tElizabeth S. Cook3520 Carriage Hill Circle, Apt. 203 Randallstown, MD 21133 (410) 800-7966

esimonecook@gmail.com

Education University of Baltimore Baltimore, MD

Candidate for Master of Science – Applied Psychology: Counseling, July 2015

Princeton University Princeton, NJBachelor of Arts - Psychology, June 2013Certificate in African-American Studies, June 2013Certificate in Gender & Sexuality Studies, June 2013

Research Experience

Jan. 2015 – May 2015 Emotion Regulation and Aggression Laboratory at University of BaltimoreGraduate Assistant

Beginning in January of 2015, I will act as the graduate assistant for Dr. John Donahue’s Spring 2015 Emotion Regulation and Aggression Laboratory. During such time, we will further explore Dr. Donahue’s research with Iraq War veterans suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Mar. 2014 – Sep. 2014 University of Maryland Baltimore, School of Medicine Research Assistant Developed survey instruments to capture target data,

information, and constructs for Living Classrooms Foundation, Inc.

Assisted in developing and recommending policies, procedures and methods for research activities.

Recruited and screened participants in East Baltimore neighborhoods for research study

Performed data collection through conducting field-visit interviews and administering questionnaires

Ensured compliance with study protocols through actions such as obtaining informed consent, completing follow-up interviews, and assured accurate demographic information of participants.

Checked validity and accuracy of data ensuring compliance with quality control requirements and clinical relevance.

Established and maintained database files and reports on progress of programs, studies, and projects.

Feb. 2014 – May 2014 Career Counseling Laboratory at University of Baltimore

I served as a research assistant in Dr. Courtney E. Gasser’s Career Counseling Spring 2014 Laboratory at University of Baltimore. During this time, I assisted with several research projects, including a career adaptability study, a study on supervision of mental health clinicians and a job search groups study. My duties included conducting literature reviews on career counseling survey instruments, administering a career adaptability study to participants, organizing and tracking articles, and searching for contact information for clinician supervisors.

Sep. 2012 – April 2013 “Who Will I Be: The Effect of Identity Salience on Black Women’s Perceptions of Discrimination”

For my senior thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, I chose to examine the effect of identity salience on Black women’s perceptions of discrimination. In doing so, I created and conducted an experiment in which Black and White women were given no prime, a gender prime, or given a gender-ethnicity prime before being asked to imagine a situation in which they were being discriminated against. Data analysis and subsequent interpretation reinforced the Ethnic-Prominence Hypothesis, namely that Black women not given a prime will attribute discrimination to their ethnicity.

Sep. 2011 – April 2012 Junior Independent Work

For my junior research projects in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, I completed several projects including one detailing some proposed reasons for gender differences in depression and another suggesting how Cognitive Developmental Theory, a theory about how children come to understand a gender, can be applied to the formation of racial stereotypes due to parallel developmental patterns. The most extensive of these papers proposes that due to social stress from factors unique to the experience of Black women, Black women are more likely to exhibit higher rates of depression and depressive symptoms.

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Sep. 2014 – Present Mental Health Worker, Float Pool Sheppard Pratt Health System

Participate in the planning and evaluation of patient needs based on patient behaviors

Provide direct patient care services in accordance with the treatment plan

Receive close, direct supervision from a professional psychiatric nurse

Assist in providing a safe & therapeutic environment according to established policies and procedures

Various duties include but are not limited to data collection, crisis management, group facilitation, etc.

Populations receiving services include children & adolescents, adults, geriatric patients of varying diagnoses

Oct. 2014 – Jan. 2015 Clinical Assistant, Neurobehavioral Unit Kennedy Krieger Institute

Review and implement a variety of patient-specific and general NBU written behavioral and educational protocols

Accurately collect and clearly report data on specified patient behaviors; provide daily record of patient care activities

Provide physical care (washing/bathing, toileting, personal hygiene, dressing, feeding, etc.) appropriate to patient level of adaptive skills and needs.

Implement patient’s daily schedule of unit activities and engage patient even during times of unscheduled specific activity; adhere to general unit schedule.

Utilize appropriate prompting sequence, as minimally as needed, to assist the patient to participate in task or activity at the highest level of independence; modify tasks to ensure maximum patient participation and engagement; assist in developing and implementing activities designed to increase target appropriate skills.

Maintain unit cleanliness and organization by replacing materials after use, returning supplies and materials to proper storage locations, ensuring safe, clean and well-supplied programming areas, cleaning up after self and patients and keeping areas free of extraneous materials.

Assist in training activities for newly hired clinical assistants, as needed.

