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I have managed or substantively supported each of the four Wikimedia Foundation grant programs in my role as program officer. This has involved duties such as: * managing a portfolio of over 40 proposals for projects such as community events, online campaigns, software development, and empirical research.* promoting participatory granting by recruiting, training, and facilitating the decisionmaking process of our volunteer committees of Wikimedia volunteers.* interviewing applicants and conducting due diligence with staff and subject experts* working interactively with applicants to provide guidance and suggestions on proposals

San Francisco Bay Area

My work involved running campaigns to encourage and cultivate new ideas from volunteers and work together to solve extant and important challenges in our community-run projects. I also supported Wikimedia grant programs in application review and reports from grantees and assisted program officers in regular communications and grant processing. Proposals can vary widely in purpose (an event, research, programming a tool, an annual plan of programs) and scope (a local meeting for a small group of volunteers to a list of programs to engage contributors on a national scale)

San Francisco Bay Area

• Managed writing and organization of a funded proposal with a small team for the Wikimedia Foundation's Individual Engagement Grant program.• Collaboratively developed a timeline of tasks over six-month period outlining month-to-month goals to build a mentorship space on Wikipedia• Conducted job search and hiring decisions for for graphic design and programming needs• Met regularly with team members to discuss and help construction of assessment tools, curriculum resources, and design ideas.

Glenview, Illinois

• Engineer blueprints across five different projects to provide templates and preliminary information necessary for editors, designers, and to facilitate production needs.• Automate certain routine spreadsheet tasks related to removals, additions, and switches in page layouts.• Coordinate product updates and data management of various planning materials on a central server.

Glenview, Il

• Reviewed and corrected prose and organization of text for products intended for elementary-level reading classes• Updated existing logs of products layouts to maintain version control.• Prepared product packages for editors to allow easy, side-by-side comparisons of existing Spanish and English versions of products.

Chicago, Illinois

• Designed creative teaching methods for research methods courses that encouraged student-driven discovery of course concepts.• Prepared course materials, devised exams, and organized meetings with other teaching assistants to maintain consistent teaching of curriculum.• Taught courses in research methods, statistics, cognitive psychology, and social psychology.

Chicago, Illinois

• Investigated the nature of forgetting through proposing, designing, and presenting results of experimental research at several national conferences• Proposed and conducted research in Japan under an joint NSF-JSPS grant• Created and maintained large data sets in various programs (e.g. Excel, SPSS) simultaneously for multiple experimental projects• Managed lab undergraduates in coordinating research activities and acted as an advisor with respect to future career goals

Greater Chicago Area

• Collected qualitative data for 700 participants across 20 different restaurant locations in Chicago and Greater Chicago Area for a study on nutritional attitudes and behaviors.• Helped plan data collection and interviewing techniques with other researchers and location coordinator.• Volunteered to help with additional tasks related to organization and working additional shifts.

Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

• Proposed and received grant to conduct research with Jun Kawaguchi on the effects of participant awareness and environmental context as it relates to phenomenon in memory.• Reviewed and provided feedback of current projects colleagues at Nagoya University and helped propose follow-up studies.• Presented proposed work at Japanese national conference sponsored by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Created novel stimuli, collected and organized data, and performed statistical analyses in order to help investigate spatial abilities in students of geological science.• Worked in a large research team with faculty, graduate students, other research assistants, and undergraduate students.• Taught self a new programming language in order to write programs to achieve research goals.

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

• Implemented original programs, such as a dormitory coffeehouse, to engage residents and promote a social, fun environment within the dormitory.• Maintained a safe environment within the dormitories, enforcing college noise, drug, alcohol, and other residency policies.

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

• Promoted studying abroad through classroom discussions, college-wide presentations, and meetings with individual students.• Prepared students studying abroad for international living prior to departure.• Acted as translator, interpreter, guide, and activities coordinator for several incoming Japanese students from Ohtani University in Osaka.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.) With Honors, Psychology