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Lexington, Virginia, United States

• Develop tasks and conduct research which aims to look at parent and children’s relationships and emotion regulation as an outcome, with a special focus on language
• Conducted an independent research project to discover the differences in expressions of romantic and non-romantic love between Greeks and US natives
• Analyzed open-ended questions and coded questionnaires from 400 participants using R and found differences in the frequency and reasoning of using the phrase love you, the use of physical touch and words of affirmation.

• Collect data from the nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, & metabolic systems
• Analyze human physiological data using R and SPSS
• Leading a literature review on previous related papers in order to summarize the latest findings and what they show about the relationship of stress and sleep with mentorship from Dr. Brindle Ryan
• Developed laboratory-based skills using human research participants
• Became certified in human subject research (CITI Ethics)

Lexington, Virginia, United States

• Provide comprehensive administrative support including scheduling appointments, managing data entry, organizing files, facilitating research, and overseeing publication processes, enhancing office efficiency by an.
• Offered personalized mentorship to 50 international students at W&L, assisting them in navigating their academic and personal challenges, which resulted in a 95% satisfaction rate among mentees
• Led the coordination and successful execution of three major projects aimed at promoting the holistic wellbeing of international students, improving student engagement and wellness metrics
• Developed and implemented an international mentor training program, enhancing the skills and effectiveness of new mentors
• Resolved a critical summer storage crisis for international students by identifying and organizing a new storage space and process, ensuring safe and accessible storage solutions
• Partnered with 2 Academic Coaches and the international student advisor to research and develop a new, more inclusive schedule for the International Orientation Week of 2023, hosting over 100 students from 30+ countries

• Researched sexual health and misconduct prevention programs (SOAN 280: Gender and Sexuality)
• Prepared a sexual health program called “DIY your sex life” for college students in cooperation with community partners including the Office of Inclusion and Engagement and Project Horizon
• Facilitated the program within the New Member Education for students who are part of Greek Life at W&L
• Currently working on facilitating the program within the FYE100: First Year Experience class in order for our educational material and information to reach all incoming W&L students

County Dublin, Ireland

Spring term abroad " Irish Food and Culture". I participated in a research project which aimed to ameliorate farmers markets in Ireland and focus on local food and organic- environmentally friendly products.

• Analyzed magnetoencephalographic (MEG) data from 200 participants utilizing BESA, Matlab, SPSS, and R
• Determined that age-sensitive differential connectivity exists between two brain regions in the left perisylvian region within the alpha frequency.
• Shadowed 15 structured clinical interviews for DSM-5 (SCID-5), MRI and MEG data acquisition with study personnel
• Engaged in academic training seminars and conferences centered on advanced neural imaging methodologies and data analysis techniques

• Conducted full research project on sex differences on infidelity with highly structured mentorship from Dr. Wythe Whiting ( CBSC:250)
• Created a questionnaire, collected, & analyzed data in R
• Collaborated in a group of three to test our hypothesis and come to a scientific conclusion
• Written in partnership within one semester

• Full research proposal conducted with mentorship from Dr. Julie Woodzicka (CBSC:269)
• Prepared for investigation of decreasing gender and racial implicit bias in middle school grading through discretion elimination
• Written in partnership within one semester

Cognitive And Behavioral Science, Junior

Activities and Societies: Sexual Health Awareness Group (SHAG): Educational Programming Liaison and Event Coordinator Student Association.

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology

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