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• Taught the following courses: Advanced Experimental Psychology, Childhood and Adolescent Disorders, Evolutionary Psychology, History of Psychology, Introduction to Psychology, Psychology of Motivation, Psychology of Personality, Psychopathology• Give enriched lectures on a variety of topics in psychology, including psychoanalytic theory, psychodynamic therapy, humanistic/person-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, psychological disorders, trait/personality psychology, behaviorism, motivation and emotion, memory, social psychology, cognition, behavioral neuroscience, research methods, and psychometrics• Assisted students in conducting classroom experiments relating to perception, memory, attention, and general cognition• Taught students to perform and interpret statistical analyses on class data using IBM SPSS Statistics• Worked individually with students to write APA-style lab reports

Brain & Cognition Lab• Recruited and screened participants for event-related potential (ERP) experimental research into perception and decision-making• Provided educational introductions to ERP recording sessions for participants prior to experimental sessions• Provided behavioral instruction to participants and monitored participants' electroencephalogram (EEG) and ERP activity during experimental sessions, making electrode cap adjustments and giving correctional feedback where necessary• Averaged experimental data and performed and interpreted statistical analyses on data via SPSS• Assisted in the instruction and training of undergraduate lab members on the above laboratory procedures

• Assisted Director of CSTEP in day-to-day operations, including calendar management, scheduling, and phone calls• Assisted in the creation of annual and bi-annual reports• Created documents, fliers, surveys, spreadsheets and presentations for internal and student needs• Maintained and organized physical and digital records for efficient updating and retrieval by team members• Provided tutoring for CSTEP's diverse student population in various academic subjects, including English, Philosophy, and Psychology• Assisted CSTEP students in academic planning and class scheduling to meet their individual academic goals

• Reviewed, organized and filed sensitive case documents for over 350 sexual offense, substance abuse, domestic violence and anger management clients• Wrote utilization review summaries of clients' treatment progress based on the clinicians' progress notes• Administered and oversaw toxicology screening to clients in a professional, courteous and friendly manner• Answered calls and recorded attendance at the reception desk

Master Of Arts - Ma, Mental Health Counseling

Master Of Arts - Ma, Behavioral Neuroscience

Thesis Title: "Accumulating Evidence for Counter or Random Walk Models: An ERP Study on Perceptual Decision Making" (Defended May 2020)

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Philosophy

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English