Education
University of New Haven
Master of Arts in Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Final GPA: 3.91 (out of 4.0)
Fall 2011 to Spring 2013
University of New Haven is a private university located in West Haven, Connecticut. U.S. News & World Report has named the University the 100th best university in the northeastern United States as well as in the top tier of in its annual "America's Best Colleges" rankings. UNH focuses on combining a liberal arts education with professional training via experiential education projects.
During my time at UNH, I was a graduate-level statistics tutor, assisting my classmates with courses such as Psychometrics and Statistics, Research Methods, and Tests and Measures in Industry. For the full duration of my two-year program, I worked as a graduate assistant (and later as a human resources consultant) for the Center for Learning Resources at UNH.
Accolades: Chosen as the Graduate Student Tutor of the Year (Spring 2013)
Graduate Certificates: Human Resource Management, Psychology of Conflict Management
Selected Coursework: Motivation and Morale, Psychometrics and Statistics, Research Methods, Tests and Measures in Industry, Conflict Management, Negotiation and Mediation
Master of Arts in Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Final GPA: 3.91 (out of 4.0)
Fall 2011 to Spring 2013
University of New Haven is a private university located in West Haven, Connecticut. U.S. News & World Report has named the University the 100th best university in the northeastern United States as well as in the top tier of in its annual "America's Best Colleges" rankings. UNH focuses on combining a liberal arts education with professional training via experiential education projects.
During my time at UNH, I was a graduate-level statistics tutor, assisting my classmates with courses such as Psychometrics and Statistics, Research Methods, and Tests and Measures in Industry. For the full duration of my two-year program, I worked as a graduate assistant (and later as a human resources consultant) for the Center for Learning Resources at UNH.
Accolades: Chosen as the Graduate Student Tutor of the Year (Spring 2013)
Graduate Certificates: Human Resource Management, Psychology of Conflict Management
Selected Coursework: Motivation and Morale, Psychometrics and Statistics, Research Methods, Tests and Measures in Industry, Conflict Management, Negotiation and Mediation
Knox College
Bachelor of Arts, Major in Asian Studies & Minor in Psychology
Final GPA: 3.55 (out of 4.0)
Fall 2006 to Spring 2010
Knox College is a small, private liberal arts college in Galesburg, Illinois. Knox routinely ranks among the best liberal arts colleges in the United States, and is listed in Loren Pope's book Colleges That Change Lives.
While at Knox, I explored a wide variety of fields ranging from chemistry and biology to history and economics, foreign languages and culture to creative writing and psychology. My major in Asian Studies focused on the history, language, and culture of Japan, culminating in spending my junior year studying abroad at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. My senior thesis, which examined depictions of Emperor Hirohito during World War II, received the Mikiso Hane Prize for Excellence in Asian Studies.
Accolades: Selected as an Ellen Browning Scripps Merit Scholarship recipient (4 years), awarded the Mikiso Hane Prize for Excellence in Asian Studies (Spring 2010), Dean's List (3 terms), Degree awarded Cum Laude
Selected Coursework: Intermediate Japanese, Introductory Statistics, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Principles of Macroeconomics
Bachelor of Arts, Major in Asian Studies & Minor in Psychology
Final GPA: 3.55 (out of 4.0)
Fall 2006 to Spring 2010
Knox College is a small, private liberal arts college in Galesburg, Illinois. Knox routinely ranks among the best liberal arts colleges in the United States, and is listed in Loren Pope's book Colleges That Change Lives.
While at Knox, I explored a wide variety of fields ranging from chemistry and biology to history and economics, foreign languages and culture to creative writing and psychology. My major in Asian Studies focused on the history, language, and culture of Japan, culminating in spending my junior year studying abroad at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. My senior thesis, which examined depictions of Emperor Hirohito during World War II, received the Mikiso Hane Prize for Excellence in Asian Studies.
Accolades: Selected as an Ellen Browning Scripps Merit Scholarship recipient (4 years), awarded the Mikiso Hane Prize for Excellence in Asian Studies (Spring 2010), Dean's List (3 terms), Degree awarded Cum Laude
Selected Coursework: Intermediate Japanese, Introductory Statistics, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Principles of Macroeconomics
Waseda University (早稲田大学)
Japan Study 1 Year Program
Final GPA: 3.83 (out of 4.0)
Fall 2008 to Summer 2009
Waseda University (早稲田大学 ) is a private university located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It is considered one of the most prestigious universities in Japan and consistently ranks amongst the top universities in the country.
I traveled to Tokyo as one of approximately 25 students chosen from the GLCA/ACM consortium of schools. I lived with a host family in the Nerima area of Tokyo and attended Japanese language, culture, and history classes at the School of International Liberal Studies (国際教養学部). During the school year, I worked as an English tutor to a Tokyo family. In addition to thoroughly exploring Tokyo, I visited other major cities including Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Nagano, and Hiroshima. During Waseda's spring break during February and March, I spent a month living like a monk at Sogenji, a Buddhist temple in Okayama, Japan as part of a cultural immersion program.
Selected Coursework: Intermediate Intensive Japanese, Japanese Literature After 1945, Modern Japanese Political History, The Buddhist Tradition
Japan Study 1 Year Program
Final GPA: 3.83 (out of 4.0)
Fall 2008 to Summer 2009
Waseda University (早稲田大学 ) is a private university located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It is considered one of the most prestigious universities in Japan and consistently ranks amongst the top universities in the country.
I traveled to Tokyo as one of approximately 25 students chosen from the GLCA/ACM consortium of schools. I lived with a host family in the Nerima area of Tokyo and attended Japanese language, culture, and history classes at the School of International Liberal Studies (国際教養学部). During the school year, I worked as an English tutor to a Tokyo family. In addition to thoroughly exploring Tokyo, I visited other major cities including Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Nagano, and Hiroshima. During Waseda's spring break during February and March, I spent a month living like a monk at Sogenji, a Buddhist temple in Okayama, Japan as part of a cultural immersion program.
Selected Coursework: Intermediate Intensive Japanese, Japanese Literature After 1945, Modern Japanese Political History, The Buddhist Tradition
