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Chicago, Il, Us

Acquire insights from consumers through development of qualitative and quantitative research protocols, including play testing & usability sessions, interviews with parents, quantitative surveys, and online parent community panels. Oversee and conduct remote playtesting sessions with children and parent interviews that reveal opportunities to increase children’s engagement and parent interest Analyze findings and generate product recommendations for the digital product and audience development teams to guide product and content iterations and ensure that Noggin/Nick Jr content is engaging for kids, supports families’ needs, and is educationally valuable

Evanston, Illinois, United States

Design curriculum (interactive lectures and discussion sections) for disciplines including psychology, research methods, & developmental scienceCommunicated complex topics to students that supported their learning Mentor & provide support & feedback to undergraduate and masters level studentsDeveloped workshops on effective teaching strategies for graduate student teaching assistants

Greater Chicago Area

Create innovative research designs and materials for working directly with children and families to understand how children learn from educational technologies, apps, and in informal learning settings (e.g., children's museums)Collect data for multi-year projects from hundreds of children and adults (both in person and remotely) through 1:1 interviews, behavioral observations, and surveysUse quantitative & qualitative methods to analyze learning outcomes from children's play experiencesCommunicate findings to broad audience of researchers, educators, content creators, and families, and published findings in 3 peer-reviewed journal articlesLead interdisciplinary group of researchers and manage 4+ undergraduate students in data collection & analysis

Develop learning objectives for social-emotional gaming platform to create transformative curricular experiences for children Systematically evaluate educational game content and collaborate with game designers to implement research-based recommendations that will increase children's learning and engagement Provide thought leadership to company on topics like children's social-emotional learning, UX design for kids, and parent-child co-use of mediaWrote research-based report for investors, educators, and game designers on children's social-emotional development that informed gaming platform's educational philosophy

Acquire insights from users (ages 5-12), parents, and educators through virtual interviews and usability sessionsSynthesize actionable insights from user testing, and present findings in multimedia format to creative and development teams to give voice to the user and ensure that the app is engaging and positive for childrenConduct content analyses of user generated content that result in content strategy recommendations for OK Play creative teams Manage 15+ contract moderators on the Trust and Safety moderation team Create and implement age appropriate, trust and safety guidelines for user created content submitted to the app

Columbus, Oh

Collected data from over 300 children for 5+ studies on children's development and learningCoordinated recruitment and data collection among 20 elementary and preschools across Columbus, OHManaged a team of 15+ undergraduate research assistants in data collectionDesigned and conducted a study on children's early math learning based on OH's core curriculum

Worked on various research projects exploring children's STEM learning outcomes from experiences at Children's Museum of Manhattan, recruited babies, young children, and families to participate in studies, and worked with other researchers to conduct studies on infant cognition.

Collaborated with team of teachers to manage classroom of thirteen two-year-olds, while making weekly qualitative observations on toddlers' social-emotional learning and development

Worked with a team of counselors to welcome and orient young people attending The Door for first time, to conduct 1:1 intake interviews, and to refer new members to appropriate counselors to fulfill their needs and interests

Worked one-on-one with thirteen year old camper with special needs to integrate her into camp routine and to facilitate her success by collaborating with specialists, other counselors, and nurses

Master Of Science - Ms, Cognitive Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology

Activities and Societies: Columbia University Dance Team, Columbia University STRIVE, Barnard Babysitting Agency

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