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Cambridge, Ma, Us

Cambridge, Ma, Us

As a faculty instructor, I designed a discussion-based course, “Harnessing Employee Talent: Motivating a Diverse Workforce” for 40 working professionals and consulted on their most pressing talent management challenges. — Curriculum Design: Integrated a blend of case studies and research-backed evidence to equip leaders with strategies to attract, develop, and retain diverse talent. — HR Consulting: Equipped leaders with research-backed practices and tools to address their most pressing challenges related to talent management. Advised a top strategy consulting firm on a project concerning ways to leverage skills-based hiring.

Boston, Ma, Us

As a Micro-Organizational Behavior PhD candidate at Harvard Business School, I refined expertise in behavioral data analytics, research design and development, project management, team leadership, and research presentations. — Leadership: Chaired symposia featuring 12 professors from leading business schools. Handpicked by PhD Program directors to moderate a discussion with Harvard Business School’s first Black tenured professor. Mentored 7 RAs.— Research and Design: Conducted 11 large-scale field experiments and surveys assessing strategic decisions made by 10k+ employees. Provided data-driven recommendations to optimize human capital and organizational outcomes.— Data Analytics: Identified key drivers of employees’ willingness to join diverse teams across 8 survey experiments. Performed multivariate analyses for 3 first-authored projects examining employee preferences and behaviors.— Presentations: Invited to present first-authored research at the Society for Judgement and Decision Making (<15% acceptance rate; 1 of 3 non-faculty talks), Academy of Management, and Booth Rising Scholars annual meetings.

Evanston, Illinois, Us

As a Pre-Doctoral Behavioral Research Fellow at the Kellogg School of Management, I worked alongside faculty to design experiments, develop study materials, draft literature reviews, and generate reproducible data analyses. I also conducted two independent research projects. — Research and Design: Directed a 15-member team in an innovative year-long Zoom study. Assisted 8 Economics and Management professors with experimental designs, comprehensive literature reviews, and advanced data analyses in R.— Leadership: Served as Editor of the Northwestern Undergraduate Research Journal and Marketing Chair of the Black Management Association Conference, Kellogg’s largest student-led conference. Attracted 800+ attendees over 3 days. — Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Increased Fellow diversity by 60% in terms of race and undergraduate institution attended by implementing evidence-based diversity hiring criteria. Led outreach to top diversity pipeline programs. Recruited and engaged 63 racially minoritized applicants in two moderated panel discussions featuring Research Support program directors.— Presentations: Invited and sponsored to present original findings at the world’s largest social psychology convention (SPSP).

St. Louis, Mo, Us

As a Private Tutor at Varsity Tutors, I provided one-on-one instruction to students in 3rd Grade — College in fourteen subjects ranging from Spanish to the GRE. — Effective Communication: Devised personalized teaching strategies and tailored lesson plans for 65 students preparing for GRE, SAT, ACT, and other exams. Achieved 4.97 / 5.0 average rating and 28% average test score improvement.— Strategic Planning: Prepared lessons, assigned homework, evaluated student progress, conducted needs analysis, formulated strategies, evaluated performance improvement, and supported students to achieve their academic goals.

Houston, Tx, Us

As an Independent Researcher at MD Anderson Cancer Center, I conducted research on memory biases in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology.— Data Analytics: Published a meta-analysis examining measures taken to reduce explicit memory bias in observer performance studies in the Journal of Medical Imaging (2018).— Research and Design: Conducted an Honors Thesis and collected field data from practicing radiologists. Nominated for Best Psychology Senior Thesis Prize.Advisors: Kenneth A. Norman, PhD and Tamara M. Haygood, MD, PhD

Princeton, Nj, Us

As an Independent Research at Princeton University, I completed an honors Senior Thesis that was nominated for the Best Psychology Senior Thesis Prize, as well as two other independent projects. This involved strategic planning, designing field and survey experiments, and conducting extensive analyses:— Honors Thesis on “Contextual Cueing of Visual Search Tasks: The Elicitation of Implicit Memoriesin Observer Performance Studies." Nominated for the Best Psychology Senior Thesis Prize.Advisors: Kenneth A. Norman, PhD, Tamara Haygood, MD, PhDFunding: The Department of Psychology Research Grant | The Office of Undergraduate Research Grant, Princeton University | MD Anderson Cancer Center Research Grant | The Program in Cognitive Science Research Grant, Princeton University— Course Paper on "How Well Do You Know Your Best Friend?"Co-Authors: Kyle Lang, Simi PrasadAdvisors: Johannes Haushofer, PhD, Dongwon Oh, PhD, Justin Jungé, PhD— Junior Paper on "The Rubber Hand Illusion’s Potential Benefits to African American Upper-limb Amputees"Advisor: Jonathan Pillow, PhD

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As a Project Management Consultant at CollegeVine, I advised high school seniors and families throughout college admissions. — Project Management: Advised 7 high school seniors and families through college admissions, resulting in acceptances to the following universities: Berkeley, Columbia, Cornell, NYU, Princeton, and a BS/MD program at Indiana.— Strategic Planning: Guided students on how to build a well-targeted college applications list, write compelling personal statements, and pick the best fit college or university for their long-term goals.

Princeton, New Jersey, Us

As a Private Tutor at Princeton's McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning, I mentored up to 20 undergraduates twice a week, guiding them in deepening their understanding of Calculus I/II and R tutorials. — Effective Communication: Enhanced student learning strategies through fostering explicit thinking and developing systematic problem-solving approaches. Guided students in applying and transferring conceptual knowledge and identifying common obstacles and errors. — Leadership: Entrusted as 1 of 15 tutors to lead training sessions.

Houston, Texas, Us

As a Research Assistant at the Jones Graduate School of Business, I contributed to a literature review published in the Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic.— Research and Design: Wrote portions of a literature review proposing a more standardized method of studying workers’ social-physical networks. Pulled relevant literature from journal publications containing thousands of research articles.

Princeton, Nj, Us

As a Program Director, I guided the development of new mathematics curricula for elementary school students at Starfish Country Home School Program in Chiang Mai, Thailand.— Project Management: Directed development of new mathematics curricula for 260 students, achieving a 35% increase in mathematics test scores after one academic year.— Adaptability: Worked across two locations of the Starfish Country Home School Foundation located in the city and rural region of Chiang Mai, Thailand and navigated English/Thai language barriers.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Organizational Behavior | Graduate School Of Arts And Sciences Prize Fellow

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology, Minors Neuroscience And Cognitive Science

High School Diploma