Experience
EducationPennsylvania State University Ph.D. (2019) Human Development and Family Studies The Center for Mindfulness, University of Massachusetts Medical School Qualified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Teacher (2019) University of California, Davis M.A. (2015) Psychology New York University B.A. (2008) Anthropology & Africana Studies Minors: Writing Education abroad Ayurvedic Retreat Hospital, Coonoor, India International Yoga Teaching Certification (2009) Ashesi University, Ghana Anthropology & Africana Studies (2007) Skills Teaching: mindfulness, yoga, psychology, quantitative methods for psychology research, piano Other: Publication, editing, mentoring, project management Countries of professional experience Canada, Ghana, India, Kenya, Tanzania |
Career HistoryYoga and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Instructor 2009-Present Community-based teaching in: Washington DC., Toronto, CA, Davis, CA, State College, PA, Rochester, NY, Richmond, VA NIH/NCCIH F31 Predoctoral Fellow, Penn State 2018-2019 Principal Investigator for the project: “ Understanding and impacting the processes of psychological well-being in college students” Teaching Assistant, Penn State 2015 – 2017 Classes: The Science and Practice of Mindfulness (Author) Methods of Research in Human Development Teaching Assistant, UC Davis 2013 – 2015 Classes: Psychological methods General Psychology Social Psychology Communications Advisor SCMS (USAID project), Arlington, Virginia 2011 - 2013 Lead writer/editor and communications advisor to over 25 field offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Journalist The Fairfax Connection, Fairfax, Virginia 2010 - 2011 Researched, interviewed and reported on local current events and politics. Writing Instructor RESPECT International, Buduburam Refugee Camp, Ghana 2006 - 2007 Taught Creative Writing to Liberian refugee students. Developed workshops on personal narratives and storytelling. Writing Intern Maasai Girls Education Fund, Kenya 2003 Wrote and published profiles on young Maasai students, documenting school life in rural Kenya, for MGEF publications. |
