1. When will you graduate?
I will be graduating in May 2019

2. What are your career plans?
I am hoping to attend UW Whitewater to get my Education Specialist degree in School Psychology for my future career as a school psychologist.

3. Why did you major in psychology?
I decided to major in psychology because it truly is what I love. I took AP Psychology my sophomore year of high school, and after that class I never doubted for a second what I wanted to do in my future. I love helping people and I want to be able to be the advocate for kids in school struggling to focus or struggling at home and to be able to make a difference in their lives.

4. What do you do for fun?
For fun I love to read, dance, and play piano. Music is my favorite way to unwind after a long day and you can always find me jamming out in my car as I’m driving down the street.

5. What academic experience or accomplishment are you most proud of?
I am most proud of my being able to graduate early. I’ve been able to get all of my classes in while keeping good grades and putting me on track to graduate next year instead of in 2020 like I am technically supposed to.

6. What’s your favorite movie, book, and TV show related to psychology?
One of my favorite, and a very underrated show, related to psych is Lie To Me. It brings in my love of crime shows and psychology all in one. Be sure to check it out! A Beautiful Mind is one of my most favorite movies of all time, and it’s conveniently psych related too!

7. What single thing do you hope to accomplish at UWGB before graduating?
Before I graduate, I really hope to have an opportunity to study abroad and to learn more about myself so I can truly grow into the best person I can be.

8. What else do you want people to know about you?
Something kind of cool about me is that I have been in 9 musicals throughout my high school career. I was a part of all 4 of my high school productions and I was a part of 5 more through a local summer theater. This upcoming summer I’ll be moving up to be a co-director for the summer program and I’m super excited!

1. When did you graduate?
May 2008

2. What do you do now?
I am a Certified Clinical Research Coordinator in the Brain Injury Research Program at The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) in Milwaukee, WI. My job duties entail coordinating research protocols, recruiting and consenting study subjects, assuring compliance with the Institutional Review Board (IRB), and collecting, analyzing and publishing research data. My research focuses on traumatic brain injuries in civilian and sport populations.

3. Why did you major in psychology?
I took a psychology class in high school and “fell in love”. I ended up doing a self-guided AP Psychology class while in high school. I originally wanted to be a high school teacher and teach AP Psychology but I did not enjoy the Education program. So, I switched to Psychology and Human Development. I went on to get my Master’s in Clinical Psychology thinking that I would be working with children with autism, but I met my now boss in graduate school and decided to switch to research once I learned what she did for a living (which is now what I do).

4. What do you do for fun?
Read. I am in a book club. I have a 20 month old daughter that I enjoy spending time with and taking to music class. Going out dancing with my friends. Going to the gym.

5. What academic experience or accomplishment are you most proud of?
In 2015 I published my first research paper as first-author: “Frequency of factors that complicate the identification of mild traumatic brain injury in level I trauma center patients” in a journal called “Concussion”. I put a lot of work into collecting the data and writing the paper so I was very happy to be made first-author.

6. What’s your favorite movie, book, and TV show, related to psychology?
Too many to choose just one! “When Rabbit Howls” by Truddi Chase. “Awakenings” by Oliver Sacks (or anything by Oliver Sacks!). “An Unquiet Mind” by Kay Redfield Jamison. The movie “Split” (2016) is one of my new favorites.

7. What’s an important goal or accomplishment you are currently working on?
Right now, my current goals are to increase subject enrollment in my studies. I am also the President of the WI Chapter of the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP). My goals within that organization are to increase chapter membership and provide quarterly educational events for our members.

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1. When will you graduate?
I will be graduating in Spring of 2019 with a Degree in Psychology and a minor in Human Development.

2. What are your career plans?
I plan on applying for my PhD in clinical psychology. One day I would love to work in a research lab studying the brain and mental disorders. I especially love working with those who have autism and would love to study ASD more in the future. Also, I enjoy teaching and would like to work as a professor teaching psychology and human development topics.

3. Why did you major in psychology?
I have always found the study of behavior, the brain, and other psych related topics to be fascinating, so I followed that fascination right into college.

4. What do you do for fun?
For fun I enjoy reading, playing guitar, running, being outside, watching Netflix (The office is my favorite show), and spending time with my husband.

5. What academic experience or accomplishment are you most proud of?
I am proud to have a 4.0 GPA and be a part of Psi Chi, and Phi Kappa Phi.

6. What’s your favorite movie, book, and TV show related to psychology?
I love reading psychological thrillers such as books by the authors B.A Paris, Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Gillian Flynn, and more. So, if you need a good book suggestion, just ask!

7. What single thing do you hope to accomplish at UWGB before graduating?
I would love to have some published research before I apply to graduate school.

8. What else do you want people to know about you?
My husband and I love to travel! So far we have been to the Bahamas and Mexico, and I have been to South Africa. One day Jake and I want to live in New York where he will pursue a graphic design/photographer career and I will continue my education.

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