Michael Hooks

Supervisor: Dr. D. Szwedo Responsibilities: -Analyzing and interpreting data through SAS The Social Relationships lab is designed to provide students with the opportunity analyze a longitudinal data set of developmental, social, and adjustment measures from annual assessments of individuals from ages 13 to 30.

Supervisor: Dr. T. Zinn The Psyc 212-213 course sequence introduces the logic of pursing a scientific approach in psychology and covers descriptive, correlational, experimental, and quasi-experimental approaches. It also covers the statistical tools associated with these methods (namely, descriptive statistics, correlation, regression, t-tests, and ANOVA), and it introduces the basics of inferential statistics and hypothesis testing. Responsibilities: -Held office hours weekly for student assistance -Developed content for course -Planned and executed review sessions -Graded exams The interteaching method applied provided hands on experience teaching students course content. Personal development on skills like communication greatly improved after learning the ability to explain difficult material to students and achieve satisfactory in understanding.

Supervisor: Dr. M. Lee The Cultural and Racial Diversity Studies Lab is interested in understanding the relationship between cultural background and psychological functioning. Madison Matters Study: This study evaluated perceptions of campus climate in relation to diversity at JMU. Responsibilities: -Worked on poster presentations and developed content for dissemination workshops. -Posted on social media networks like Facebook and Instagram. -Featured in YouTube videos and participated in on campus events to better the JMU community’s understanding of diversity and inclusivity. -Planned and organized dissemination events. I was responsible for corresponding with staff and administration for on campus event approval. Collaboration with faculty promoted better professional marketing content and guidance in effectively executing goals not typically associated with research work. Our goal of “Madison Matters day!” is to interactively disseminate data to students while also collecting additional data. Activities like the “Scroll of Demands,” where students expressed their JMU related concerns and the interactive heat map, a device that allows students identified areas on campus that they have experienced discrimination, were later coded and analyzed. Events like these are essential in growing the C.A.R.D.S. lab social media following. Feminism Study: This study examined whether demographic characteristics and awareness of different types of societal privileges (e.g. racial privilege, economic privilege, gender privilege) predict feminist identity in a college sample. Responsibilities: -Corresponded with participants and awarded credit through Qualtrics. -Assisted in writing the interview protocol and executed beta tests. -Analyzed data and created tables, graphs and PowerPoints for dissemination.