Professional Skills
Professional Experience
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Teaching, Research, & Mentorship Postdoctoral Fellow, Davidson Honors College,
University of Montana, 2019-current
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Instructor of qualitative, quantitative, & mixed model research methods and special topics honors courses(HONR 320E; HONR 495, PSYX 391.80, PSYX 250N.80).
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Continue to develop my research scholarship, design, program, and implement empirical, novel research.
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Advise students on how to find and apply established research to the QUEST (Questions for Undergraduates Exploring Social Topics) project (HONR 495) and help them develop a implementable proposal for the Office of the Mayor. Topic: What is the appropriate role of local government in the prevention and treatment of drug and alcohol addiction?
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Mentor honors students 1:1 across all majors in qualitative and quantitative capstone research projects.
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, 2015-2019
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Designed, programmed, and implemented empirical, novel research from beginning to end including data collection and coding, and analyzed complex quantitative data.
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Wrote manuscripts for publication in major journals (see publications below).
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Presented research by designing and giving talks and posters at international conferences.
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Managed several interdisciplinary research labs which included recruiting RAs, organizing multiple studies and schedules, training, and 1:1 mentoring, research assistants.
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Collaborated with students and professors from multiple universities (international and interdisciplinary).
Graduate Teaching Assistant & Instructor of Record, Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, 2015-2019
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Guest lectured, assisted instructors, and mentored students for several upper and lower division psychology courses.
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Designed, taught, and evaluated student progress in intro and advanced level classes (PSYX 131; PSYX 310).
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Psychology, Montana State University, 2013-2015
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Instructor of record for multiple upper and lower division courses including an interdisciplinary research capstone course, developmental, applied psychology, and interdisciplinary economics and psychology courses.
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Supervised Graduate Teaching Assistants, mentored both undergraduate and graduate students
Research Lab Manager, Department of Psychology, Dr. Meade, Montana State University, 2013-2015
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Supervised, organized, trained, and scheduled undergraduate research assistants.
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Designed experiments and complex materials; collected, coded, and analyzed data.
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Recruited participants & assisted with troubleshooting/concerns.
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Completed literature reviews, deconstructed and presented data, and lead lab meetings.
Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, Montana State University, 2010-2012
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Managed a research lab by implementing empirical and novel research from design to publication.
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Presented empirical findings at international conferences.
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Guest lecturer, instructor assistant, and undergraduate 1:1 mentor.
*Please see below for in-depth description of classes taught.
**Please see below for in-depth description of research labs
*TEACHING:
PSYCH 310: Brain and Behavior
Summer 2017 and 2018
Survey of basic concepts in the neurosciences with emphasis on brain mechanisms mediating sensory processes, arousal, motivation, learning, and abnormal behavior.
Iowa State University
PSYCH 131: Academic Learning Skills
Fall 2016 (2 sections)
Evidence-based approach to learning and applying academic skills such as time management, note-taking, reading, test preparation, goal setting and motivation, and well-being. Hybrid course structured in a team-based learning format.
Iowa State University
PSYX 481: Judgment and Decision Making
Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015
Theories and evidence on the psychology of judgment and decision making, including rationality, normative rules for choice, irrationality of some human judgments, and group decision making. Applications of decision theory at the personal, organizational, and societal levels are reviewed.
Montana State University
PSYX 230: Developmental Psychology
Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2015
Human development across the lifespan using major theories of development including psychoanalytic, psychosocial, learning, and cognitive. Physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and personality development are explored from conception to death.
Montana State University
PSXY 333: Psychology of Aging
Spring 2014
Surveys different domains in which human behavior is influenced by aging. Topics include the influence of age on cognitive processes (e.g., attention and memory), social processes (e.g., personality and wellbeing), and biological processes (e.g., brain-related changes).
Montana State University
PSYX 499R: Senior Thesis Capstone
Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Summer 2015
Senior capstone course. Written and oral presentation of senior thesis work.
Montana State University
PSYX 100R: Introduction to Psychology Recitations/Labs
Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012
Lab component of an introduction to methods and approaches to psychology
Montana State University
**Research Labs:
2015-present: Memory, Law, and Education Lab
Iowa State University
Research topics include:
-Memory distortions and eyewitness suggestibility
- The effects of retrieval on future learning
- Eyewitness memory processes and face recognition
- Prospective memory
2015-present: Psychology and Law Lab
Iowa State University
Research topics include:
-The reliability of eyewitness identification
-How the structure of lineups affect the reliability of eyewitness identifications
-Factors that lead eyewitnesses to develop false confidence in their memories
2013-2015: Memory and Attention Lab
Montana State University
-Attention and Cognitive Control
-Explicit and Implicit Memory
-Language, Cognitive effects of Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
2008-2015: Memory and Aging Lab
Montana State University
-Social memory
-Aging effects
-Social contagion, memory distortion, and false memory.
2010-2012: Memory and Timing Lab
Montana State University
-Cognitive mechanisms involved in prospective memory (future memory)
-Attention, intentional memory, and face recognition
-Memory for time