Resume

• 2014

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Overall

  I have three main research interests: Awe

  Person Perception

  and Aggression in Major League Baseball. \n\nAwe\nSpecifically

  I am interested in how the environment that one is in effects the experience of awe. More specifically I am interested in the role awe plays in improving our experience within a given environment (i.e.

  nature

  museum

  etc.).\n\nPerson Perception\nBroadly

  I am interested in the processing of identity and visually accessible social category membership information (e.g.

  sex

  race

  age) in faces. \n\nAggression in Major League Sports \nBy using large data sets of game data

  I have investigated the different aspects that lead to aggressive behaviors within a Major League Baseball game. Ultimately I would like to create ways that teams can use statistics to predict aggression.

  Psychological Science

  DePaul University

• 2012

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

  Master Thesis \"Brainwave Responses to Picture Identification\" looked at the facial processing of individuals at different categorical levels using Event-Related Potentials.

  Experimental Psychology

  Lab Manager of the Cognitive Psychophysiology Laboratory

  San Francisco State University

• 2010

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  Psychology

  Triathlon Club

  Psi Chi

  San Francisco State University

• Volunteered for year round programs working with children with Type 1 Diabetes

  Diabetes Youth Families

  Higher Education

  Research

  Psychology

  R

  Survey Methodology

  Teaching

  Public Speaking

  Data Analysis

  Statistics

  Experimental Design

  Research Design

  ERP

  Eye Tracking

  Quantitative Research

  SPSS

  Community Outreach

  Evaluating the heat-aggression hypothesis: The role of temporal and social factors in predicting baseball related aggression

  We examined the role that season progression and social threats play in the heat- aggression hypothesis within Major League Baseball put forward by Reifman

  Larrick

  and Fein (1991). Box score data from 38

  870 Major League Baseball games between the years of 2000 and 2015 was used to test the heat-aggression relationship

  while accounting for temporal and social factors that may be simultaneously exerting influence on player behavior. Controlling for a number of other variables

  we observed that the effect of temperature on aggressive behavior is partially contingent on the point of the season in which the game took place. Aggressive behavior was also more likely to occur when teams played divisional (compared to league and inter-league) rivals

  however this relationship was contingent on season progression. We provide potential boundary conditions relating to the heat-aggression relationship

  indicating this may not be a ubiquitous phenomenon.

  Evaluating the heat-aggression hypothesis: The role of temporal and social factors in predicting baseball related aggression

  William L. D.

  DePaul University

  Duke University

  San Francisco State University

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  San Francisco

  California

  Psychological Statistics (PSY 371): Provided classroom instruction

  lead weekly laboratory sessions for three different sections

  made in class assignments for students

  prepared learning materials

  administered exams

  tutored students

  calculated grades

  and other work as assigned.

  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  San Francisco State University

  Chicago

  Illinois

  Director: Dr. Kimberly Quinn\n- Designed and currently conducting behavioral and physiological studies to investigate environmental effects of awe on ones experience\n- Facilitate and lead weekly lab meetings discussing the lab's current projects

  Laboratory Manager | DePaul University Social Cognition Lab

  DePaul University

  Durham

  North Carolina

  United States

  Scientific Integrity Associate

  Duke University

  San Francisco

  California

  Director: Dr. Mark Geisler\n- Facilitated and lead weekly lab meetings\n- Interviewed and train new research assistants on the proper use of the EEG equipment\n- Designed and conducted an ERP study to investigate gender and race categorization

  Laboratory Manager | Cognitive Psychophysiological Laboratory

  San Francisco State University

  Chicago

  Illinois

  Statistics I (PSY 240): Instructor of Record - Winter 2018\n\tDesigned course syllabus

  created and presented weekly lectures

  created and graded exams to test the abilities of the students within the realm of statistics.\n\nStatistics I (PSY 240): Instructor of Record - Autumn 2017\n\tDesigned course syllabus

  created and presented weekly lectures

  created and graded exams to test the abilities of the students within the realm of statistics.

  Graduate Teaching Fellow

  DePaul University

  Chapel Hill

  NC

  PSYC 220: Biological Psychology\nDesigned and taught two courses (Summer and Fall 2019) on the biological mechanisms behind our psychological behaviors.

  Adjunct Professor

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Durham

  North Carolina

  Postdoctoral Associate

  Science

  Law

  and Policy (SLAP) Lab\t\t\t\t2018–present\n•\tProject Coordinator/Lab Manager for the SLAP Lab: Oversee the design

  implementation

  and analysis of qualitative and quantitative research projects investigating the intersection of science/technology and law/policy.\n\nProject Leader

  Duke University | Bass Connections\t\t\t\t\t2018–present\n•\tProject Leader for the Bass Connections project Consumer EEG

  Mental & Emotional States

  Privacy and the Brain: Oversee the design

  implementation

  and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data investigating the use of consumer-based electroencephalography (EEG) devices in different settings.\n\nProject Mentor

  Duke University | Data+\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSummer 2019\n•\tMentor for a Data+ project Neuroscience in the Courtroom

  in which a team of undergraduate and graduate students worked towards creating a machine learning program for collecting court briefings using neuroscience.

  Postdoctoral Associate | SLAP Lab

  Duke University

  Durham

  North Carolina

  United States

  The Duke Science & Society Assistant Director of Education Programs will teach both graduate and undergraduate courses and administer undergraduate and graduate educational programs within Science & Society.

  Assistant Director of Educational Programs | Instructor

  Duke University

  San Francisco State University