Resume

• 2007

  PhD

  Adviser: M. Ellen Mitchell

  Psychology

  As adjunct faculty

  I worked with the Undocumented Students and Allies (USA) student association.

  Illinois Institute of Technology

• 2003

  Datalidy

  Stanford Persuasive Design Lab

  - 20-25 weekly hours of experience with Oncology/Behavioral Medicine\n- Individual Therapy and Weekly Group Therapy\n- Crisis hotline clinical work

  one week every month \n- Two hours weekly of supervision (Stuart Pinkwater

  Psy.D.)\n- Clinical exposure to medium and high SES cancer patients\n- Clinical exposure to Gay and Lesbian patients

  Cancer Wellness Center

  Cancer Wellness Center

  Northbrook

  IL.

  - Coordinating

  scheduling

  and group management of two programs

  one weekly and one monthly\n- Tasked with recruitment and management of participants\n- Co-managed Doctor to Patient presentation and meet-and-great\n- 20-25 weekly hours of experience with Oncology/Behavioral Medicine\n- Individual Therapy and Weekly Group Therapy\n- Clinical exposure to medium and high SES cancer patients\n- Clinical exposure to Gay and Lesbian patients

  Interim Coordinator of the Men’s Program

  “The JournalWiki: “The most affordable access to scientific knowledge.”\n\nI turned my dissertation into a company with a $25

  000 internationally competitive grant from Spain based Ideas4All. Our database used social media technology to improve dissemination of academic research findings. \n\nI managed a team of 10 programmers and designers in 4 locations (Chicago

  San Jose CA.

  New York City

  and India). Additional management included MBA interns

  IP Law students

  and advisory board oversight and reporting experience

  The JournalWiki

  Neuropsychology Extern

  - 20-25 weekly hours of experience with Neuropsychological assessment\n- Report writing

  assessment

  and clinical diagnosis\n- Four-eight hours weekly of supervision (Jerry Sweet

  Ph.D. & Aaron Malina

  Ph.D.)\n- Clinical exposure to a wide spectrum of medical issues associated with neuropsychological assessment

  Evanston Northwestern Healthcare

  Greater Chicago Area

  Audi

  AMA

  Northwestern

  etc. I'm currently a consultant on hire with Live Neuron Labs and Determined. Either company may be contacted to solicit my services. \nliveneuronlabs.com\ngetdetermined.com\n\nSelect notable companies I've consulted for:\n \nAudi USA\nAmerican Heart Association\nAmerican Medical Association \nNorthwestern University

  Feinberg School of Medicine\nStanford Persuasive Tech Lab

  Stanford University\nSuccess Mortgage Partners\nCancer Wellness Center of Northbrook

  IL.\nOak Park Elementary School District #97\nRush University Medical Center \nSwiftkick\nStage 32

  Behavioral Design Consulting

  Datalidy

  Information Technology Management courses I teach:\n-“Behavioral Design & User Testing”\n-“Human Computer Interaction”\n-“Fundamentals of Web Development: HTML

  CSS

  & Javascript”\n\nPsychology courses I've taught:\n-\"History & Systems of Psychology\"\n-\"Abnormal Psychology\"\n-\"Brain

  Mind

  and Behavior\"\n-“Human Behavior

  Growth

  and Learning”\n-\"Introduction to Early Adulthood\"\n-“Introduction to the Profession”

  Illinois Institute of Technology

  Northeastern Illinois University

  Chicago

  -Psych. 395 “History of Psychology” (Spring 2015)\n-Psych. 308 “Lab: Research Methods in Psyc: Test and Measurement (Spring 2015 and Fall 2015)\n-Psych. 303 “Psychology of Personality” (Fall 2014)

  Adjunct Professor

  Global

  I was honored to have been elected to the board by the 2018 Congress in Lima

  Peru. \n\n\"ISUD is a society of scholars

  mostly philosophers

  from many parts of the world

  devoted to promoting international dialogue and the discussion of fundamental questions of universal concern

  which affect all humanity

  such as world peace

  human rights

  dialogical interrelations of diverse cultures

  and preservation of the world ecology.\"

  Board Member

  International Society for Universal Dialogue

  Stanford University

  Collaboration with an international team on the development of B.J. Fog’s “Change Together” model; a path model for technology development at the group change level.

