Assistant Manager
Resume:
Joel Skaria
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EDUCATION
PhD, Educational Neuroscience, PhD Candidate (Summer 2021)
Utah State University, EEJ College of Education and Human Services
Mindfulness Meditation as Generalized Cognitive Training: Linking Mindfulness Practice, Attention Regulation, Working Memory Capacity, and Time Perception
Ronald B. Gillam (Co-Chair), Kerry Jordan (Co-Chair), Christopher M. Warren, David A.E. Bolton, David F. Feldon
Institutional GPA of 3.75 out of 4.00
M.S. Equivalent, Educational Neuroscience (November 2018)
Utah State University, EEJ College of Education and Human Services
A functional near-infrared spectroscopic investigation of the hemodynamic response function across resting and listening conditions
Ronald B. Gillam (Co-Chair), Kerry Jordan (Co-Chair), Christopher M. Warren, David A.E. Bolton, Michael E. Levin
A.B. Cognitive Science; Minor in Theatre (August 2014)
University of Georgia, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
WORK EXPERIENCE
Weber State University
Lecturer of Psychology & Neuroscience (2020 – present)
Currently instructing Biopsychology (PSY 2730), Statistics in Psychology (PSY 3600), Psychology Statistics Lab (PSY 3605), and Research Methods in Psychology (PSY 3610).
Design lectures, lead discussions, create instructional resources, design assessments, and grade assessments.
Serve as a mentor for students navigating higher education from marginalized groups and underprivileged backgrounds.
Develop lecture materials, discussion materials, and assessments to maximize student learning and retention.
Adjunct Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience (2019-2020)
Previously instructed Introduction to Psychology (PSY 1010) and Biopsychology (PSY 2730) to students at Weber State University
Salt Lake Community College
Adjunct Professor of Psychology (2019 - 2020)
Previously instructed Introduction to Psychology (PSY 1010) to students at Salt Lake Community College.
Utah State University
Graduate Teaching Assistant (2016 - 2020)
Served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for PSY 1010 (Introduction to Psychology) and PSY 4420 & 4430 (Cognitive Psychology & Cognitive Psychology Lab).
Graduate Research Assistant (2016 – present)
Recipient of Educational Neuroscience Research Fellowship
Co-advised by Dr. Ronald B. Gillam and Dr. Kerry E. Jordan
Current projects include systematizing resting states in functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), exploring mindfulness meditation as a cognitive training using cognitive and behavioral measures, and studying neurobehavioral differences in language comprehension across typically developing and clinical populations.
Previous collaborations included exploring how design features in games improve mathematical learning.
Served as Neuroscience Graduate Student Representative for 2018-2019 academic year.
Augusta University
Research Assistant (2014 - 2016)
Served as a sub-investigator under Dr. Alvin V. Terry, Jr., Dr. Tadd Patton, Dr. Donatello Arienzo, and Dr. Jay Hegde.
Conducted multidisciplinary research ranging from psychopharmacology in rodents to computational neuroscience using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in humans. Highly proficient in administering pharmacological treatments to small rodents and measuring accompanying behavioral changes.
Computational competencies include the ability to analyze fMRI data from acquisition to reporting using complex multivariate methods.
Additional competencies include acquisition and analysis of eye tracking data in humans.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Young Democrats of Utah
President (2020 – present)
Vice President (2019 - 2020)
Science on Tap Logan
Organizer (2017 - 2020)
Utah Democratic Party
Precinct Chair, County Delegate, and State Delegate (2016 - 2019)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Moyer-Packenham, P. S., Lommatsch, C. W., Litster, K., Ashby, J., Bullock, E. K.,
Roxburgh, A. L., Shumway, J. F., Speed, E., Covington, B., Hartmann, C., Clarke-Midura, J., Skaria, J., Westenskow, A., MacDonald, B., Symanzik, J., & Jordan, K. (2019). How design features in digital math games support learning and mathematics connections. Computers in Human Behavior, 91(2019), 316-332. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2018.09.036.
Book Chapters
Orellana, C., Skaria, J., & Gillam, R.B. (in press). Neural Imaging. In M. Ball & J. Damico
(Eds.), SAGE Encyclopedia of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing.
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
Highly proficient in: R, Excel, SPSS, Matlab, Python, survey software packages, experimental design software packages.
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