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EDUCATION

MA/PhD Industrial/Organizational Psychology (GPA: 3.90) Aug. 2016– Present

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Courses Taken:

  • PSY 7590 Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • PSY 7500 Research Methods in Industrial/Organizational Psychology
  • PSY 8500 Organization Theory
  • PSY 7150 Quantitative Method: Psychology I
  • PSY 7160 Quantitative Method: Psychology II
  • PSY 7620 Social Psychology Research and Theory
  • GS 0900 Essential Research Practices

BSc Honors Behavior, Cognition and Neuroscience with Distinction Sept. 2012 – June 2016

University of Windsor, Windsor, ON

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, Dr. Marcus Dickson August 2016 – Present

Wayne State University, Windsor, ON

  • Project: The disruption of corruption: Values, leadership, and reduced cultural agreement.
  • Project: Investing current measurement and aggregation controversies in the cross-cultural organizational literature

Associate Director, Aphasia Friendly Canada Feb. 2015 – Present

Cognitive Neuropsychology Laboratory, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON

Supervisor: Dr. Lori Buchanan
Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Partnership Grant– Words in the World

  • A disabilities service provider committed to (1) delivering professional training workshops about communication disorders and accessibility standards for customer service to businesses, and (2) hosting skills sessions and activities for people living with communication disabilities.
  • Primary duties: design, deliver, and assess the efficacy of ourprofessional training workshops. To date, seventy Tim Hortons’employees have completed thetraining program.

Research Assistant, School of Medicine and Psychology Department Jan. 2017 – Present

Wayne State University, Windsor, ON

Supervisors: Dr. Shanique Brown and Dr. Jennifer Mendez

  • Project: factor analysis and reliability of scale developed for course in the medical school about interprofessional teamwork.

PRESENTATION

  1. Aqwa, J., Lutz, A.,Mullins, M., Pineault, L., & Thrasher, G., & Dickson, M.The disruption of corruption: Values, leadership, and reduced cultural agreement. Poster accepted to the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference in Orlando, FLon April 27, 2017‬‬.

WORKING PAPERS

  1. “Perceptual grouping reduces repetition blindness”, with A. Jacksonand L. Buchanan, 2017
  2. “The disruption of corruption: Values, leadership, and reduced cultural agreement”, with J. Aqwa, A.Lutz, M.Mullins, G. Thrasher, and M.Dickson, 2017

PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Introductory Psychology Laboratory January2017 – Present

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

  • Provide approximately 20 hours of instructional service in undergraduate Introductory Psychology Laboratory per week over the course of Winter semester.
  • PSY 2400 Development Psychology
  • PSY 2410 Health Psychology

“RBC EPIC Founders” Entrepreneurship Program May 2016 – August 2016

University of Windsor, Windsor, ON

  • Dedicated 35 hours/week toworking on the Aphasia Friendly Canada project.

HONOURS AND AWARDS

Provincial Innovative Designs for Accessibility competition finalist May 2016

Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto, ON

  • One of five students selected from Ontario’s 21 public universities to participate in this competition at the Ontario Centers of Excellence Discovery Conference, which seeks innovative, cost-effective and practical solutions to accessibility-related barriers.

First Place Innovative Designs for Accessibility competition ($500) March 2016

Office of Human Rights and Accessibility, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON

Board of Directors Award of Outstanding Achievement March 2015

University of Windsor Student Alliance, Windsor, ON

  • Awarded for outstanding achievement by an individual that enhances life on campus.

President of the Year National Leadership Award Award Recipient - June 2014
Students Offering Support, Toronto, ON Award Nominee - June 2015

  • Awarded to one of the thirty-five Chapter Presidents across North American post-secondary school chapters for outstanding leadership and management.

Golden Key International Honour Society Inductee Jan. 2013

University of Windsor, Windsor, ON

  • Awarded to top15% of university class.

Dean’s Renewable Entrance Scholarship ($14,000) June 2012

University of Windsor, Windsor, ON

  • Awarded for a secondary school admission average of 96 - 97.9%.

CONFERENCE & WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION

Attendee, MaRSEntrepreneur’s Toolkit Workshops May 2016– July 2016

University of Windsor’s EPICentre,Windsor, ON

  • Participated in four workshop series: (1) value proposition, (2) business model canvas, (3) finance fundamentals; and (4) leadership.

Ontario Psychology Undergraduate Thesis Conference May 2016

Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, ON

  • Presented poster on the “QWERTY effect: The Effects of Typing Pattern on Visual Word Recognition”.

CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING

Responsible Conduct in Research August 2016

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

CITI Human Subjects Research Certification August 2016

Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative

TCPS 2: CORE Oct. 2015

Government of Canada, Panel on Research Ethics

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  1. Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology
  2. Academy of Management
  3. Association for Psychological Science