Dani Grant Email & Phone Number

Boulder, Colorado

• Supported survey design and collection across 7 countries, analyzed results, and writing up a manuscript examining the influence of polarized media on perceptions of election legitimacy resulting in 1 publication
• Designed, programmed, conducted, and analyzed 4 total studies using experimental RCT to examine the effects of attention on willingness to trust strangers
• Programmed, conducted, and analyzed 2 studies using the Who Said What (WSW) paradigm to explore factors involved in how people categorize others by expressions of need and expressions of concern for others in need
• Conducting a literature search aimed to guide in designing a mixed effect modeling approach to analyzing WSW paradigm which is traditionally uses paired-samples t-tests to analyze data
• Cleaned data, analyzed results, and currently writing up a manuscript of a 5-week longitudinal study measuring feelings of gratitude as an indicator of tracking welfare trade-off ratios in cooperative relationships
• Delivered 8 high-level talks and 9 posters summarizing my research at academic psychology conferences along with 4 talks to various university groups. Of note, acted as symposium chair at Society for Personality and.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Spring 2022: Psychological Science I: StatisticsFall 2021: Psychological Science I: StatisticsSpring 2021: Introduction to Social PsychologyFall 2020: Judgment and Decision-Making SeminarSpring 2020: Advanced Research MethodsFall 2019: Introduction to Research Methods

Boulder, CO

• Experience programming experiment on emotion and attention in Python using Psychopy Software package
• Facilitate experimental procedure for participants in experiment involving hypocrisy & acting environmentally study along with emotion & attention study
• Input data in excel for hypocrisy study
• Schedule participant interviews & attend weekly lab meetings

Boulder, CO

• Facilitate learning of bi-weekly in-class learning activities
• Conduct one-on-one “Teach an LA” session in which students teach recently learned concepts to deepen knowledge of class topics (i.e. major function of Glial Cells, mechanisms involved in neuronal action potential)
• Hold weekly office hours & weekly check-in with professor and course learning assistants

Boulder, CO

• Act as Lead Experimenter during social anxiety intervention study
• Apply ECG & ESG electrodes to participants and track physiological data during experiments
• Direct Research Assistants during experiments
• Assist in training new Research Assistants and Experimenter
• Conduct individual interventions with Social Anxiety Intervention Study participants
• Assist in data entry in Excel, upkeep and restocking of lab equipment

University Of Colorado At Boulder

Boulder, CO

Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Assisted in Qualtrics study design, mTurk data collection, and R statistical analysis
• Attended weekly lab meetings & research presentations
• Partook in idea generation and development
• Ongoing research focuses on affective forecasting, altruism, advice, judgment and decision-making, biases and errors in conversation and social interaction

Cambridge, MA

• Student Research Assistant for Department of Psychology Clinical Research Lab:
• Lead and coordinated collaborative meta-analysis with Florida State University Clinical Psychology Lab
• Trained new research assistants on research protocol
• Assist with research investigations through conducting Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behavior Interview (SITBI) and the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (CSRSS)
• Participate in meta-analysis investigations through assigned academic journal readings
• Coordinate and schedule participant interviews with other Research Assistants & graduate students

Boston, MA

• Assisted graduate students in collecting eye-tracking and electroencephalogram (EEG) data
• Watched aphasia treatment interviews to double scoring for reliability of treatment protocol
• Facilitated experimental appointments with individual Aphasia patients
• Collaborated with two other summer interns on group project develop behavioral study utilizing e-prime
• Participated in "brown bag lunch" lab meetings
• Presented on a published research paper surrounding aphasia and learning during CNG lab meetings

Somerville, MA

Office Of Learning Communities - BHCC

• Guide a cohort of ACE Mentors through one community engagement project each semester
• Meet regularly with cohort, in one on one and group settings
• Assist in providing support for logistical matters (i.e. activity logs, portfolios & weekly reflections)
• Attend bi-weekly ACE Mentor trainings and Senior ACE Mentor bi-weekly meetings
• Assist in the hiring of and recruitment of new ACE Mentors
• Assist with the planning and facilitation of mentor orientations

Greater Boston Area

• Assisted professor in an introduction to computer science and OOP course with in-class activities
• Held 2-hours of office hours outside of class each week to assist students with assignments and projects
• Assisted new students enrolled in Learning Communities successfully transition into college
• Collaborated with Seminar faculty in designing Learning Community curriculum & assignments
• Facilitating class activities and discussions that promote community building & student success
• Worked with Success Coaches to establish & maintain contact with first year students

Morro Bay, CA

• Collaborative internship between Cal Poly-SLO, TMMC, and Friends of the Elephant Seal
• Compiled and presented titled “Introduction to Pinniped Diagnoses by TMMC”
• Assisted The Marine Mammal Center, SLO, as stranding intern and supervisor.
• Lead group rescues, all aspects of husbandry, & medical treatment of boarded animals
• Assisted in formal & informal volunteer training

Cal Poly - SLO

• Assisted with urchin dissections, aquarium upkeep & measurement of egg fertilization rate
• Measured sea urchin settlement counts
• co-author of poster presented at 2012 Western Society of Naturalists conference.

Morro Bay, CA

• Answered phones & coordinated rescue & triage responses within San Luis Obispo County
• Assisted in green sea turtle, white-sided dolphin & southern sea otter necropsies
• Conducted of beached gray whale assessment
• Assisted in rescue, data collection, & medical treatment for boarded Pinnipeds
• Documented distressed animal reports from public & assisted in public relations

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Social Psychology, 3.9

Activities and Societies: Graduate Certificate in Quantitative Methods for Behavioral Sciences (in progress) Certificate in College.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology, 3.9

Activities and Societies: Graduated Summa Cum Laude Member of the Honors Program, Member of Psi Chi International Honor Society, Member of.

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Psychology, 3.91 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Graduated as Commonwealth Honors Scholar, and Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society, Member of Behavioral.

Bachelor'S Of Science - Bs, Biology, 3.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Orientation Leader for Cal Poly Week of Welcome, & Participated in Cal Poly ProPeru Study Abroad ProgramReceived.