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Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Tempe, Arizona, United States

Aggregate necessary background research to create project proposal and successfully attain research approval from faculty committee and institutional review board.Designed and presented research grant proposal, successfully acquiring $2,500 for graduate research project.Recruited research subjects, collected responses, and processed survey data using Qualtrics from 200+ respondents and archival responses from 500+ survey responses.Analyzed data using R to investigate and answer research questions defined in study, identifying new findings that contributed to research area.Prepared reports for committee and area faculty including technical and accessible language, leading to successful dissertation defense.Recruited 20 adolescent participants from local school systems and scheduled appointments in coordination with available research team and participant caregivers.Administered and processed cognitive testing data across 40 separate data collection points, and cleaned and processed archival data for additional 30 time points.Analyzed data with SPSS, generated visual graphics to readily translate findings for broad audiences.Disseminated results at academic conferences, including international conference targeting varied professional audiences in linguistics, education, and policy-making.

Tempe, Arizona, United States

Deliver instructional content for range of undergraduate and graduate level courses, including leading lectures, proctoring exams, grading coursework, and tutoring students on request.Ensure accurate administration of departmental and university policies.Support primary instructor by designing lesson plans for specific content areas.Develop electronic delivery of content to meet distance-learning guidelines in response to COVID-19.Create permanent digital content to be used for continuing courses, including syllabi, coursework, quizzes, tests, and instructional videos.Monitor student progress and intervene where appropriate for students not meeting passing criteria by developing alternative lesson plans to ensure students demonstrate understanding of material and meet learning objectives.

Tempe, Arizona, United States

Founded, organized, and coordinated the SLLIVRS 2021 and 2022 Conferences, including determining conference themes, topics, and format, inviting speakers and managing presentationsAdvertised for conference participation and attendance, and directly facilitated 10+ speaker presentations during scheduled talks.Successfully managed team of co-founders and volunteers leading to finalized publication of conference program.Designed and implemented the invited speaker selection process and call-for-papers dissemination, including detailing the submissions review process and acting as a point-of-contact for speakers and presenters.Established documentation for a legacy SOP for all aspects of the conference, including development of call-for-papers and standardized review process, notification of acceptance procedures, creating and distributing speaker guidelines and expectations, and coordinating with ASU Marketing to finalize conference materials and content.

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Completed data collection, analysis, and presentation for clinical research studies, including glioblastoma MRI imaging, longitudinal aging in autism, and early Alzheimer’s imagingManaged subject recruitment, scheduling, and retention, fMRI task operation, cognitive assessment delivery, data processing, analysis, visualization, and presentation leading to 2 publications and continued research grant fundingActed as day-to-day lab manager for research director, overseeing multiple ongoing projects while providing technical, analytical, and clerical support for the lab in the context of the hospital organization.

Goethe International Charter School, Los Angeles, Ca

Support classroom teachers with instructional activities, material and class preparation, organization, clerical work, and daily activities. Duties included individual or small group work to reinforce learning of materials and skills, to supporting student behavior during recess and lunchroom activities.

Cognition And Human Performance Laboratory

Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterSupervisors: David J. Hardy, Ph.D., Matthew J. Wright, Ph.D.Assisted Dr. David Hardy in collecting control subject data with students at Loyola Marymount University for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) study with Dr. Matthew Wright at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.Administered a battery of neuropsychological exams to subjects, including tests such as the CVLT-II, Wechsler Test of Adult Reading, D-KEFS Design Fluency Test, Boston Naming Test, and others.Involved in a separate study with Dr. Hardy and Dr. Wright, involving testing with transcranial direct current stimulus (tDCS) devices. Trained to position and prepare the tDCS device on subjects, deliver an electrical current or placebo, and administer and record neuropsychological tests following this.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Speech & Hearing Science

Bachelor’S Degree, Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts, German