Assistant High School

MEAGHAN E. CRAWLEY

E DUCATION

M.S. in Psychology, Tulane University, 2012

B.S. in Psychology, Concentration in Neuroscience, Wofford College, 2007

Cheraw High School, graduated 2003, Cheraw, S.C., High School Diploma, top 5% of class.

E XPERIENCE

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

2008-2012

G raduate Research Assistant

Received Master’s of Science in Psychology working in a behavioral neuroscience laboratory

studying molecular mechanisms of learning and memory in the lab of Dr. Paul Colombo at

Tulane University. Lab duties included proper care and use of animal subjects, maintenance of

rat breeding colony, experimental design and planning, data analysis with SPSS statistical

software. Trained in immunohistochemical analysis, Western blotting, light microscopy, animal

behavioral tasks, and stereotaxic surgery. Managed small team of undergraduate student

researchers. Presented research at national conferences as well as in small, local university

settings. Many collaborations with colleagues in a team setting including co-authoring articles,

grant preparation and running experiments. Familiar with government grant guidelines and

preparation including background research and development of specific aims.

2008-2012 Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

T eaching Assistant

Teaching undergraduate and graduate statistics labs, psychopharmacology labs (including

neuroanatomy), responsible for grading and data input of student scores

Community of Scholars Research Program

2006

S ummer research grant funded by the Fullerton Foundation

10 weeks working on a research project exploring the taste sensitivity thresholds for dietary fat

in rats in the lab of Dr. David Pittman at Wofford College. Lab duties included proper care

and use of animal subjects, solution preparation, proper care and use of testing apparatus,

experimental design and data analysis with SPSS statistical software.

2006-2007 Wofford College, Library, Spartanburg, SC

A cquisitions Student Assistant

Preparing invoices, ordering and receiving books, filing book orders, and running general

errands for the Acquisitionist.

2004-2005 Wofford College, Military Science Department, Spartanburg, SC

H uman Resource Assistant Student Aide

Clerical work, including filing, typing, answering phone, and running general errands for

members of the Cadre.

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2003 Fourth Circuit Solicitor’s Office, Chesterfield, Marlboro, Darlington and Dillon Counties

C amp Turning Point/Camp Turn Around counselor

Camp designed for high-risk youth as a preventative measure to keep youth out of the

Juvenile Justice system. Duties included constant supervision of female campers during the

first week, partial supervision of male campers during the second week, water, craft, and

music activities, modeling of positive coping and social skills, and informal individual

counseling when appropriate.

P UBLICATIONS

Colombo, P.J. East, B.S. Jr., Crawley, M. E. & Hill, A.R. Aging and the Brain. In V.S. Ramachandran

2010

(Ed.) Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, 2nd Edition, London: Elsevier.

Pittman, D.W., Smith, K.R., Crawley, M.E., Corbin, C.H., Hansen, D.R., Watson, K.J., and Gilbertson,

2008

T.A., Orosensory detection of fatty acids by obesity-prone and obesity-resistant rats: strain and sex

differences, Chemical Senses, 33(5), 449-460.

2007 Pittman, D.W., Crawley, M.E., Corbin, C.H., and Smith, K.R., Chorda tympani nerve transection impairs

the gustatory detection of free fatty acids in male and female rats, Brain Research, 1151.

E XTRACURRICULAR ACTI VITIES

Student member of Society for Neuroscience 2008-2012; attended and presented at national conference

2009-2011

Attended the 32nd annual convention for the Association for Behavioral Analysis, Atlanta, GA, May, 2006

Attended the 28th and 29th annual conventions for the Association of Chemoreceptive Sciences (AChemS),

Sarasota, FL, April, 2006 and 2007

Student member of the Association for Behavioral Analysis-2005-2007

R EFERENCES

Dave Corey, PhD, Professor of Practice, Tulane University, 504-***-****, ****@******.***

Thomas Hebert, PhD, Professor of Practice, Tulane University, 504-***-****,

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