<<Back to Members



Rebecca Klein
Lab Coordinator
Georgia Institute of Technology


Education

Bachelor of Arts, Phi Beta Kappa, May 2002
Psychology Major, Sociology Minor
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
   

Honors/Activities

Dean's List 1998-2002
Psi Chi Honors Society
Phi Eta Sigma Honors Society
Emory First Responder Unit
Outdoor Emory Organization, Leader and Member
Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority
   

Research Experience

Lab Coordinator, Knowledge and Skill Lab (Phillip L. Ackerman, PhD. & Ruth Kanfer, PhD.) 2003

• Supervise and coordinate lab activities
• Manage data entry by creating templates for data entry, designing entry instructions & protocols, delegating responsibilities, & creating assignments for RA's

Research Assistant, Knowledge and Skill Lab (Phillip L. Ackerman, PhD. & Ruth Kanfer, PhD.) 2003

• Participated in multiple aspects of the research process, including recruiting participants, supervising experiment sessions, and completing data entry and checking assignments
• Assisted in finding articles and correlations for meta-analysis

Research Assistant, Speech Perception Lab (Lynne Nygaard, PhD.) 2003

• Recruited participants through the distribution of fliers, and coordinated the schedules of RA's and participants to assign session times
• Administered experiments to participants, answered phones, and maintained a subject database

Work Experience

Editorial Assistant, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied (Phillip L. Ackerman, PhD.) 2003

• Correspond with the APA, manuscript authors, and reviewers
• Create and manage files of manuscripts, reviews, and correspondence
• Prepare review sets for reviewers and manuscript transmittals for the APA production editor

Social Skills Teacher, Beyond Words Center (Jeffrey Jones, PhD. & Lisa Hymen, PhD.) 2003

• Educated students about various essential social skills, including conversation skills, dealing with teasing, perspective-taking, and impulse control
• Created daily lesson plans to engage the children in a stimulating and innovative manner

Wish Program Intern, Make-A-Wish Foundation (Shavette Neal and Helen Shepherd) 2001

• Helped coordinate a $50,000 fundraiser and manage the company's budget
• Made use of creativity in writing press releases for major newspapers and planning wishes

Administrative Assistant, Emory Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Department (Sandra B. Sexon, M.D.) 1999

• Assisted psychiatrists with secretarial duties, including typing, faxing, copying, and answering phones
• Greeted patients as they entered the office

Last Revised: July 2009

<<Back to Members