Career profile

Tertiary and postgraduate education

Ph.D., Social Psychology, 2007
M.A., Social Psychology, 2004
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

M.A., Research Psychology, 2002
California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

B.A., Psychology and Germanic Languages and Literature, 1997
University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

Foreign Exchange Student through University of California Education Abroad Program, 1995-1996
Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany

Appointments

Lecturer, University of New South Wales, School of Psychology, 2007 - present

Social Psychology Doctoral Student, University of Southern California: 2002 - 2007

Adjunct Faculty, Psychology Department, California State University, Long Beach: 2004 - 2007

Summer Graduate Research Associate, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA: 2006

Professional Societies

Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP; APA Division 8)

American Psychological Society (APS)

Society for the Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)

Western Psychological Association (WPA)

Editorial experience

Editorial board member for the journal Terrorism Research, 2007 - present

Editorial board member for the journal Analyses of Social Issues and Policy, 2005 - present

Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Ad Hoc Reviewer, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Ad Hoc Reviewer, Psychological Medicine

Ad Hoc Reviewer, Motivation and Emotion

Awards/Honours

2007
McGuigan Award for the study of psychology from a materialistic (non-dualistic) perspective, USD$2,500

2006
Travel award for outstanding research talk, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, USD$150
Selected as one of five American PhD students to attend the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology's (EAESP) summer workshop in Padua, Italy.

2003
Psychology Department Best Thesis Award, California State University Long Beach

2002
Distinguished Graduate Award, 4.0 graduate GPA, California State University Long Beach

2001
Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Gamma, Summa Cum Laude, California State University Long Beach

1997
Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude, Dean's Honors, University of California, Santa Barbara

Fellowships

2005 - 2006
John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation Fellowship

2005
University of Southern California Psychology Department Special Summer Fellowship

2003 - 2004
John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation Fellowship

2002 - 2003
John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation Fellowship