Resume

• 2006

  M.A

  Social Psychology

  University of Southern California

  Ph.D

  Subgroup Exclusion Affects Superordinate Group identity

  Social Psychology

  University of Southern California

• 2004

  M.A. Critical Studies

  Film and Television

  University of Southern California

• 1998

  B.S

  Comparative Media Studies

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  B.S

  Brain and Cognitive Science

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• R

  Windows

  SPSS

  Experimentation

  Multivariate Statistics

  Qualitative Research

  Social Media

  Theory

  Microsoft Office

  Psychology

  Communication Theory

  Statistics

  Survey Design

  Data Analysis

  Higher Education

  Media Production

  Excel

  Program Evaluation

  Teaching

  SAS

  Reducing risky sexual decision-making in the virtual and in the real-world: Serious games

  intelligent agents

  and a SOLVE Approach

  Cher & Jessica Simpson: An Investigation into Star Marriages

  Manipulating Race and Gender in Media Effects Research: A Methodological Review Using the Media FIT Taxonomy

  Young (aged 18–30) Black and Latino men who have sex with men are at a higher risk of contracting HIV than their White counterparts. In order to better understand the unique nature of sexual risk-taking

  we examined the extent to which ethnic group

  ethnic identity

  and sexual pride predicted condomless anal sex with casual partners among 161 young men who have sex with men (YMSM) who identify as Black or Latino. Negative binomial regressions were conducted using a cross-sectional design. Sexual pride was a negative predictor of condomless anal sex across all participants

  but this effect was moderated by ethnic exploration and ethnic group; the relationship between sexual pride and condomless anal sex was strengthened by greater ethnic exploration among Latino YMSM

  and weakened by greater ethnic exploration among Black YMSM. Implications for intersectional identity

  identity conflict

  and HIV prevention among young gay men of color are discussed.\n\n

  Identity Conflict and Sexual Risk for Black and Latino YMSM

  Tiffany B. Grunwald

  The field of medical education has consistently embraced new technologies in an attempt to improve the training process of our nation's doctors. There are thousands of available multimedia learning tools (MMLTs)

  but no quantitative scale exists to assess their efficiency and overall educational value. The authors review existing literature and suggest guidelines for creating cognitively efficient medical MMLTs.\n\nIn 2004

  the authors searched PubMed to identify articles regarding multimedia learning

  including educational strategies and existing MMLTs. The primary search terms included multimedia learning

  cognitive load

  and surgical education. The resulting articles were evaluated and reviewed for educational and interface design techniques

  and a list of common features was generated. The authors cross-referenced these features with extensive theories of cognitive load to create a list of methods that demonstrated improved learning.\n\nTechniques common to existing MMLTs often neglect to account for theories of cognitive load and may be detrimental to the learning process. The authors outlined important educational considerations and guidelines for the design of effective MMLTs. With large resources being spent to produce MMLTs

  more research is necessary to establish successful design techniques. The authors summarized existing research

  outlined educational issues in multimedia design

  and proposed future directions for study.

  Guidelines for Cognitively Effective Multimedia Learning Tools

  Charisse L'Pree

  Corsbie-Massay

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  University of Southern California

  Loyola Marymount University

  University of Southern California

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University

  • Dissertation Title: Racial and Gender Exclusion Affect Novel Group Identity\n• Produced multiple videos and online materials for the group

  Digital Heroes\n• Analyzed effects of demographic composition on attitudes

  identity and behavior

  Provost Research Fellow

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  University of Southern California

  The Graduate Students in Residence serve as representatives of the USC graduate and professional student body and act within the Graduate School to advance salient issues pertaining to fostering the development of an inclusive

  scholarly community for all graduate and professional students at USC.

  University of Southern California

  Assistant Professor of Communication

  S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University

  Coordinator - Jigsaw Collaborative Project (MIT Media Lab)

  In collaboration with Lifelong Kindergarten

  Computer Clubhouse Network

  and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston: Created and produced a collaborative project teaching adolescents around the Boston area to create movies using Adobe Premiere.

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  Graduate Research Assistant - Keck Medical School (Plastic Surgery Dept)

  Surgical Multimedia Academic and Research Training (S.M.A.R.T.) Project: This project established guidelines to optimize cognitive efficiency; Position involved literature review of existing multimedia learning tools and designing Flash interfaces for randomized control trial comparing two multimedia learning tools.

  University of Southern California

  Research Assistant - Face and Object Recognition Lab

  Aesthetic judgment of faces in degraded images: This project investigated brain's processing of attractiveness. Position involved collecting faces for face database as well as designing and conducting experiments. Paper presented at the Vision Sciences Annual Meeting

  May 2002.

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Graduate Research Assistant - Annenberg School for Communication

  Socially Optimized Learning in Virtual Environments (SOLVE): This project investigated multimedia interventions to encourage condom use and safe sex practices among Men who have Sex with Men (MSM); Position involved recruiting participants

  conducting interviews

  research design

  and multiple independent analyses.

  University of Southern California

  Instructor/Mentor McNair Scholars Program

  Duties involved teaching (research methods and proposal writing)

  advising

  and mentoring McNair Scholars

  high-achieving undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds

  engaged in independent research and preparing for graduate school.

  University of Southern California

  Loyola Marymount University

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Newhouse Class of 2017

  Top Theory Paper

  Second Place Faculty Paper

  #WhereAreTheWomen: Psychological Effects of Gender Annihilation.

  Communication Theory and Methods (CT&M); Association for Education in Journalism

  Media

  and Communication (AEJMC)