Jeremy D. Meduri

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Kent, OH 44240

330-***-****

acdxp0@r.postjobfree.com

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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