Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

I'm a graduate student in Industrial-Organizational Psychology (the psychology of work) who deals in ideas. I love conducting research and doing statistical analysis to discover the reality behind what is happening in groups of people.

I just want to make people's lives better - and since we all have to work in some form or fashion that's where my degree and my passion lie.

I believe our era of overinformation is paralyzing - so I'm constantly on the search for the 'right' information. This often pushes me towards zen ideas (e.g. single-tasking) but one of the best ways to get the best ideas is to stay in touch with others trying to do the same.

In other words - it's nice to meet you.

Work History

• Clemson University
• Teaching & Research Assistant
• August 2006 to Present

• I'm currently doing various research and teaching assistantships. These have been incredible opportunities that have allowed me to develop my own curriculum, grading system, etc. all while having a mentor to fall back on and someone else taking care of the content side while I get to focus on the practical side. Nothing will teach you something better than having to teach it to someone else. These experiences have been absolutely invaluable - as have my students' insights into my style, delivery, and teaching methods.

  See below for individual course and project information.

• Clemson University
• Teaching Assistant
• August 2008 to May 2010

• Advanced Experimental Psychology (under Dr. Campbell, Pury, Switzer, and Merritt). This is the class senior Psychology students take where they craft their own research project, conduct it, do the analysis and produce a scientific paper and poster at the end of the course. I was solely responsible for the lab portions - which often reflected the practical side of the content they were learning in the lecture portion. This class has been so much fun to teach - especially some of the time management and project management training portions - working individually with my students on their research is so rewarding.

• Clemson University
• Research Assistant
• January 2008 to December 2009

• My research assistant experience was with our REU program (a program focused on recruiting undergraduates to conduct research on our campus over the summer). I helped to process applicants initially (very similar to employee selection), and then led an undergraduate team in rating on-line portfolios so we could statistically analyze the REU program for an upcoming grant proposal.

• Clemson University
• August 2006 to May 2008

• I was the Instructor of Record for Research Methods I (Undergraduate Statistics) for two different instructors (Dr. Tyrell & Muth). This involved self-leading labs to teach students to use statistical software and learn different techniques. I was also involved in team teaching for one semester of this lab setting. This lab was so unique - no student likes statistics before they walk in the room - but knowing that I was able to help them both learn to do statistics and understand why researchers like them (even if very few came to like stats themselves) made this class a special experience for me.

• Various
• Various
• May 1998 to August 2006

• I have been working in some paid capacity since I was 15 years old (and unofficially paid ones since years before then). I'm proud of the variety of experiences this has given me, the exposure to different settings, etc.

  This placeholder entry is here because while these jobs don't have any specific parts of their description that pertain to what I do today - they show my dedication to work, they show my desire to contribute, and my desire to learn and do - just by having their place in my memory and my past.

Education

• Clemson University
• M.S. & PhD., Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Occupational Health Concentration
• 2006 - 2011

• Houston Baptist Univesity
• B.A., Psychology, Art (Painting, Sculpture), Writing Specialty
• 2000 - 2004