Shruti Kumar

Graduate Teaching Assistant at Western University
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, CA

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Experience

    • Canada
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Graduate Teaching Assistant
      • Sep 2018 - Present

      • Graduate Teaching Assistantships in Psychology at Work (2021), Research Methods in Psychology (2019-2021), and Introductory Psychology (2018-2019). • Responsible for preparing and leading tutorials, grading assignments and tests, and proctoring examinations. I have also helped students learn to formulate study designs, use statistical software to analyze data, and write research papers.

    • Graduate Research Assistant
      • Jan 2019 - Present

      I have worked on various projects under the supervision of Dr. Johanna Weststar. Most recently, I have co-written industry reports for the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), including the Developer Satisfaction Survey Report (2019 & 2021), and the Industry Trends and Future Outlook Report (2019). I am currently working on an upcoming Diversity Report. I have also recently co-written a report for Western University on staff and faculty experiences working from home at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through these and other research projects, I have gained extensive experience using Qualtrics, SPSS, Jamovi, and NVivo. Show less

    • Co-Chair, Brown Bag Committee (I/O Psychology Area)
      • Aug 2019 - Present

      • Responsible for coordinating bi-weekly presentations and discussions for faculty and graduate students in I/O Psychology.

    • Canada
    • Human Resources Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Independent Consultant
      • Jun 2019 - May 2021

      • Analyzed employee surveys (personality, cognitive ability, leadership, etc.) and presented these findings in comprehensive reports. • Provided evidence-based recommendations for employee recruitment and development. • Analyzed employee surveys (personality, cognitive ability, leadership, etc.) and presented these findings in comprehensive reports. • Provided evidence-based recommendations for employee recruitment and development.

    • Canada
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant Team Lead
      • May 2015 - Aug 2018

      (Supervised by: Sarah Zanette | Principal Investigator: Dr. Kang Lee) • Assisted on a collaborative project investigating development of prosocial and antisocial lie-telling behaviours in children with and without severe conduct problems.• Responsible for engaging participants in interactive paradigms and administering standardized tests (NIH toolbox and KBIT-2).• Duties: lab management (hiring, training, and scheduling RAs), data entry, data cleaning in SPSS, literature reviews, and other tasks as needed. • Also assisted on a project examining spontaneous lie-telling in adults using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS).• Received the University of Toronto Excellence Award in support of my lab work (2017). Show less

    • Volunteer Research Assistant
      • Feb 2017 - Mar 2018

      - Assisted with a psychology study looking at gender and self-presentation in the job search process.- Also assisted with a focus group project examining the daily stressors of women in engineering.

    • Volunteer Research Assistant
      • May 2016 - Aug 2016

      - Assisted with various psychology projects looking at moral behaviours in relationships. - Responsible for working on literature reviews, study design, Qualtrics programming and data cleaning on Excel.

    • Canada
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Eating Disorder Program - Assistant
      • Jan 2017 - Sep 2017

      - Responsible for providing research, administrative, and clinical support to the Eating Disorder Program team - Duties: attending Psychology Rounds for note-taking, test scoring of psychometric measures and other psychosocial assessments, data entry on SPSS, assisting parents and children with forms, and other tasks as needed. - Responsible for providing research, administrative, and clinical support to the Eating Disorder Program team - Duties: attending Psychology Rounds for note-taking, test scoring of psychometric measures and other psychosocial assessments, data entry on SPSS, assisting parents and children with forms, and other tasks as needed.

    • United States
    • Retail
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Old Navy Retail Sales Associate
      • Jul 2014 - Aug 2015

      Responsible for taking initiative to engage customers, anticipating and providing service needs, solving problems quickly and efficiently and other related tasks. Responsible for taking initiative to engage customers, anticipating and providing service needs, solving problems quickly and efficiently and other related tasks.

    • United States
    • Retail
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Pharmacy CO-OP Assistant
      • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

      Responsible for completing the pharmacy’s daily tasks: filling prescriptions, submitting refills, stocking drugs, assisting customers and other clerical duties. Also organized a Pharmacy Clinic, an event in which I informed customers about how to manage stress and provided information about various products. Responsible for completing the pharmacy’s daily tasks: filling prescriptions, submitting refills, stocking drugs, assisting customers and other clerical duties. Also organized a Pharmacy Clinic, an event in which I informed customers about how to manage stress and provided information about various products.

Education

  • Western University
    PhD Candidate, Industrial and Organizational Psychology
    2020 - 2024
  • Western University
    Master of Science - MS, Industrial and Organizational Psychology
    2018 - 2020
  • University of Toronto
    Honours Bachelor of Science
    2013 - 2018
  • Bloor Collegiate
    Ontario Secondary School Diploma
    2009 - 2013

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