  Guest Lab Member (International Team)

  Stanford Persuasive Design Lab

  Chicago

  4D Healthware is a consumer-facing software for a chronically ill patient population.\n\n-Lead Behavioral Health Researcher\n-Product Manager: Ownership of sales-to-engineering development cycle\n-Designer: Dashboard data presentation; Push/nudge interactions\n-Interim Project Manager: Patient on-boarding; process and training design and development\n-Sales: Co-presenting our product for on-site sales and competition events\n-Partnership Relations: Lead negotiator for strategic data partnerships

  including Medication compliance reconciliation software integration\n-Directly managing 16 people across 5 projects

  Director of Behavioral Design

  4D Healthware

  Scientific Peer Reviewer

  Journal of Clinical Psychology

  German

  Big Bang Challenge

  Internationally competitive grant based in Spain. $25

  000 business idea funding applied to my dissertation. The competition involved three stages (I won all three stages): 1) social media Vote

  \n2) business plan selection

  3) final judging phase that included:\n- Bernardo Hernandez (Google Worldwide Director of Marketing for Consumer Products)\n- Javier Oliván (Facebook international product and marketing responsible) \n- Carlos Barrabés (Internet entrepreneur

  e-commerce Spanish pioneer) \n- Jorge Mata (Internet entrepreneur and investor

  with first listed Spanish internet company) \n- Nacho de la Vega (IE Business School)\n- Juan Roure (IESE Business School) \n- Brian Subirana (Proffessor MIT

  IESE

  INSEAD…) \n- Inés Leopoldo (Information Technology

  Telecommunication

  Internet and New Media expert) \n- Ana María Llopis (founder and CEO of ideas4all).\n

  Ideas4All

  Woman Pioneering the Future

  \"In recognition of the contributions you have made to the celebration of Women's History Month\". The irony of the title was not lost on anyone. The commitee apologized that the certificate was not gender neutral.

  Women's History Month Planning Commitee

  Spartan Fellowship

  A competitive one-year fully-paid fellowship with the university. Awarded to only three students. I chose to work with Dr. Martin Forward at Aurora University’s Center for Faith and Action on diversity and volunteerism coordination efforts.

  Aurora University selection committee

  MS

  Adviser: Tamara Sher

  Clinical Psychology

• 2000

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

  Distinction: “Magna Cum Laude”\n\nMinors:\tHistory

  Philosophy

  International Relations

  and American Cultural and Ethnic Studies

  Psychology

  Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Society\nSpartan Fellowship: competitive fellowship

• 1993

  High School Diploma

  High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates

  Choir

  German Club

  Soccer

  Glenbard South High School

• Charter Founder of the Aurora University chapter

  Kiwanis

  •\tCharter Founder

  Psychotherapy

  Psychology

  Public Speaking

  Research

  Qualitative Research

  Program Development

  Research Development

  Grant Writing

  SPSS

  Health Psychology

  Data Analysis

  Social Media

  Higher Education

  Non-profits

  Nonprofits

  Community Outreach

  Mental Health

  Clinical Research

  Teaching

  Depression and Group Attendance in a Couples Intervention for Cardiac Risk Reduction

  Tamara Goldman Sher

  Depression and Group Attendance in a Couples Intervention for Cardiac Risk Reduction

  Tamara Goldman Sher

  Maya Ronen

  We examined the relationship between patients’ eating habits and perceived marital satisfaction (patient & partner) at baseline and at 18 weeks follow up. Conducted as part of the NIH funded Partners for Life clinical study of cardiac patients participating in a couple's intervention. \n\nWe also examined the relationship between patients’ eating habits and perceived health (patient & partner) at baseline and at 18 weeks follow up. \n

  Food Choices and Dietary Intake as Predictors of Perceived Marital Satisfaction for Self and Partner

  Tamara Goldman Sher

  Kim Baker

  Presented at the 43rd Annual Convention of ABCT

  Making Treatment Last: Turning Online Communities into Support Communities for Cancer Patients

  Tamara Goldman Sher

  Kim Baker

  Discovering commonalties between specialties by developing a community driven database that fosters multidisciplinary research in psychology

  Emotion: The Building Block of Panpsychism

  Can Consciousness Fulfill an Evolutionary Role?

  Maya Ronen

  D.J. Moran

  Presented at the 37th Annual Convention of AABT

  Depression and Fluency of Negative Thinking

  Tamara Goldman Sher

  Was There Anything Else? Understanding the Utility of a Qualitative Question in Quantitative Analyses

  This paper explores the depth of personal data collection

  what ethical protections are being taken

  and why they are not anywhere near enough. It also explores the limitations of governmental regulation in this field and why a public liberation of this data may be the only ethical option left to us.

  The Secrets of Social Media Data Collection

  Tamara Goldman Sher

  Kim Pawlowski

  Jennifer Tennant

  Fay Hlubocky

  Presented at the 40th Annual Convention of ABCT

  Taking Attendance: Medical Outcomes and Group Attendance in a Couples Intervention for Cardiac Risk Reduction

  Tamara Goldman Sher

  Nathan Hydes

  Presented at the 39th Annual Convention of ABCT

  On Some of the Patients Some of the Time: Patient Self-Report Across Time and Measure in a Cardiac Risk Reduction Group

  Daniel

  Krieglstein

  PhD

  Evanston Northwestern Healthcare

  Northeastern Illinois University

  The JournalWiki

  4D Healthware

  International Society for Universal Dialogue

  Illinois Institute of Technology

  Cancer Wellness Center

  Cancer Wellness Center