Marcus Trenfield

Doctoral Student at Boston College
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Plainsboro, New Jersey, United States, JE

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Experience

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Doctoral Student
      • Aug 2022 - Present

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

      Assisted with a meta-analysis on how different characteristics of norm messages influence their impact on different types of social changes Assisted with a meta-analysis on how different characteristics of norm messages influence their impact on different types of social changes

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant in the Cushman Moral Psychology Lab
      • Sep 2019 - May 2022

      Lead an independent research project on the effects of rationalization on recall accuracy-- Tasks included: Writing a senior thesis and presenting for thesis defense; designing experiments in Qualtrics utilizing HTML and JavaScript; analyzing data using RCollaborating with a graduate student to study the effect of charity donors’ spending options on third-party praise-- Tasks included: Literature review on ineffective altruism, designing experiments in Qualtrics; distributing surveys on MTurk; analyzing data using R; presenting data to labAssisted with three other projects, which explored (1) the effect of sacrifice on altruism; (2) the impact of hopeful and fearful content on altruistic behavior; and (3) the effect of moral signaling concerns on mock jury decisions-- Tasks included: Collecting in-person survey data; literature reviews on welfare trade offs and sacrifice as related to altruism and hope and fear in social issue messaging; designing experiments in Qualtrics; distributing surveys on MTurk; analyzing data using R; presenting data to lab Show less

    • Research Assistant for Dr. Bethany Burum
      • Oct 2020 - Dec 2021

      Assisting with study contrasting categorical versus continuous violations of social norms-- Current tasks include: Assisting with vignette construction; analyzing data using RAssisting with research examining strategic ignorance on third-party judgments of behavior related to COVID-19-- Tasks included: Assisting with vignette construction; analyzing data using R

    • Harvard Dorm Crew Classroom Custodian
      • Oct 2019 - Apr 2020

      As a Classroom Custodian, I coordinate with my fellow cleaning teammates to delegate work. I also reported to supervisor about any damage misplaced articles, and created an efficient cleaning routine.

    • Research Consultant to the SARA Research Team
      • Oct 2020 - May 2021

      Assisted with the creation of a mobile health app aimed at improving demonstrated mental health problems among Harvard students -- Tasks included: Developing interventions to improve students’ sleep, productivity, and app engagement; creating questions on mental health concern and app feasibility for focus groups; literature review on mobile health apps and user engagement; mentoring a high school student in conducting literature reviews; co-writing an IRB that was approved by Harvard University’s Institutional Review Board Show less

    • President
      • Apr 2020 - Oct 2020

      Led Harvard University Student Mental Health Liaisons. Tasks included:-- Directing students to peer and professional resources, depending on each individual’s specific concerns-- Planning and leading weekly meetings with a cohort to discuss strategies and methods to improve current mental health resources-- Developing and proposing specific structural changes at Harvard to improve undergraduate mental health and/or mental health care

    • Policy Chair
      • Jan 2020 - Apr 2020

      Aided with developing a faculty proposal to introduce guidelines on incorporating mental health resources and mental health language into all class syllabi

    • Events Chair
      • Sep 2019 - Dec 2019

      Created campus-wide events to promote mental health education and awareness.

    • President
      • Jan 2020 - Oct 2020

      Led production of online campus magazine, Harvard Under the Surface, focused on improving students’ mental health. Tasks included:-- Planning and leading weekly meetings with magazine staff-- Creating, organizing, and staffing campus-wide events with other faculty, student groups, and community activists to raise overall mental health awareness-- Recruiting and helping train junior organization members-- Designing media to publicize magazine events and outreach in Canva

    • Editor In Chief
      • Aug 2019 - Dec 2019

      Oversaw the publication of online material for Harvard Under the Surface. Tasks included:-- Meeting with authors and editing submitted articles for publication-- Assisting in website design on Squarespace-- Coordinating meetings between editors and prospective and current writers

