EDUCATION:

 B.A. Psychology, Florida International University.                     April 2007

 Current Cumulative: GPA: 3.795

HONORS & AWARDS:

PRIME Fellow 2006: APA-NIGMS grant                         May-August, 2006                                                

 Member of FIU Honors College                                August 2004 – Present

National Dean’s List                                                            December, 2005

Psi Chi Member                                                                              Fall 2006

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

 Research Assistant: January 2006- Present

Center for Anxiety and Substance Abuse (CASA)

Supervisor: Dr. Lindsay Ham

Duties in the lab have included, but not limited to: data entry, collecting data, scheduling participants, database management, training research, assistants in data entry, running experimental tasks, archival work, and library work.

Co-Investigator: June 2005- Present

Supervisor: Dr. Thirunarayanan

As a Co-investigator of a project examining the differences between the educational systems in the United States and Foreign Countries, Duties involved: conducting literature reviews, transcribing focus group interview, designing surveys, participants’ recruitment and moderating focus groups.

 Honors Thesis: April 2007

The Effects of Test Anxiety on Academic Performance

Proposed independent honors thesis project examining the association between test anxiety and performance in an actual exam situation. Project will results in a written thesis and oral thesis defense. Project status: received IRB approval, data collection completed, and data entry completed.

 PRIME Fellow- Independent Research                                         May 2006

PRIME (Psychology Research Initiatives Mentorship Experience), a yearly summer program in which selected students conduct supervised research.  Additionally, students are directly exposed to diverse research methods and presentations from Psychology faculty members.

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS:

Ojeda, C., Ham, L. S., & Zamora, N. (2007, March). The Effects of Test Anxiety on Academic Performance: The Use of

Students' Test Scores to Assess Academic Performance. Poster submitted for presentation at the 27^th annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, St. Louis, MO.

Ojeda, C., Brodzikowski, J., Elsayed, A., & Thirunarayanan, M. O. (2007, January). The K-12 School Curriculum in the United States Compared to School Curriculum in Students’ Countries of Origin. Poster session at the Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI.

Ojeda, C., Brodzikowski, J., Elsayed, A., & Thirunarayanan, M. O. (2006, March). The K-12 School Curriculum in the United States versus K-12 School Curriculum in Students’ Countries of Origin. Poster and Panel presentations at the FIU Honors College: Student Research and Artistic Initiative (SRAI), Miami, FL.

RELATED RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

 Human Participants Protection Education for Research Team     June 2005

Certificated by completing an online course

 Library Assistant,  August 2005- August 2006 Inter-Library Loan Office,  Florida International University Library

LANGUAGES:

 Native Spanish Speaker.

 Fluent English, Portuguese, and Italian.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

 Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and SPSS.

REFERENCES:

         Lindsay S. Ham, Ph. D.

      Assistant Professor

      Florida International University

      Department of Psychology

      University Park Campus DM 264

      Miami, Florida 33199

      (305) 348-3374

         M. O. Thirunarayanan, Ph. D

      Associate Professor

      Florida International University

      College of Education

      University Park Campus ZEB 344A

       (305) 348-2085

      Miami, Florida 33199

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