Behavioral Health, Research, Psychology, Behavior
Resume:
Jeremy D. Meduri
Kent, OH 44240
************@*****.***
CAREER OBJECTIVE
To obtain a position in behavioral health assisting individuals with mental illness.
EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Psychology, 2014
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, 2011
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Cum Laude
EXPERIENCE
Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2014 - Present
Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
. Teach Quantitative Methods in Psychology and Writing in Psychology courses
. Develop class materials, lectures, class assignments, and examinations
. Evaluate students' learning and performance and assign grades
Graduate Research Assistant, 2011 - 2013
Department of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Kent State
University, Kent, Ohio
. Graduate research assistant to Aaron M. Jasnow, Associate Professor
. Master's thesis involved an exploratory analysis on how environmental experience shapes emotional learning and behavior. Specifically, this research program aimed to identify cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie maladaptive emotional behavior, while developing a better understanding of how brain mechanisms, genes, and the environment interact to regulate emotional behavior
. Other research involved extensive observation and analysis of social behavior, with emphasis on the role of interpersonal conflict in social interaction
. Graduate Student Senate Research Grant recipient
Applied Psychology Center Summer Internship, 2010
Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
. Conducted research in areas of teratology, toxicology, and the influence of adolescent nicotine exposure on subsequent adult behavior
. Attended national conferences and presented research projects
Research Assistant, 2009 - 2011
Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
. Research assistant to Dr. Katherine Rawson, Associate Professor
. Emphasis: human comprehension and memory
. F.E. Davidson Psychology Award recipient
Research Assistant, 2009 - 2011
Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
. Laboratory manager and research assistant to Dr. Stephen Fountain, Professor
. Emphasis: organization of complex animal behavior
. Supervised and trained other student research assistants
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Continued)
Support Professional, 2009-2010
Paths to Independence, Inc., Ravenna, Ohio
. Provided training and assistance to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
. Assistance included daily living skills, personal hygiene, medication administration, transportation, etc.
SKILLS
. Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; IMB SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences)
. Presentations/public speaking
. Grant preparation/writing for university and federal funding
PUBLICATIONS
Meduri, J. D., Farnbauch, L. A., & Jasnow, A. M. (2013). Paradoxical
enhancement of fear expression and extinction deficits in mice
resilient to social defeat. Behavioural brain research, 256, 580-
590.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Meduri, Jeremy D., DaMert, Jeffrey P., & Jasnow, Aaron M. (2013,
November). Specific deletion of NMDA NR1 subunits within corticotropin-
releasing factor (CRF)-expressing neurons alters behavioral responses to
social defeat. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for
Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.
Meduri, Jeremy D., DaMert, Jeffrey P., & Jasnow, Aaron M. (2013,
September). Specific deletion of NMDA NR1 subunits within corticotropin-
releasing factor (CRF)-expressing neurons alters behavioral responses to
social defeat. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Pavlovian
Society, Austin, TX.
Meduri, Jeremy D. & DaMert, Jeffrey. (2013, April). Paradoxical
enhancement of fear expression and extinction deficits in mice resilient to
social defeat. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Graduate
Research Symposium, Kent, OH.
Meduri, Jeremy D., Dulka, Brooke N., & Jasnow, Aaron M. (2012,
November). Impaired social interaction and fear extinction in a mouse
social defeat model of PTSD. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.
Meduri, Jeremy D. & Jasnow, Aaron M. (2012, October). Impaired social
interaction and fear learning after exposure to social defeat. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of the Pavlovian Society, New York City,
NY.
Meduri, Jeremy D. & Jasnow, Aaron M. (2012, April). Social stress
produces long-term deficits in fear-associated behaviors. Talk presented at
the annual meeting of the TriState (Plus) Conference on Animal Learning and
Behavior, Kent, OH.
Meduri, Jeremy D., Pickens, Laura R. G., & Fountain, Stephen B. (2011,
April). What error analysis tells us about age-related differences in
serial pattern acquisition. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the
TriState (Plus) Conference on Animal Learning and Behavior, West Lafayette,
IN.
Meduri, Jeremy D., Burkholder, Timothy J., Pickens, Laura R. G., &
Fountain, Stephen B. (2011, March). Age-related differences in rat serial
pattern learning. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, FL.
Meduri, Jeremy D., Pickens, Laura R. G., Rowan, James D., Bevins, Rick
A., & Fountain, Stephen B. (2010, October). Sex differences in adult
sequential learning impairments causeed by adolescent nicotine exposure.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Pavlovian Society, Baltimore,
MD.
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