Service

GSG Executive Board

Director of Campus Affairs (2023-present)

  • Proactively develops partnerships with affinity groups on campus (including but not limited to: groups that advocate for student parents, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and veteran graduate students).

  • Serves as a liaison between these groups and GSG, helping them fully understand and take advantage of available support and funding and communicating their needs to the GSG Executive Board and Senate.

  • Host committees that discuss issues and potential resolutions for these groups and identify areas of advocacy that GSG should pursue.

  • Create programming to increase student engagement with GSG.

  • Attends Committee or Task Force meetings and completes special projects as deemed appropriate by the GSG President.

Graduate Association for Students of Psychology

Dornsife Graduate Student Association Representative (Fall 2023)

Represent GASP and Psychology Graduate students at the Dornsife College level and the GSG level. Advocate for student needs, ensure access and knowledge of various resources for students on campus, and act as liason for students on the level of the college and university. 

Co-President (2022-2023)

Co-run the Graduate Association for Students of Psychology (GASP). Duties Include advertising, planning, and coordinating all on and off campus social events, submitting budget applications and funding requests, organizing, and running the departmental annual Town hall, assisting with new student orientation, acting as a liaison between department administration, faculty, and grad students, attending bimonthly e-board meetings, attending meetings with the director of the graduate school, and updating and disseminating student resources.

Psychology Graduate Mentorship Program: Coordinator and Peer Mentor (2020-2022)

Coordinate and run peer mentorship program for first year PhD students to help with transition into graduate school, plan and run social events for first year students and their mentors and assist with new student recruitment programs. 

Act as peer mentor to incoming students, provide information on resources, coursework, program requirements and social connections to assist in adjustment to graduate student life.

Student-Faculty Committees

Milestone, Resource, and Advisor Relations (2020-2021): improve clarity and communication of student program requirements and increase transparency and access to course schedules. Increase awareness of resources for students struggling with advisor communication and improve avenues of mediation for difficult student-advisor relationships.

Advisor-Advisee Relations (2021-2022): Improve communication between advisors and advisees, improve resources for resolving conflict, incentivize mentorship for faculty.

Well-being and Mental Health (2021-2022): Foster open communication about well-being, improve knowledge and access to existing wellness resources, assess largest sources of stress and poor well-being among students, determine possible solutions to student issues.

Polygence

Polygence Mentor and Showcasing Specialist

Guide high school students through the completion of full-scale independent research projects from ideation to publication and showcasing.