Experience

• Pasadena City College

  Tenure-Track Psychology Instructor

  Instructor for:
  PSYC 005, Research Methods in Psychology
  Planning and execution of research in psychology, and analysis, interpretation and reporting of data.
  
  STAT 018, Statistics for Behavioral and Social Sciences
  Data-analysis concepts and procedures used in the social sciences. Topics include measures of central tendency and dispersion; probability and sampling distributions, methods of evaluating hypotheses and testing inferential statistics (t-tests, chi-square, ANOVA, correlation and regression). Applications to the social sciences using calculators and spreadsheets.

• Chaffey College

  Senior Research Analyst (Temporary)

  • Temporarily reassigned to role of Senior Research Analyst
  • Reassignment consisted of maintaining projects conducted as Research Analyst, as well as:
  - Campus-wide study of student satisfaction with student services
  - Evaluation of success, engagement, and use of services by First Generation Chaffey College students
  - Collaborating with colleagues at other local community colleges to present findings related to First Generation students at local and statewide conferences
  - Working directly with Deans to develop methodology for setting institution-set standards regarding CTE job placement rates
  - Development of assessments of student learning outcomes for new campus-wide service options and programs
  - Analysis and reporting of professional development activities for Classified Staff members

• Chaffey College

  Research Analyst

  • Compiled labor market studies to assess need for new career and technical education (CTE) programs, as well as regular updating of existing CTE needs assessments to provide continued evidence of program relevance
  • Provided delivery of services to instructional and student support programs by survey development and construction, dissemination, and analysis
  • Designed and executed research studies to address administrative and committee inquiries
  • Maintained and utilized large administrative databases for conducting statistical and analytical tasks associated with institutional data
  • Prepared non-technical research reports for distribution to the campus community
  • Participated on several key campus committees: College Planning Council, Enrollment and Success Management Committee, President's Equity Council, Accreditation Oversight Committee, Outcomes and Assessment Committee

• California State University-San Bernardino

  Adjunct Instructor

  Instructor for:
  PSYC 210, Psychological Statistics:
  Introduction to statistical reasoning and application of basic statistical procedures in psychology. Includes both descriptive and inferential statistics with emphasis on parametric techniques.
  
  PSYC 105, Critical Thinking Through Problem Analysis
  Development of basic skills in critical thinking including identifying and understanding common fallacies, recognizing techniques of persuasion and propaganda, problem solving strategies, and applying skills of critical thinking to the complex issues of everyday life.

• California State University, Fullerton

  Adjunct Instructor

  Instructor for PSYC 305L, Laboratory in Cognitive Psychology:
  Laboratory course to accompany PSYC 305. Apply theoretical and experimental principles and findings in cognitive psychology. Design, conduct, analyze, interpret and present empirical research. Requires written research reports.

• University of Stirling

  Teaching Assistant

  • Taught on several undergraduate courses within the psychology department:
  - Introductory Psychology I and II
  - Developmental Psychology
  - Social Communication
  - Research Methods and Statistics
  • Assisted on the master's level quantitative methods course.

• San Bernardino Valley College

  Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Psychology

  Instructor for:
  
  PSYCH 100, General Psychology
  This course surveys the nature of human behavior and examines theories and principles pertaining to the topics of experimental design, perception, thinking, learning, personality, psychological testing, emotion and motivation. Includes essential features of the biological and neurological bases of behavior.
  
  PSYCH 105, Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
  This class focuses on statistics as applied to the social sciences including such topics as measurement, frequency distributions, measures of central tendency, measures of variability, the normal distribution curve, correlation, sampling, statistical inference, hypothesis testing and an introduction to analysis of variance.
  
  PSYCH 201, Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences
  This course will examine the biological basis of behavior. Topics will include basic neuro-anatomy and neurophysiology, nervous system structure and functions, brain-behavior relationships underlying movement, sensation, perception, learning, memory, consciousness, emotion, language, and psychological disorders. This course will also examine the scientific method and current research on brain-behavior relationships and mental processes.

• Moreno Valley College

  Adjunct Faculty

  Instructor for:
  PSY 1, General Psychology
  Historical and philosophical antecedents of contemporary psychology; the scientific study of behavior and mental processes as systemized in learning, motivation, emotion, personality, intelligence, and thought.