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Professional Experience
Academic Tutor / Speech Coach, Franklin, TN Instructor Contract Basis (c. 3 years)- Taught public speaking, speech writing, and debate to varying age groups
- Tutored test preparation in one-on-one settings on a contract basis; one student received a National Merit finalist award after receiving tutoring in test preparation with a focus on math
- Proofread pre-publication manuscripts
- Familiar with document development, style, and grammar
- Recruited volunteer tutors throughout middle Tennessee
- Coordinated tutors in teams with defined expectations, including weekly service
- Developed and presented ongoing tutor curriculum
- Led efforts to engage tutors with refugee children and children otherwise at risk in trauma-informed, respectful ways
- Tutored non-traditional and at-risk students for Martin Luther King Jr. Academy
- Attended trainings and directed marketing/fundraising efforts for the program
Academic Work
P20 Motivation and Learning Lab, Lexington, Kentucky Research Assistant Summer 2018-Current- Researching gender differences in the relationship between perfectionism and math self-efficacy under Dr. Ellen Usher
- Responsible for reviewing the research regarding these topics and incorporating the research into our paper
- Worked with Dr. Richard Milich, Dr. Elizabeth Lorch, and Dr. Angela Hayden on reading comprehension interventions for ADHD students
- Established rapport and administered test battery (including the Yopp-Singer phoneme segmentation test, the KBIT, and the TILLS) to child participants
- Responsible for construction of senior thesis comparing alternate interventions and their effects on comprehension and motivation
Education
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, CA
PhD student in Organizational Behavior Class of 2024
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology & Minor in Cognitive Science and Jewish Studies Class of 2019