Investigating the influence of early experiences on brain and behavioral development. Working to identify and understand biological and bio-behavioral markers of chronic early stress exposure in order to identify children at high risk for later problems in learning, behavior, and health.

Topic: examination of neural responses to syntactical errors in English monolinguals and Japanese/English bilinguals.Responsibilities: experimental design, testing participants, data analysis, preparation of manuscripts, presenting data at conferences and meetings, and co-supervision of undergraduate students for event-related potential (ERP) experiment.Supervisor: Dr. Yuriko Oshima-Takane

Course: Child Development (PSYC 304)Responsibilities: act as head TA for coordination of TA duties and liaison between professor and other TAs, hold office hours, respond to student questions and concerns, write exam questions, invigilate exams, grade assignments for class of 200-300 studentsCourse: Developmental Psychopathology (PSYC 412) Responsibilities: hold office hours and review sessions, respond to student questions and concerns, write exam questions, invigilate exams, and grade assignments for class of 200-300 studentsCompleted McGill University Graduate and Post-doctoral Studies/Teaching and Learning Services “Learning to Teach” professional development workshop

Course: Psychology of Bilingualism (PSYC 341) Responsibilities: grading written questions for midterm and final exams for a class of 300 studentsCourse: Social Development (PSYC 414)Responsibilities: grading final research papers for class of 50 students

Topic: examination of face processing and perceptual expertise using neural and behavioural measuresResponsibilities: experimental design, testing participants, coordinating and running lab meetings, maintaining and running ERP lab including training and supervising students in the lab, analysis of behavioural and ERP data, writing manuscripts, presenting data at conferences and meetings, co-supervising students completing undergraduate research projects.Member of the Perceptual Expertise Network, a group of neuroscientists investigating object perception and categorization.Member of the Temporal Dynamics of Learning Centre, a National Science Foundation funded Science of Learning Centre aiming to understand the role of timing in the process of learning. Includes researchers, educators, students, and the general public in order to generate new ideas and provide outreach to the community.Supervisor: Dr. James Tanaka

Volunteered in two laboratories on projects relating to attentional effects on the visual processing of faces, and electrophysiological effects of sleep on emotional processingResponsibilities: Recruitment/screening and electrophysiological testing of participants, Event-related potential (ERP) data analysis, presentation of results at national conferenceSupervisors: Dr. Allison Harvey, Dr. Lynn Robertson, Dr. Ayelet Landau

Topic: examination of face processing and perceptual expertise using ERP and behavioural measuresResponsibilities: experimental design, testing participants, analysis of behavioural and ERP data, writing manuscripts, presenting data at conferences and meetingsSupervisor: Dr. James Tanaka

Responsibilities: provided one-to-one care for children with disabilities, planned and supervised activities both in the children's homes and in the community. Completed community respite care training. Trained in understanding the physical and emotional challenges of disabilities both for the child and the caretaker. Trained to provide a safe and supportive environment for children with disabilities.