Resume

• 2015

  Member

  Society for Teaching Psychology

• 2014

  ILA was formerly International Reading Association (IRA)

  Member

  International Literacy Assocation

• 2013

  Member

  Midwestern Psychological Association

• 2012

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Developmental Psychology

  Loyola University Chicago

  GPA 3.98

• 2011

  Member

  Cognitive Development Society

• 2010

  Member

  Society for Research in Child Development

  The James E. Johnson Award is given annually to one Ph.D. student instructor in the Department of Psychology whose teaching exemplifies excellence.

  Department of Psychology

  Loyola University Chicago

  Merit Award Scholarships

  \"Graduate assistantships are awarded to students with excellent academic records and scholarly promise. The awards ordinarily include a stipend

  tuition scholarship

  and health insurance coverage and are renewable. Stipend amounts for Ph.D. students ranged from $14

  000 to a maximum of 25

  000.\n\nDepartmental Assistantships are divided into teaching assistantships

  research assistantships and program assistantships. Accordingly

  a student who accepts an assistantship is required to provide teaching or research assistance

  or to engage in other duties relevant to the discipline and program. Assistantship duties should provide students with educational and professional benefits while enhancing their pedagogical

  research

  and/or administrative skills. Assistantship duties cannot exceed 20 hours per week and students are not allowed to hold additional employment while holding an assistantship. Students should contact their graduate program director for details regarding eligibility

  application procedures and deadlines

  stipend levels

  and specific expectations required of recipients.\" - http://www.luc.edu/finaid/scholarships_loyola.shtml\n

  The Graduate School

  Loyola University Chicago

  Graduate Student Scholarship

  The major criteria are related to the research proposal. Proposals will be rated on the description of the context for the research (a brief literature review)

  the clarity and comprehensibility of the research question

  the appropriateness of the research design

  the general importance (theoretical

  applied) of the research and the use of requested funds (with preference given for funds to actually conduct the research as opposed to tuition

  travel

  books and journals). Secondary criteria are related to the student's background

  including previous publications or presentations at conferences

  awards won at the student's institution

  the letter of recommendations from the major advisor

  breadth of courses taken and grades in courses.\n\nProject: An Electronic World: Effects of Print and E-books on Word Learning in Preschoolers\n\nhttp://www.apa.org/apf/funding/cogdop.aspx?tab=4

  American Psychological Foundation Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology

  Research Mentoring Fellowship

  The Research Mentoring Program (RMP) is designed to support doctoral students in their dissertation research while providing an opportunity for undergraduates to learn more about graduate studies and graduate-level research. As a participant

  doctoral students will receive a stipend for their summer mentoring and a budget of up to $500 for their research costs. Undergraduates will also receive a stipend for serving as a research assistant.

  The Graduate School

  Loyola University Chicago

  Child & Family Fellowship

  The Child and Family Fellowship is for Ph.D. students whose academic work focuses on child/family issues which enhance development of research excellence in this area. These nine-monthawards carry a stipend

  a tuition scholarship

  and health insurance.

  The Graduate School

  Loyola University Chicago

• 2009

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

  Developmental Psychology & Statistics

  Loyola University Chicago

  GPA 3.98

• 2007

  Executive Board Member (2008-09)

  Psi Chi

• 2005

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

  Psychology

  Psi Chi 2007-2009 (Executive Board 2008-2009)

  Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity 2005-2009

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  GPA 3.64

• 2003

  Member

  American Psychological Association

• SPSS

  Research

  Microsoft Word

  Developmental Psychology

  Statistics

  Microsoft Office

  Event Planning

  Social Media

  Psychology

  Higher Education

  O'Toole

  O'Toole

  North Park University

  Loyola University Chicago

  North Park University

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Infant and Early Childhood Cognition Lab

  Duties included designing and implementing experiments aimed to examine the development of attention in infancy and early childhood

  managing day-to-day tasks in the lab (e.g.

  designing protocol for experiments

  scheduling appointments

  operating computer programs and other technical equipment)

  and directly training and supervising over 60 undergraduates on carrying out experiments

  conducting behavioral data coding

  and recruiting participants.

  Research Assistant

  Loyola University Chicago

  Infant Cognition Lab

  Assisted in data collection and coding

  which required learning the protocol for 18-22 experiments designed to understand how infants and toddlers perceive physical reality

  social expectations (e.g.

  fairness)

  and false-beliefs (i.e.

  the development of theory of mind).

  Research Assistant

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Courses: Introduction to Psychology

  Developmental Psychology

  Laboratory in Developmental Psychology

  Loyola University Chicago

  North Park University

  Chicago

  Courses: Introduction to Psychology

  Human Lifespan Development

  Developmental Psychology

  Research Methods in Psychology

  Psychology of Language

  Learning & Cognition

  Media Psychology

  Multicultural Psychology

  Visiting Assistant Professor

  Chicago

  IL

  Assistant Professor Of Psychology

  North Park University