Lauryn Smith Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Goleta, California, United States

• Operate MRI machine alongside principal investigator to demonstrate how moral cognition is engaged in the processing of radical, extreme, and controversial information online.
• Coordinate comprehensive safety training for participants on MRI tasks outside of the scanner, resulting in improved task performance and data quality.
• Sustain records via Excel and Google Sheets, checking for data completeness and resolving any discrepancies to uphold data accuracy.
• Ensure strict adherence to IRB ethical guidelines by obtaining informed consent from participants and addressing any ethical concerns or questions to assure their comfort throughout the research process.

• Facilitated learning surrounding the landscape of African-American writing in Los Angeles, CA by specifically analyzing the works and reviews of 12 different authors.
• Utilized mechanisms of literary research and analysis such as Jstor and Google Scholar to piece together patterns foundwithin topics such as the history of Los Angeles, the South, Black power movements, and Black.
• Traced common themes of how racial identity is portrayed, manifested, and lived across each author's works by compiling 84 lists of biographical and bibliographical information.

• Advised and led custom presentations to diverse groups of students, staff, faculty, parents, and other parties with detailed information about 160+ study abroad programs.
• Planned and executed social events for returnee and exchange students acclimating to study abroad programs to help them develop connections within their global networks.
• Categorized documents and entered/updated information in student electronic folders as needed to help maintain digital organization of program database.
• Served as first point of contact to represent UCSB EAP professionally, including a mature and courteous attitude, a strict regard for student confidentiality, and informed cultural awareness.

• Numerically coded 1,600+ qualitative responses from participants to understand why people report content, what is perceived as offensive, and what consequences are deemed sufficient for these actions within social.
• Employed Google Sheets to independently categorize and evaluate participant responses line-by-line.
• Trained alongside the principal investigator to learn the qualitative coding scheme, practiced coding responses, and participated in weekly team meetings to discuss qualitative coding strategy.

• Streamlined recruitment process for 50+ study participants through various media channels and maintained participant involvement through email follow-ups.
• Conducted 5, hour-long interviews with participants surrounding topics of mental health challenges and transcribed them in full completion utilizing Otter.io software.
• Employed a judgment-free, active listening strategy to ensure participant comfort and satisfaction.
• Collaborated with research team at weekly meetings to investigate interview strategies and provided helpful insight into improving interview processes for other team members.