Experience

• Arizona State University

  Research Associate and PhD Candidate

  I worked on a large, federally funded grant that examined risk and resiliency processes in Mexican American families. My responsibilities included the following:
  
  
  ▪ Applied theoretical conceptualization in constructing research questions utilizing a prevention-minded framework
  ▪ Ran data analyses
  ▪ Conducted professional writing
  ▪ Disseminated research findings at professional conferences
  ▪ Mentored undergraduate students in applying research methods, running data analysis, and writing conference research proposals
  
  Furthermore, I have taught the following courses at ASU:
  
  
  Summer 2012: Social Statistics (online course)
  Spring 2012: Social Statistics
  Fall 2011: Social Statistics (7 week online course)
  Fall 2011: Social Statistics
  Summer 2011: Introduction to Parenting (online course)
  Winter 2011: Introduction to Parenting (online course)
  Summer 2009: Marriage & Family Relationship (online course)

• The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  Research Associate

  I worked on a large, federally funded early childhood education grant which examined the effects of a specific curriculum (e.g., Creative Curriculum) on various achievement outcomes in young children attending Head Start pre-K centers in North Carolina and Georgia. My main responsibilities included the following:
  
  ▪ Coordinated research protocol for an early childhood educational research grant
  ▪ Managed data collection processes within the project
  ▪ Trained project data collectors
  ▪ Organized and managed project databases
  ▪ Participated in professional writing
  ▪ Assisted in grant writing
  ▪ Worked as a liaison between the University and Head Start sites