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University of Illinois at Chicago
Graduate Teaching Assistant             Fall 2016 - present 

PSCH 242 Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology

  • Provided opportunities for students to engage with practice problems and questions

  • Gave feedback on written homework assignments relating to experimental design and basic statistics

PSCH 100 Introduction to Psychology

  • Explained core concepts relating to the main fields of psychology

  • Facilitated student understanding via the use of in-class disucssions, interactive demonstrations, pop culture examples

  • Evaluated and critiqued students' applied psychological study papers

 
University of North Florida
Graduate Teaching Assistant      Fall 2015 - Spring 2016 

PSY 3213L Research Methods Lab

Instructor of Record for a total of four lab sections

  • Addressed and explained relevant Research Methods topics (e.g., APA style, experimental deisgn, and statistical analysis using SPSS)

  • Guided students through in-class activities and moderated in-class discussions on the empirical research process

  • Evaluated and critiqued students' reserach integration papers, literature reviews, and research proposals

Teaching Assistant                                          Spring 2015

PSY 4302C Psychological Testing

  • Guest lectured on the topic of moral decision-making and the test validity of moral dilemmas

  • Provided constructive feedback on students' literature reviews and other lab assignments

  • Graded students' essays on psychological test design and evaluation.

PSY 2012 Introduction to Psychology

  • Guest lectured on the Big Five personality traits to approximately 200 students

  • Led exam review session for groups of up to 30 students

Leshikar, E. D., Leach, R. C., McCurdy, M. P, Trumbo, M. C., Sklenar, A. M., Frankenstein, A. N., & Matzen, L. E. (2017). Transcranial direct current stimulation during encoding of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex improves recall but not recognition memory. (in press)

Southard, E., Alloway, T. P., Frankenstein, A., & Güss, D. (2017). What makes a pencil a pencil? Exploring the roles of working memory and intelligence in creativity. International Journal of Creativity and Problem Solving, 27.

Alloway, T. P., Robinson, T., & Frankenstein, A. (2016). Educational application of working memory training. In T. Strobach & J. Karbach (Eds.), Cognitive training: An overview of features and applications. New York: Springer Press.

Frankenstein, A., Alloway, T. P., Nicholson, J. S., Barton, J. M., & Murphy-Powell, P. Exploring the role of environmental factors on working memory and behavior. (manuscript under review)

University of Illinois at Chicago

​2016 - present

Doctoral Student in Cognitive Psychology

Lab: Functional Aging and Brain Lab with Dr. Eric Leshikar

University of North Florida, Jacksonville

​2014 - 2016

Master of Science in General Psychology

Labs: Working Memory Lab with Dr. Tracy Packiam Alloway​

          Transformational Learning Lab with Dr. Dan Richard

University of North Florida, Jacksonville

​2011 - 2014

 

Bachelor of Science in Psychology. summa cum laude

Minor in Spanish

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