undergraduate institutions.
• Collaborate with executive board to improve application process and meeting structure.

• Oversaw and provided executive feedback to 24 staff members on the progression of 12 legal articles.
• Designed Volume 19 of the UCLA Undergraduate Law Journal in collaboration with Managing Editor and publishers.
• Collaborated with Executive Editors to develop applications and select writers and editors for the 19th Volume selection cycle.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Edited a 25+ page article entitled, "The Unconstitutionality of FacialRecognition Software in Schools" for flow, organization, sentence structure, and argumentation.
• Utilized Legal Bluebook Citation System (conventions and footnotes).

• Assigned 10,000+ students to 70 New Student Advisors (NSAs) groups over 18 New Student Orientation sessions.
• Compiled, verified, and entered 700+ data points multiple times a week.
• Supervised a team of 20 New Student Advisors.
• Conducted administrative duties in accordance to FERPA.

• Spearheaded data analysis of 8,000+ evaluations for the planning of future orientation sessions.
• Executed strong problem-solving skills and professionalism when fielding inquiries and resolving issues via phone and email.
• Performed and oversaw completion of multiple, short-term projects at one time on a daily basis.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Planned and presented workshops and presentations related to a wide range of student services available to new students at UCLA.
• Provide academic counseling to first-year and transfer students on enrollment for the first quarter and into the academic year.
• Facilitated group discussions on topics including how to adjust to life at UCLA, how parents can support students during the college experience, and health and safety services.
• Advised and supported new undergraduates in curriculum, student services, and personal issues related to transitioning to the university.
• Over 100 hours of training, including use of campus UCLA Degree Audit, NSTP Record of Interview, and NSTP desktop programs.

• Update Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (IRACDA) website.
• Create purchase orders for remote teaching supplies for IRACDA scholars.
• Develop activities to facilitate team-building between students.
• Schedule 250+ students for first-round interviews abroad for 2020-year applicant cycle.
• Research and update current employment information of 225+ program alumni to increase program’s marketability to undergraduate institutions primarily in China and Japan.

• Develop social media campaign in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic to facilitate UCLA students' transition to remote instruction.
• Coordinate and collaborate with Executive Board and General Members to develop panel/workshop events, with the goal of providing students research-backed skills to fight barriers/issues that plague students, such as.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Handled daily correspondence of the Associate Dean of Postdoctoral Affairs at the David Geffen School of Medicine with other institutions such as the NIH.
• Employed strong copy-editing skills to edit recommendation letters, research manuscripts, and grant applications.
• Processed 50+ travel and entertainment reimbursement requests yearly, amounting to almost $15,000 in reimbursements.
• Corresponded with faculty, collected data, and generated tables for a multimillion dollar NIH T32 Renewal Grant Application.

Los Angeles

Responsibilities included creating a Campus Relations committee, planning outreach campaigns, and building a campus coalition with the ultimate goal of increasing accessibility and awareness of mental health resources for the campus community with the Depression Grand Challenge and other collaborative partners.

Palm Desert, CA

• (Position held June to August, 2014 and June to August, 2015)
• Verified and updated constituent case statuses
• Drafted letters and various documents
• Updated veteran resource guides
• Performed administrative duties, including fielding phone calls, responding to emails, and greeting incoming constituents

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Management & Organizations

Psychobiology, B.S. | Asian American Studies Minor

Activities and Societies: Outreach Peer Network (UCLA Depression Grand Challenge), Mental Health Initiative, UCLA Project Working for.