Work & Research

Fall 2011
Visiting Professor
Teaching Social Psychology and General Psychology

Spring 2011
Adjunct Lecturer
Taught Environmental Psychology

Research Assistant
Translated parental consent forms and student questionnaire English to Spanish. Spanish interviews with students. 

Fall 2010
Adjunct Lecturer
Taught Environmental Psychology

Adjunct Lecturer
Taught Social Psychology

Adjunct Lecturer
Taught Lifespan Development

2009-2010 & 2003 - 2004      
Writing Fellow
Writing Across the Curriculum
Lehman College, CUNY

Collaborated with faculty and students to create, implement, and evaluate Writing Intensive syllabi and curricula in undergraduate and graduate courses.

2002 - 2003       
Technology and Curriculum Advisor
Project Stretch
Stanton/Heiskell Center for Public Policy in Telecommunications and Information Systems
Graduate Center, CUNY
Worked collaboratively with teachers and students in after-school programs in New York City public schools. We used the Internet to advance computer literacy and reading and writing skills.

Fall 2002       
Adjunct Lecturer
Lehman College, CUNY
Taught Introduction to Psychology.

Summer 2002       
Research Associate
Seed Fund Research Project
Housing Environments Research Group
Graduate Center, CUNY
Collected, analyzed, and presented data for the Seed Fund, which helps support affordable housing in the Clinton Neighborhood in midtown Manhattan.

2000 - 2002       
Research Assistant
New York City Nonprofits Project
Data collection, analysis and presentation of findings. Written and phone translations (English-Spanish), helped to create GIS maps.

Co-coordinator

Environmental Discussion Series
Environmental Psychology Program
Graduate Center, CUNY
Recruited speakers for the discussion series, organized the schedule, advertised the talks.

Fall 1999       
Co-coordinator
“Children’s Rights Conference Series” Graduate Center, CUNY 
Logistical organization of the series, invited speakers and coordinated their billing and lodging, coordinated media resources and room scheduling.

Summer 1999       
Paid Intern
Applied Research and Consulting, LLC. (ARC)
New York City
Quantitative and qualitative data analysis.


1998-1999       
Research Assistant
Adolescent Pathways Project
New York University, New York City
Quantitative data analysis, collaborated in writing peer reviewed articles, “think-tank” meetings.

1994-1997       
Research Assistant
Psychological Research Institute,
University of Costa Rica (U.C.R.)

Design, collection, analysis and reporting of national and metropolitan surveys.