Assist in the assessment of adaptive, leisure and self-help skills, potential reinforcers and problem behaviors, as needed.

Sep. 2013 – Mar. 2014 Social Service Consultants, Ltd. Teaching Helper Consultant at Ducketts Lane Elementary School Implement instructional plans designed by professional staff

for special needs students in the Regional Early Childhood Center

Facilitate student learning by implementing I.E.P. adaptations and modifications which may include the use of assistive technology & adapted equipment

Actively support and facilitate student independence & participation in the educational program

Collect data on goals and objectives and behavioral support plans

Facilitate the students communication and social interaction Work specifically in a Multiple Intensive Needs Preschool

classroom (MINC-P) with students diagnosed with Down’s syndrome, autism, and unspecified intellectual/developmental disabilities

Jun. 2013 – Aug. 2013 Keller Center’s eLab Summer Accelerator Program GreenRoots, LLC – Team Member Keller Center’s eLab Summer Accelerator Program at Princeton

University is a launch pad for student startups Over a period of 10 weeks, students work together in a

supportive community of fellow entrepreneurs, work closely with assigned mentors, and participate in training sessions and workshops

At closure of the summer program, the students participate in Demo Day, at which they share their plans with investors, inventors, experts and others from the entrepreneurial community

GreenRoots, LLC is an organization whose goal is community development through healthier living. GreenRoots plans to meet this goal through three main initiatives: invite, inspire, and instruct. Through these main initiatives, GreenRoots is able to achieve three different phases of development, the first focused on instruction, and investment, the second focused on community involvement and outreach, and the third focused on expansion and larger community programs. GreenRoots is different in that it specifically targets “food deserts” as an untapped market. In our final stage of development, our community impact is largest, and our goal is fulfilled.

Jun. 2012 – Aug. 2012 Princeton University Preparatory Program Teacher Assistant Work with rising senior class compiled of high school students

from the Mercer County area Assist students with class work and homework in Art, Science,

Math, Literature and College Preparation Act as a chaperone during college campus visits and various

cultural outings Taking attendance

Set up breakfast for students in the morning Set up computer lab for students in the morning Facilitate the academic and personal development of both the

rising seniors as well as rising juniors and sophomores

Jun. 2008 – Aug. 2008 Edgewood Chemical- Biological Center (ECBC)Science and Engineering Program Summer Intern

Worked with the Chemical Decontamination Team Conduct market research for the Igniter Assembly of the M17

Lightweight Decontamination System (M17 LDS) Compile test history for the M295 Individual Equipment

Decontamination Kit (M295 IEDK) Take minutes during meetings Compile office layout

Other Work Experience

Oct. 2010 – May 2013 Carl A. Fields Center for Cultural Equality and Understanding Intern Serve as point person for Field Center collaboration with other

cultural and diversity organizations Create and send out weekly e-newsletter about cultural and

diversity events and opportunities Compile Operations Manual for Fields Center Compile basement inventory Editing of email list serve Miscellaneous office work including but not limited to:

copying, posting flyers, creating flyers & paperwork

Jun. 2010 – Sep. 2010 Princeton-Blairstown Center (PBC) Summer Support Staff – Equipment Room Manager

Provide a positive environment for inner-city youth to learn through experiential outdoor education

Lead large group games w/ participants at the beginning of each program

Manage the upkeep and organization of the Equipment Room Set-up and take down high ropes course & other high ropes

elements Distributing and keeping track of water bottles for each program Set out and distribute equipment for group expeditions Lead gear issue and de-issue for expeditions Fix items on the gear repair shelf such as helmets, tents, sleeping

bags, etc Miscellaneous tasks including but not limited to; assisting in the

kitchen, relieving facilitators during their breaks, and paperwork

Jul. 2011 – Sep. 2011 Champion Outlet, Arundel Mills MallSales Associate

Greeting customers Maintain upkeep of display floor Create displays Ringing up customers’ purchases Assisting customers in finding a product Organizing back stock Sorting of new shipments

Nov. 2009 – May 2010 Firestone Library, Cataloging Student Assistant

Search databases for online resources Edit online records of internet resources Create online records of internet resources Catalog books

Extracurricular Activities Princeton Association of Black Women (PABW) Princeton University Cheerleading Squad, Co-Captain 2011-2013 Phenomenal Woman Program, Mentor Leadership and Mentoring Program (LAMP) Women’s Mentorship Program Black Student Union (BSU) Black Arts Company: Drama (BAC: Drama), Director, Actor & Writer Princeton University Gospel Ensemble (PUGE), Co-Director Off the Record, Princeton’s Hip-Hop and R&B Acapella Group Community House After School Academy, Tutoring Volunteer