• Using psychological research to develop and implement a process for renewing policies, tracking the efficiency of the system, and using an iterative design approach to make changes based on data• Designing a streamlined system based on human factors research that reduced the non-compliant policy rate by 11%, or approximately 750 documents• Educating stakeholders about system use and best practices for ensuring policies are compliant with regulatory standards• Analyzing key performance indicators and communicating research findings in written and tabular form

• Collaborating with leaders to discuss goals and assess how survey or experimental research informs decisions related to client satisfaction, attitudes, or purchasing behavior• Designing over 10 surveys, experiments, and task analyses (user experience) to gather accurate data for use in strategy decisions, internal reporting, and advertising• Designing and writing computer applications and programs to analyze data, including SPSS, R, Mplus, & Excel• Interpreting and communicating findings using written, narrative, graphic, and tabular form• Analyzing quantitative, qualitative, and big data sets to identify useful patterns and relationships• Conduct briefings and prepare comprehensive reports to communicate complex findings in an approachable way to managers, executives, and consumers

• Analyzing, manipulating, and visualizing health data sets to create clear and interactive Tableau dashboards for the Department of Health and Welfare website and internal program use• Presenting research findings in written, narrative, graphic, and tabular form in a way that allows others to interact with the graphics intuitively and understand relationships• Leveraging SAS, Tableau, and other statistical applications to streamline and automate simple research processes to increase efficiency• Publishing articles about factors related to important health outcomes in Idaho.

• Provide written and verbal feedback to graduate student instructors about their teaching and teaching portfolios• Deliver seminars, workshops, and facilitating peer discussion groups about effective teaching strategies• Evaluate and provide feedback for novel course designs from diverse academic disciplines such as Physics, Biology, and Agricultural Communication.• Aid graduate student instructors to identify and apply new instructional strategies to improve student learning in his or her courses• Counsel graduate student instructors on empirically backed instruction techniques and best practices in collegiate teaching.

• Designing, programming, organizing, conducting, and analyzing close to 30 studies and collecting data from over 3,000 participants• Supervising and mentoring a team of 15 research assistants who collected data from participants• Planning, coordinating, and establishing operating methods and procedures and developed a research assistant manual • Training multiple teams of research assistants to collect data in an unbiased and ethical way, ensuring that team members meet goals, and evaluating individual team member performance• Developing and presenting written and verbal guidelines, directives, and lab policy statements • Establishing systems to supervise, monitor and report on project status • Preparing and managing budget and compensation for participants and budget reporting for projects including an international research grant totaling $149,999• Presenting research findings and impact at national conferences as well as preparing executive summaries and publishing research in peer-reviewed journals

• Instructing over 200 students during the course of my graduate career Designing and teaching courses in Social Psychology, Close Relationships, and a Research Methods Lab • Encouraging growth in critical thinking and problem solving skills in undergraduates • Evaluating student progress with regular assessments • Explaining advanced psychology theories and responding to questions • Presenting research and data via traditional powerpoint presentation, video lectures, written communication, and oral communication • Motivating students to achieve their potential in their chosen field**See attached Teaching Portfolio

I passed my qualifying exams in December and am now working on my dissertation. When I graduate in May 2019 I will have my PhD. in Experimental Psychology and a Certificate in Quantitative Methods. I love all parts of social psychology, but I specifically study self-control and self-control improvement.

Researcher and Author for United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation Grant 2016044. PIs: Uziel Liad, PhD, Roy Baumeister PhD., Jessica Alquist, PhD.Research involves investigating mediators and moderators for the depleting effect of desire for self-control on self-control tasksDesigning studies, collecting data, analyzing data, and coordinating with international collaborators

Awarded a student research grant from the College of Idaho for materials and expenses related to this international research project. The research involved an examination of the methods participants employ to group and encode visual data.Designed the second study in a package, programmed stimuli, scheduled and paid participants, calibrated and used a gaze tracking device, analyzed data, and wrote a section of the paper

Lab Manager for Meredith Minear PhD., College of Idaho Cognitive Plasticity Lab Research involved investigation of different methods of “brain training” to increase the efficiency of executive functioning as part of a National Science Foundation GrantAdministered manipulations and measures, scheduled participants for lab sessions, organized payment, and supervised research assistants

Research Assistant for Meredith Minear PhD., College of IdahoResearch involved the effect of mindfulness meditation use in elementary schools as part of a multiple year projectTraveled to Sun Valley, Idaho and collected cognitive data from participants in grades 3 and 5