Georgia State University

Graduate Research Assistant

Katherine worked at Georgia State University as a Graduate Research Assistant

INTENSA Intensive Learning Programs

Conversational English Instructor

Taught conversational English to adult learners. This is a school that focuses on intensive oral practice to master the language skills quickly.

Emory University

Research Specialist I

Katherine worked at Emory University as a Research Specialist I

Emory University

Instructor

Lectured a special topics Seminar "Topics in Neuroscience and Behavior-Writing Class" (NBB 401W), in the Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology Department.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Instruct 4th year undergraduate students how to interpret and critique primary literature in Neuroscience.

Emory University

Instructor/Research Associate

Conduct, supervise, and refine all scientific research projects in the laboratory.
Instruct and mentor all students, Research Specialists, and volunteers conducting research.
Provide significant input on experimental design and methodology of behavioral tests used to maintain our selectively bred lines of rats used to study the neurological basis of behavioral disorders.
Compile, organize, graph, and analyze all data collected.
Manage 1000+ rodent Vivarium; screen, breed, wean and maintain 10-17 different selectively-bred lines of rats.
Supervise and train Animal Care Technicians, and Animal Trainees.
Manage all basic aspects of the laboratory and Vivarium including all monitoring and quality control necessary to comply with the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and the Environmental Health and Safety Office.
Write and submit protocols for IACUC approval.

Emory University

Post Doctoral Fellow

Katherine worked at Emory University as a Post Doctoral Fellow

Emory University

Developer and Lecturer of "Hands On Behavioral Neuroscience"

Developed and lectured a special topics course, "Hands On Behavioral Neuroscience" (NBB 370), in the Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology Department.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Familiarize students with a working laboratory, its regulations and some basic protocol use and execution. This course will be conducted in a working laboratory (not a classroom setting). This is a "hands-on" course designed to acquaint each student with the regulatory entities at Emory University, the techniques, and instrumentation utilized in a Behavioral Neuroscience laboratory. Several “representative” experiments will be conducted. Students will learn to handle and inject a rat, will conduct a basic behavioral test, will perfuse an animal in order to harvest the brain, will harvest the brain, will perform washes that are representative of an immunohistochemical assay, will learn basic histology (slicing, mounting, staining), and prepare a poster that will present the results of their techniques. Students also will learn to plan experiments, organize their notes and electronic files, create a basic protocol, and edit protocols.

Clermont County School Districts

Substitute Teacher

Substitute teacher for grades 6-12

Operant psychostimulant self-administration in a rat model of depression.

Pharmacol Biochem Behav.