Research Experience

Member, Krueger Lab, University of Minnesota, 2006 - present

Research Coordinator (full-time), Personality Assessment Laboratory, Thomas F. Oltmanns, Washington University in St. Louis, 2004 - 2006

Research Assistant (undergraduate), Cognitive Control and Psychopathology Laboratory, Deanna Barch, Washington University in St. Louis, 2001 - 2003

Laboratory Assistant (undergraduate), Central Institute for the Deaf, Washington University in St. Louis, 2000 - 2001

Teaching Experience

Seminar in Personality Disorders and Diagnostic Interviewing, Washington University in St. Louis (a two-semester upper-level undergraduate course designed by N. R. Eaton and S. Balsis) 1) Fall 2005 - Spring 2006 2) Fall 2004 - Spring 2005

Substitute Teacher, School District of the City of St. Charles, 2000 - 2004

Uncle Joe's Peer Counseling New Counselor Trainer, 2002 - 2003

Writing Tutor, University of Missouri - Saint Louis, 1999 - 2000

Honors and Awards

Funding/Support:

Summer Training on Aging Research Topics Fellowship, University of California, San Diego, summer 2007, $6,250

Eva O. Miller Graduate Fellowship, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2007 - 2008, $18,000

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, 2007, honorable mention

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Graduate School Fellowship, 2006 - 2007

Research Assistantship, Robert Krueger, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2006 - present

Legal Advocacy Grant, Washington University School of Law, summer 2004, $5,000

Graduate:

Community of Scholars Program, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2006 - present

Undergraduate/Other:

Best Oral Advocacy Award (Washington University School of Law)

Latin Honors (magna cum laude)

College Honors, Dean's List (seven semesters)

Missouri Bright Flight Scholarship (1999 - 2003)

Eliot Scholarship (2000 - 2003)

Verna Voisin Palecek Scholarship (2000 - 2003)

Robert and Amy Ansehl Family Scholarship (2002 - 2003)

Chancellor's Scholarship (1999 - 2000)

Autotire Scholarship (1999 - 2000)

Service and Volunteer

Association for Psychological Science RiSE-UP GLBT committee (2006 - present)

Community of Scholars Program city volunteer, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (2006 - present)

Washington University Judicial Board (2003 - 2004)

Washington University Title IX Grievance Committee (2003 - 2004)

Arts & Sciences Academic Integrity Committee, Washington University (2000 - 2003)

Safe Zones GLBT campus workshop facilitator, Washington University (2001 - 2003)

Uncle Joe's Peer Counseling counselor and new counselor trainer (2001 - 2003)

FOCUS-St. Louis Non-Profit Regional Citizens' League (1999 - 2000)