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Radcliffe Research Fellow to Professor Susan Murphy and Professor Finale Doshi-Velez
      • Jul 2020 - Aug 2020

      - Analyzed recent literature on mobile health apps, specifically mental health apps, productivity apps, and stress management apps, and strategies to improve user engagement with apps - Assisted with development on a undergraduate mobile health app, specifically content development and future directions - Researched and developed implementation strategies for interventions and user engagement with app - Analyzed recent literature on mobile health apps, specifically mental health apps, productivity apps, and stress management apps, and strategies to improve user engagement with apps - Assisted with development on a undergraduate mobile health app, specifically content development and future directions - Researched and developed implementation strategies for interventions and user engagement with app

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant in the Aiello Social & Organizational Psychology Laboratory
      • May 2019 - Aug 2019

      Assisted with research exploring the effect of interruptions on productivity -- Tasks included: Conducting literature searches on interruptions and productivity; co-designing experiment; co-writing IRB that was approved by Rutgers University’s Institutional Review Board Assisted with research exploring the effect of interruptions on productivity -- Tasks included: Conducting literature searches on interruptions and productivity; co-designing experiment; co-writing IRB that was approved by Rutgers University’s Institutional Review Board

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Lifeguard and Water Safety Instructor
      • Jun 2014 - Aug 2019

      As a Water Safety Instructor I create, lead and teach swim classes to YWCA Princeton members ranging in age from infants to adults and skill from beginner to competitive. As a Lifeguard, I have received Red Cross training and certification in Lifeguarding, First Aid, CPR and AED, and I observe patrons and enforce the swim rules. As a Water Safety Instructor I create, lead and teach swim classes to YWCA Princeton members ranging in age from infants to adults and skill from beginner to competitive. As a Lifeguard, I have received Red Cross training and certification in Lifeguarding, First Aid, CPR and AED, and I observe patrons and enforce the swim rules.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant at the Ellen Langer Mindfulness Institute
      • Feb 2019 - May 2019

      Researched the effect of mindfulness on wine consumption with human subjects in laboratory setting Researched the effect of mindfulness on wine consumption with human subjects in laboratory setting

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant at the Aiello Social & Organizational Psychology Lab
      • Nov 2018 - Jan 2019

      Assisted with meta-analysis exploring the impact of observability on task performance -- Tasks included: Conducting literature review on the relationship between observability and task performance; extracting results from relevant papers for meta-analysis Assisted with meta-analysis exploring the impact of observability on task performance -- Tasks included: Conducting literature review on the relationship between observability and task performance; extracting results from relevant papers for meta-analysis

    • United States
    • Retail
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Seasonal Sales Associate
      • Oct 2018 - Jan 2019

      I provided immediate and individualized assistance to customers, completed purchases with card, credit, and debit payments, and increased purchase totals through recommending additional items. I provided immediate and individualized assistance to customers, completed purchases with card, credit, and debit payments, and increased purchase totals through recommending additional items.

  • Tom's Bao Bao
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
    • Campus Ambassador
      • Feb 2018 - May 2018

      I interacted with Harvard University students and faculty to raise awareness of Tom’s Bao Bao, and identify the types of events most likely to engage them. Additionally, I developed and implemented new strategies to raise Tom’s Bao Bao’s presence on campus, while also promoting Tom’s Bao Bao through social media, and campus internet groups. I interacted with Harvard University students and faculty to raise awareness of Tom’s Bao Bao, and identify the types of events most likely to engage them. Additionally, I developed and implemented new strategies to raise Tom’s Bao Bao’s presence on campus, while also promoting Tom’s Bao Bao through social media, and campus internet groups.

Education

  • Boston College
    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Psychology
    2022 - 2027
  • Harvard University
    Bachelor's degree, Psychology
    2017 - 2022
  • The Lawrenceville School
    High School Diploma, 3.8/4.0
    2014 - 2017

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