Assistant Research

Ngaio Lace

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Education

University of Washington, Seattle, WA

BS in Psychology – Magna Cum Laude, 2018

Honors Thesis: Effects of Diversity Initiatives on Information Seeking Behaviors

GPA: 3.94 Annual Deans List Recipient

Selected Courses Introduction to Probability and Statistics in Psychology, Statistical Inference in Psychological Research, Error and Inference in Statistical Modeling, Seminar in Advanced Quantitative Methodologies, Organization and Industrial Psychology Skills Data and Statistics: Differential and inferential statistics, hypothesis testing, correlation, regression, analysis of variance, t-tests, effect size Software/Programs: SPSS, Excel, Qualtrics, R

Research Design: Experimental, survey, questionnaires Experience

January 2017-June

2018

Research Assistant-Social Identity Lab, University of Washington o Trained and managed research assistants in conducting research experiments. o Managed research assistants to establish proper lab procedures. o Organized lab meetings and RA weekly schedules and responsibilities. o Planned lab events/meetings to boost lab member morale. o Designed and conducted an experiment with 400 participants. o Designed online surveys and studies using Qualtrics. o Coded, entered, cleaned, and analyzed data from over 400 participants. o Prepped, collected data from, and debriefed over 500 participants. o Fact-checked research articles submitted to peer-reviewed academic journals for publishing. o Performed relevant literature reviews.

September 2017-

March 2018

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, University of Washington o Teaching assistant for a two-part introductory statistical course for psychology undergraduates. o Critically analyzed and helped solve problems students had with course content. o Aided undergraduate students in understanding statistical concepts. o Collaborated with a team to develop teaching strategies. o Assisted professor in developing lesson plans and exams. o Led computer lab sections on Microsoft Excel and SPSS for over 20 undergraduate students. o Evaluated homework and tests to ensure students understood course concepts. June 2017-

September 2017

Research Assistant-Center for the Science of Social Connection, University of Washington

o Collaborated in the design of a new psychological measure to be used in intervention settings. o Transcribed over 4 hours of video footage.

o Coded behavioral data from 50 participants.

Selected Honors,

Presentations,

and Activities

2016 – Present

Spring, 2018

June, 2018

May 4, 2018

May 18, 2018

May 24, 2018

January 2017 -

Present

University of Washington Honors Psychology Program Hagenstein Research Travel Award

Awarded to a select few of psychology undergraduates accepted to present research at conferences.

Gonfaloniere for the College of Arts and Science, University of Washington Nominated by department faculty, awarded to students who have shown outstanding achievement.

Research Poster Presentation

Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, UCLA Research Poster Presentation

University of Washington Undergraduate Research Symposium Research Poster Presentation

Honors Psychology Poster Session, University of Washington Huskies for Suicide Prevention and Awareness

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