Experience

• Temple University

  Project Coordinator/Research Assistant

  The Mood and Cognition Lab is a clinical psychology research laboratory consisting of approximately 35 graduate students, employees, and volunteers. The lab is currently running three R01 grants funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) focusing on bipolar disorder in adolescents and young adults, and unipolar depression and cognitive vulnerabilities in adolescents.
  
  ● Taught comprehensive life-event interview training course, administration of questionnaires and behavioral tasks, and assisted in clinical diagnostic interview training.
  ● Oversaw orientation and training of personnel on project protocols, including interactions with a diverse sample of research participants, co-workers, supervisors, and department and university personnel.
  ● Supervised personnel for adherence to project protocols; developed and monitored work schedules and leave time requests; delegated and reviewed work assignments; prioritized task completion schedules; provided feedback and evaluation of job performance
  ● Co-authored and implemented protocols for protection of confidentiality ensuring all electronic, paper, and other records are free of personally identifiable information and stored securely
  ● Maintained imprest cash funds: weekly reconciliation of accounts; maintenance of expense logs, receipts, and participant payment schedules; oversaw frequent reimbursement of expenditures, check requests, and annual bursar’s office imprest fund verification
  ● Managed project staff hiring needs according to Temple University protocols using iGreentree Hiring Manager
  ● Oversaw maintenance of electronic and paper data
  ● Tracked consent and assents forms of participants for the multiple aspects of the projects, and ensured proper protocols were followed in consent completion and storage and that consent forms are up-to-date
  

• Temple University

  Adjunct Professor

  Primary instructor of two sections of a general education course (The Meaning of Madness) under the College of Education at Temple University. The Meaning of Madness examines biological, social, and cultural factors that influence mental illness, perceptions of individuals with mental illness, and treatments of mental illness over time and across cultural groups. The course utilizes a mixture of lectures, readings, and in-class and online discussion to further understanding of concepts.

• Zoological Society of Philadelphia

  Lead Membership Cashier

  • Data entry and basic computing tasks
  • Supervised and trained other cashiers to use cash register and data entry systems
  • Resolved employee/customer conflicts at the sales window
  • Customer service
  o Giving customers directions and directed them to the proper departments
  o Calling cabs and getting bus information for customers
  o Dealt with customer complaints
  o Dealt with customer purchases

• Zoological Society of Philadelphia

  Retail Employee

  • Stocked merchandise in store
  • Customer service
  o Giving customers directions and directed them to the proper departments
  o Calling cabs and getting bus information for customers
  o Dealt with customer complaints
  o Dealt with customer purchases
  • Sold merchandise at register

• Gap Inc./Old Navy

  Logistics Associate

  • Open shipment packages
  • Price and place merchandise, clean up and recover store
  • Customer service

• Zoological Society of Phladelphia

  Membership/Admissions Cashier

  • Data entry and basic computing tasks
  • Customer service
  o Giving customers directions and directed them to the proper departments
  o Calling cabs and getting bus information for customers
  o Dealt with customer complaints
  o Dealt with customer purchases

• Girls on the Run International

  ● Attended practices twice a week for twelve weeks at a designated elementary school with a group of approximately 15-20 girls ages 8-10 years old
  ● Prepared for and lead lessons that involve discussions on building self-esteem, confidence and self-efficacy, living a healthy lifestyle, and being active members in the community, using individual and group activities that incorporated running and other physical activities
  ● Educated the girls on healthy eating habits and providing healthy snacks for practices
  ● Participated in an end-of-the-season 5K with the all of the Girls on the Run™ participants from various elementary schools throughout the city of Philadelphia and other coaches from those locations, running with the participants and providing encourage before, during, and after the race
  ● Volunteered as a run buddy for subsequent end-of-the-season 5Ks