Matt Mascia

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Smithtown, NY *****

aceb54@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 631-***-****

EDUCATION

Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, GPA: 3.10 Graduation: May 2014

Relevant Courses: History of Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Human Cognition, Theories of Personality,

Research in Cognition, Developmental Psychology.

ACADEMIC RESEARCH

The Effect of Bullying Experience in Adolescence on Empathy and Perspective Taking, Spring 2014

• Assessed whether victims of bullying in adolescence would display greater empathy and perspective taking in

emerging adulthood than non-victims.

The Impact of Working Memory Deficits on Reading Disability, Spring 2014

• Prepared a comprehensive literature review looking at impairments in the central executive system have led

to difficulty with working memory.

The Effect of Visual Context on the Quality of Judgment on Food Advertisement, Fall 2013

• Designed independent research project and interviewed subjects regarding pictures of real and

advertisement formats of food and evaluated participants’ quality of judgment. Compiled data using SPSS to

determine any significance findings and developed poster presentation.

The Genetic and Environmental Influences on Alzheimer Disease, Fall 2010

• Presented oral and written research on genetic and environmental influences on Alzheimer Disease.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Volunteer, Special Soccer, Smithtown, NY 2006-2012

• Assisted children and adolescents of various physical and mental disabilities and gained an understanding of

the importance of providing a supportive environment that addresses the unique differences of participants

• Engaged them in game of soccer, physical exercise routines, and conversation

Learning Services, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA Fall 2010

• Recommended by faculty member and completed training to tutor students in Ethics

Volunteer, Avalon Gardens Rehabilitation, Smithtown, NY 2008, 2009, and 2010

• Facilitated social skills of children in a residential center through singing, dancing, speaking, reading, video

games, and performing plays

• Developed awareness of common safety protocols implemented with children who have disabilities

• Was 1 of 3 recipients to receive community service award

Eagle Project, Veterans Administration Hospital, Northport, NY 2009-2010

• Built a Pergola to provide a rest area for the hospital residents

WORK EXPERIENCE

Field Worker, Robert Moses State Park, Babylon, NY Summers 2011 and 2012

• Provided customer service and answered questions of visitors, maintained parked grounds; directed traffic

as needed

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