University of Kentucky
Research Associate
May 2015 — Present
• Independent research: Literature review, research design, quantitative methods, approval applications, data collection & analysis • Lab management: train & manage two undergraduate Psychology students in lab protocol, experimental procedures, and research methods • Technical Work: set up and customize Kinect-enabled gesture recognition within Second Life to create immersive virtual environment experiences • Research topics include creative thinking within virtual worlds and attribution of human control to avatars based on visual and linguistic cues