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Patricia Ann Powers
Local Address: (207) 337-1697 Permanent Address:7001 Meadow River Rd [email protected] 111 Lebanon StMorgantown WV 26508 Date: March 2016 Sanford ME 04073
Education____________________________________________________________________________
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Graduation: May 2016 Major: Psychology Major GPA: 3.4
o Bachelor of Science Minor: Forensic Science Minor GPA: 3.8
Honors & Awards_____________________________________________________________________
President’s List Spring 2015Dean’s List Fall 2014/2015 American Psychological Association Student AffiliateAssociation for Psychological Science Student AffiliateMember of Psychology Club Member of Forensic Science Club
Research Interests_____________________________________________________________________
My research interests involve close relationships and physical attraction. Specifically, how people develop and maintain intimate relationships, and how personality is involved in this process.
Research Experience___________________________________________________________________
West Virginia University (WVU) Spring 2015- Spring 2016Personality, Health, and Development LabResearch AssistantDr. Nicholas Turiano, Associate Professor, WVU
Duties included the following:o Planned independent research projects utilizing archival data from the
Midlife Development in the U.S. study (MIDUS). Duties included topic selection, research question and hypothesis development, data manipulation using SAS statistical software, examination of normality and outliers, estimation of multivariate linear and logistic models, interpretation of models, and independently wrote a full empirical paper.
Project 1. The project tested associations between diabetes diagnosis and depression, and whether personality characteristics buffered the effects of depression.
Project 2. The project tested how certain personality characteristics can be a risk factor, or protective in regards to spouse partner affectual solidarity (partner strain and support) and how these contribute to a stable, healthy relationship.
Relevant Work Experience_____________________________________________________________
Hopemont Hospital, Terra Alta, WV Summer 2015Psychology InternDr. Barry Edelstein, Distinguished Professor, WVU
Met with variety of elderly residents and try to improve daily living Assisted in implementing a variety of behavior plans for residents needing
additional care Attended and participate in behavior plan meetings (discussed residents behaviors
and ways of improving overall functioning and daily living, and decreasing problem behaviors)
Read extensive literature on illnesses present in geriatric population Read literature on psychological assessments Administered a variety of psychological assessments
o Geriatric Anxiety Scale, Geriatric Anxiety Inventory, Geriatric Depression Scale, Brief Cognitive Status Exam, Clock Drawing Test, Young Mania Rating Scale, and the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale
Met with one resident extensively every weeko Studied her psychological disorder in detailo Wrote paper at the end of internship
Durgin Pines Nursing Home, Kittery, ME June 2008- June 2012 Dietary Server Worked with long term patients who had Alzheimer’s, dementia, and other various
illnesses Worked with short term patients who were in recovery from health problems Learned time management skills, effective communication with a variety of people
Research Presentations_________________________________________________________________
Powers, P. A., & Turiano, N. A. (March, 2016). Personality and affectual solidarity. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, New York, NY.
Powers, P.A., Turiano, N. A. (2015). Diabetes, depression, and personality. Abstract accepted to present as a poster at the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.
Powers, P. A. (December, 2015). Case Summary: A change from high to low anxiety. Poster presented at the WVU psychology capstone poster session.
Powers, P. A., Bercini, T., Rhudy, J., Lawrence, J., Burger, R., & Correll, M. (2015). How exercise and stress influence GPA. Psychology 202: Research Methods Class, oral presentation of research paper.
Computer Skills_______________________________________________________________________
Proficient in Microsoft Office, SPSS, SAS
Professional References________________________________________________________________
Nicholas Turiano, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, 53 Campus Drive, Morgantown, WV, (304) [email protected]
Barry Edelstein, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, 53 Campus Drive, Morgantown, WV, (304) [email protected]
Stephanie Young, Ph.D., Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, West Virginia University, 53 Campus Drive, Morgantown, WV, (304) [email protected]
