Career

I currently work as a Suicide Prevention Intern under the guidance of Laura Lewis within the Department of Education and Human Ecology. Within this position, I communicate with staff/faculty/graduate/professional REACH© Trainers and attend weekly staff meetings to discuss current suicide prevention efforts and to improve the University’s prediction and prevention of suicide risk factors. Additionally, as a certified REACH© suicide prevention gatekeeper, I oversee preparation and support of suicide prevention gatekeeper REACH© trainings for University students and staff. I also assist with creating, staffing, and presenting at suicide prevention outreach events. Lastly, I support and train volunteers for the organizations Peers REACHing Out, Buckeye Campaign Against Suicide.

I currently work at the University Libraries, in Thompson Library, as a Special Collections Assistant under the guidance of Lisa Iacobellis. I have worked in this position since August 2019. My position includes preparing, editing, proofreading, and organizing collection inventories to be submitted to the Library of Congress. I scan and photograph books, manuscripts, artwork, and artifacts to be used in the creation of databases. I attach descriptive metadata of Special Collections materials to be referenced and submitted by curators and students. When these materials are processed and logged, University students can then use them for research. Within the OSU Library database, I research primary source materials from the 16th century and on to be used in University coursework and open-house sessions. I also assist with these class sessions in the Special Collections Reading Room, open house sessions, and setting items on display within the library to benefit University students.

I also currently work as a research assistant in the Self and Social Motivation Lab in the Psychology Building. My primary duties include collecting and organizing participant data from the software Qualtrics, as well as developing and coding measures to be used in Qualtrics. Two studies I have completed relate to self-disclosure and feelings of belonging in University Programs. Additionally, I am proficient in analyzing multiple qualitative data schemes (coding thoughts (ATSS scale) and emotions) as well as with administering experiments and interacting directly with participants, including by recruiting participants, promoting participant retention, and reimbursing participants for their time. Lastly, I participate in voluntary professional development meetings on a biweekly basis.

From January 2020-July 2021 I served as a research assistant in the Lifespan Adjustment Project in the Psychology Building (the LAP lab). My primary duties included data cleaning of heart rate variability information using the software HRVAnalysis and creating data analysis graphs of this information through the software Kubios. I was also an active member of our lab’s Brown Bag discussions and Lab meetings that discussed current ADHD research. I also received training in placing physiology electrodes on research participants as well as how to run experiments in the laboratory.

During the summer of 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic, I worked at my local health department, the Darke County General Health District as a contact tracer during the months of May-August. As a contact tracer, I worked closely with a team of investigators to complete, record, and organize patient case investigations that are positive with COVID-19. I provided contacts with best-practice information regarding quarantine, symptom, and monitoring measures as well as alleviated patient concerns and provide resources regarding COVID-19 via phone call. I contacted positive cases and listen to their current physical state and give recommendations on how to manage their symptoms via phone call. I also marked the patients recovered when they meet the criteria declared by the CDC and the Ohio Department of Health. I thoroughly collected and recorded patient information into centralized databases to be used by my local health department as well as the Ohio Department of Health.