EDUCATION //

Doctoral Student, Psychology, 2017-present
University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
Advisor: Dr. Caitlin Fausey

Bachelor of Arts, 2005-2010
University of California, Berkeley
Majors: Psychology & Integrative Biology

Research Experience //

Graduate Student Researcher, University of Oregon 2017-present
Learning Laboratory
Principal Investigator: Caitlin M. Fausey, Ph.D.

Project
Auditory Environments of Infants and Toddlers (Eugene, OR) 2017-present

Corpus of daylong audio collected from infants and toddlers ages 3-12 months. Study design underway. Write functions to extract information from LENA output. Conduct data analysis in R.

Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley 2013-2017
Building Blocks of Cognition Laboratory
Principal Investigator: Silvia A. Bunge, Ph.D.
Research assistant, lab manager, and IT specialist

Projects
Learning Through Play (Seattle, WA) 2014-2018
Collaborators: Nell Robinson, Childhaven; Jason Gortney, Children’s Home Society of Washington (CHSW); Frontiers of Innovation, Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child

Early childhood cognitive game play intervention project for children exposed to poverty, trauma, and neglect. Conducted data analysis in R, independent hypothesis testing, and report writing. Presented study results to varying audiences, consisting of researchers and practitioners of mixed specialties. Advised and implemented changes in successive iterations. Wrote and managed research protocol for OPHS.

Cognitive Play (Berkeley, CA) 2016-2017
Postdoctoral Fellow: Ariel B. Starr, Ph.D.

Cognitive game play intervention in elementary school setting (K-2nd grade). Oversaw daily data collection and implementation of program onsite in public elementary school, including supervision of undergraduate assistants. Created game play curriculum and research appropriate materials.

Child Research Central 2014-2017

Website and database connecting San Francisco Bay Area researchers, practitioners, and parents. Managed all technical and information aspects of the website and database. Created newsletters highlighting work in the research community.

Training Relational Reasoning (Oakland, CA) 2013-2014
Graduate Student: Alison T. Miller-Singley

Evaluation of an existing chess intervention in Oakland public schools (5th grade). Oversaw several undergraduate assistants and conducted data collection onsite in public elementary school. Creation and revision of measurement materials. Data analysis and hypothesis testing in R.

PRESENTATIONS//

Fausey, C. M.*, Mendoza, J. K., Anderson, H. T., White, C. M. (2018, June) Infants do not re-live the same hour all day long. Flash Talk at the International Congress on Infant Studies. Philadelphia, PA

Haskinson, S. M.*, Mendoza, J. K., White, C. M., Anderson, H. T., Fausey, C. M. (2018, June) The natural statistics of naps and language in everyday infancy. Poster Presentation at the International Congress on Infant Studies. Philadelphia, PA

Gortney, J., Robinson, N., Bunge, S.A., Anderson, H.T.*, Ohiso, M., (2017, April) Childhaven + Game Play & Parent-Child Home Program + Game Play. Oral presentations at the Frontiers of Innovation monthly video conference.

Anderson, H.T.*, Robinson, N., Gortney, J., Bunge, S.A. (2016, September) Evaluating the effectiveness of a cognitive play intervention for low SES Families. Poster session presented at the 2016 International Mind, Brain and Education Society Conference. Toronto, ON

Gortney, J., Robinson, N., Bunge, S.A., Anderson, H.T.*, Ohiso, M. (2016, June) Parent-Child Home Program + Game Play. Oral presentation at the Frontiers of Innovation Seattle cluster meeting. Seattle, WA

*Indicates presenting author

OTHER RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT //

Child Assessor, WestEd (Fairfield, CA & Sonoma, CA) 2016

Administered TEMA to 80+ children in kindergarten and 1st grade, onsite in low-SES elementary schools.

Office Manager, San Francisco Clinical Neurosciences 2011-2013, 2015

Expert witness office specializing in traumatic brain injury, testamentary capacity, and age-related cognitive decline. Reviewed medical and psychological records for use in expert witness cases and neuropsychological reports. Administered and scored psychometric tests. Assisted in creation and revision of published psychometric test. Edited academic articles and book chapters prior to submission for publication. Directed daily medical office tasks, ranging from 4 to 7 concurrent doctors. Communicated with attorneys, doctors, and clients regarding expert witness case details. Enforced compliance with HIPAA regulations for psychiatric records.