Professional Experiences

Education

Education

Ph.D. in Psychological Sciences GPA 3.85

Dec 2024

University of North Carolina Wilmington

Mentors Drs. Shanhong Luo & Dale Cohen
Dissertation Psychological Value Theory: Modeling Perceived Obtainability on Romantic Partner Choice

M.A. in Psychological Sciences GPA 3.84

Dec 2020

University of North Carolina Wilmington

Mentor Dr. Shanhong Luo
Thesis Food Preferences and Ideal Partner Preferences: Do People Prefer Their Partners to Share Similar Food Preferences?

B.S. with Honors in Psychology GPA 3.49

May 2017

Old Dominion University

Mentor Dr. Michelle Kelley
Thesis Combat Experiences, Moral Injury, Religious Coping, and Depression among Active Duty Military Personnel and Veterans

Current Role

Data Analyst

Penn State University — The Center for Collegiate Mental Health & Student Affairs Research and Assessment

Aug 2022 – Present
Provide data analytical services across two units. The Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH) is an international non-profit research-practice network studying college student mental health, supporting over 800 counseling centers worldwide in collecting and applying data to inform treatment. Student Affairs Research and Assessment (SARA) is an institutional research unit that assesses student experiences and learning across Penn State’s campus to inform institutional stakeholders.
  • Develop and maintain CCMHr, an R package supporting common data cleaning and analytical workflows for the CCMH network
  • Rewrote core functions using data.table and arrow to significantly speed up processing of large datasets
  • Maintain documentation for functions, updates, and bug fixes via GitHub
  • Reviewed data request applications from academic researchers
  • Built an import tool to streamline the loading of large datasets into working environments
  • Worked with bigger-than-memory data using the arrow package
  • Linked CCMH data to external databases, including IPEDS and the American Community Survey (ACS)
  • Conduct descriptive and inferential analyses on college student mental health data spanning 15+ years
  • Perform longitudinal analyses tracking symptom changes over the course of therapy
  • Managed a multi-year, Penn State system-wide study linking early-term mental health indicators to academic outcomes, course engagement, and campus service usage
  • Coordinated data merging across multiple institutional sources and designed data storage and pipeline infrastructure
  • Built reusable R functions (e.g., plot_column, plot_scatter) to standardize CCMH visualizations using ggplot2
  • Created highly customized graphics in R, ggplot2, and Adobe Illustrator for international audiences
  • Produce static and dynamic reports for PSU stakeholders and CCMH members using R, Quarto, and R Markdown
  • Helped create automated recurring reports, including the CCMH Annual Report and individual Comprehensive Center Reports
  • Developed a scrollytelling report to teach counseling center leaders how to interpret and use the Clinical Load Index (CLI)
  • Established standardized aesthetic guidelines for internal and external reporting
  • Reviewed and edited manuscripts submitted to peer-reviewed journals
  • Authored and edited blogs, research summaries, and special topics reports on college student mental health and counseling center operations

Teck Toolkit

Tech Toolkit
Expert
R Quarto / R Markdown Arrow Git / GitHub Microsoft Office Adobe Illustrator Adobe Stock Qualtrics
Intermediate
R Shiny SPSS
Learning
Python SQL Flutter HTML / CSS Tableau Power BI Adobe InDesign

Analytical Toolkit

Analytical Toolkit
Expert
Comparison models (t-test, ANOVA/MANCOVA, z-test) Non-parametric tests (e.g., chi-square, Fisher) Correlations Regression models (e.g., linear, logistic, lasso) Distribution and normality tests Effect size estimation (Cohen’s d, Hedges’ g) Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (EFA/CFA) Reliability analysis Power analysis / sample size estimation
Intermediate
Machine learning and classification models (e.g., KNN, Random Forest, Gradient Boosting) Propensity score matching Qualitative coding Sequential Sampling Models (e.g., Random Walk) Bootstrapping / resampling methods Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
Learning
Time series modeling Large language models

Previous Roles

Research Lab Coordinator and Member

University of North Carolina Wilmington — Dr. Shanhong Luo’s Love Lab & Dr. Dale Cohen’s Cognition Lab

Aug 2017 – Dec 2024
Aided and coordinated operations across two research labs. Dr. Shanhong Luo’s Love Lab examines how social, personality, and evolutionary factors influence romantic partner selection and relationship functioning. Dr. Dale Cohen’s Cognition Lab studies decision sciences, numeric cognition, and social cognition. This was an unpaid position.
  • Led start-to-end research projects using cross-sectional and experimental methodologies
  • Developed psychological measures, experiment prompts, and participant instructions
  • Authored method and analysis plans, including pre-registered experiments on OSF
  • Established experiment protocols and procedures adopted by graduate and undergraduate lab members
  • Authored and revised IRB applications
  • Managed participant communications and scheduling
  • Trained undergraduate research assistants on lab protocols and procedures
  • Advised undergraduates on study design and statistical analysis
  • Authored and edited peer-reviewed manuscripts
  • Conducted systematic literature reviews to support research projects

Undergraduate Instructor

University of North Carolina Wilmington — Department of Psychology

Aug 2019 – May 2022
Designed and taught four college-level psychology courses for UNCW’s undergraduate program, including Introduction to Psychology, Lifespan Psychology, Social Psychology, and Science/Pseudoscience. Three of the courses were online, and one was in person.
  • Designed course structure, syllabi, assignments, discussions, quizzes, and exams
  • Evaluated student work and provided feedback across all course modalities
  • Maintained ongoing communication with enrolled undergraduates

Graduate Research Assistant

University of North Carolina Wilmington — Student Affairs Assessment, Research, and Planning

Aug 2017 – May 2019
Supported staff in assessment operations, including report production, qualitative research, and stakeholder engagement activities.
  • Authored and edited institutional assessment reports
  • Performed qualitative coding to analyze open-ended data
  • Assisted in facilitating focus groups with undergraduate students

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Old Dominion University — Dr. Michelle Kelley’s Youth and Family Development Lab

Mar 2014 – May 2017
Supported research operations across two projects within Dr. Kelley’s lab. The first project examined how substance use, interpersonal violence, and couples therapy affected relationship and family dynamics and youth development. Supported by NIDA grant R01 DA024740 (PI: Kelley). The second project developed a measure of moral injury and examined how PTSD and moral injury relate to mental health outcomes and substance use in military populations.
  • Assisted with manuscript preparation and literature reviews
  • Contributed to the development of psychological measures
  • Administered structural clinical interviews using DSM-based protocols
  • Supported data management and statistical analyses
  • Tracked and managed participant compensation

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