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Amber Davidson [email protected] 175 International Drive [email protected] Apartment 1021 706-825-0975 Athens, GA 30605 EDUCATION
May 2015 (expected): The University of Georgia, Athens, GA Bachelor of Science, with Honors - Psychology Major, Statistics Minor Major GPA: 3.959 - Junior/Senior GPA: 3.72 - Current cumulative UGA GPA: 3.64 Honors Thesis: “Exploring Resistance to Change through Concern for Diversity”
(Mentoring Professor: Dr. Karl Kuhnert)
PUBLICATIONS
Carter, N., Davidson, A., Benson, M. (2015). Trajectories of Women CEOs. (in progress; target: Publish in Leadership Quarterly). Carter, N. T., Williamson, R. L., Guan, L., Shaikh, S., Benson, M., Davidson, A., Hines, S., & Listyg, B. The
Development of an Unfolding Hierarchical Measure of Conscientiousness. In N. T. Carter, R. L. Williamson and M. L. LaPalme, & Wang, W. (Chairs), Adventures in Unfolding Measurement Models: Applications to Important Work-Related Constructs. Target: 2015 Journal of Applied Psychology.
TEST MANUALS
Carter, N.T., Williamson, R.L., Guan, A. L., Shaikh, S., Benson, M., Davidson, A., Hines, S., Listyg, B., Viran, R. (2014). The unfolding five factor model inventory (UFFM-I): A free-to-use, unfolding hierarchical measure of personality. Athens, GA: University of Georgia.
ARTICLE SUMMARIES PUBLISHED ONLINE
Davidson, A. (2014). Abusive Supervision may have Roots in Childhood. Summary of P.RJ.M. Garcia, S.L.D. Restubog, C.S. Kiewitz, K. L. Scott, & R.L. Tang, Roots Run Deep: Investigating Psychological Mechanisms Between History of Family Aggression and Abusive Supervision. Summary published online at http://www.ioatwork.com/abusive-supervision-may-roots-childhood/
Davidson, A. (2014). How to Fix the Negative Relationships that Affect Team Performance. Summary of J.P. de
Jong, P.L. Curseu, and R.T.A.J. Leenders, When Do Bad Apples Not Spoil the Barrel? Negative Relationships in Teams, Team Performance, and Buffering Mechanisms. Summary published online at http://www.ioatwork.com/fix-negative-relationships-affect-team-performance/
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Davidson, A. (2015). Exploring Resistance to Change through Concern for Diversity. Poster presentation submitted to 2015 Posters on the Hill Conference, Washington, D.C. Davidson, A. (2015). Exploring Resistance to Change through Concern for Diversity. Paper presentation submitted to 2015 Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) Symposium, Athens, GA. Davidson, A. (2015). Exploring Resistance to Change through Concern for Diversity. Paper Presentation
submitting to 2015 Psi Chi Conference, Athens, GA.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, cont.
Williamson, R. L., Carter, N. T., Guan, L., Shaikh, S., Benson, M., Davidson, A., Hines, S., & Listyg, B. (2015) The Development of an Unfolding Hierarchical Measure of Conscientiousness. In N. T. Carter, R. L. Williamson and M. L. LaPalme, & Wang, W. (Chairs), Adventures in Unfolding Measurement Models: Applications to Important Work-Related Constructs. Submitted to Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) for April 2015 annual conference.
Hetrick, A., Lyons, B., Hoffman, B., Kennedy, K., Benson, M., & Davidson, A. (2015). Exploring Organizational Concern for Employee Off-Duty Deviance. Poster presentation submitted to the 30th Annual SIOP Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Davidson, A., Amosu, S., Ledesma, K., Craig, S., & Clift, B. (2014, April). The Effects of Centralization on
Performance when Moderated by Diversity. Presentation at the CURO Symposium, Athens, GA. Davidson, A., Hinds, T., Benson, M., Listyg B., & Lambert, N. (2014, April). 5 at First Sight? Does Professor
Attractiveness Affect Overall Evaluation Score?. Presentation at the 37th Annual Psi Chi Convention of the Behavioral Sciences, Athens, GA.
Amosu, S., Davidson, A., Ledesma, K., Craig, S., & Clift, B. (2014, April). The Effects of Centralization on Performance when Moderated by Diversity. Presentation at the 37th Annual Psi Chi Convention of the Behavioral Sciences, Athens, GA.
AWARDS, DISTINCTIONS, AND GRANTS
Spring 2015 Applicant for UGA Libraries' Undergraduate Research Award
Fall 2014 CURO (Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities) Assistantship Grant - $1000 grant awarded for exemplary undergraduate research through CURO Fall 2014 Margie Harbeson Memorial Scholarship
-$1000 awarded by Philadelphia United Methodist Church Spring 2014 Student Spotlight, UGA Psi Chi Newsletter Fall 2013 Dean’s List
- Awarded for having a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher while taking at least 14 credit hours
Spring 2013 Dean’s List - Awarded for having a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher while taking at least 14 credit hours
Fall 2012 Dean’s List - Awarded for having a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher while taking at least 14 credit hours
Spring 2012 Dean’s List
- Awarded for having a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher while taking at least 14 credit hours
AWARDS, DISTINCTIONS, AND GRANTS, cont.
Fall 2011-2014 Joe Martin Scholarship (Renewed yearly) - $1500 awarded by Bank of America, must maintain a 2.0 GPA throughout college Fall 2011-2014 Zell Miller Scholarship (Renewed yearly) - $8,590 awarded for graduating high school with at least a 3.7 GPA and a SAT score of
1200 or higher, must maintain at least a 3.3 throughout college Fall 2011-2014 Charter Scholarship (Renewed yearly) - $1000 awarded by UGA for being in the top 6% of the applicant pool
Fall 2013-2014 Pell Grant - $1,080 recurring federal grant awarded to undergraduates based on need
CONSULTING PROJECT- APPLIED EXPERIENCE
Spring 2014-Present Consulting project for small southeast liberal arts college - Created and conducted a survey with an anonymous organization in Georgia - Collected and analyzed data on employees’ feelings toward their organization - Cleaned and analyzed data using SPSS
- Examined impact of organization’s mission statement and values on worker attitudes - Gathered articles for the literature review HONORS THESIS – RESEARCH PROJECTS
Supervisor: Karl Kuhnert, Ph.D. Position(s): Researcher, Author Spring 2014-Present Honors Thesis, “Exploring Resistance to Change through Concern for Diversity”
- Explored the relationship between new ideas and diversity concerns, particularly when moderated by tenure - Analyzed and cleaned data gathered from the consulting project using SPSS - Researched and wrote the literature review and subsequent paper
APPLIED PSYCHOMETRICS LAB – RESEARCH PROJECTS
Supervisor: Nathan Carter, Ph.D. Position(s): Senior Lab Member, Research Assistant, Project Lead, Author
Spring 2014-Present Women in Positions of Power - Project Lead
- Collecting qualitative data to compare the trajectory of men and women into CEO positions and other positions of power
Summer 2014 Comparing Meta-Analyses looking at Task Performance, Five Factor Model, and
Organizational Citizenship Behaviors - Explored research looking at task performance, FFM, OCB’s - Created and maintained spreadsheet to display citations - Coded data from Meta-analyses - Analyzed data using SPSS and created matrices
APPLIED PSYCHOMETRICS LAB – RESEARCH PROJECTS, cont.
Spring 2013-Fall 2014 “5 at First Sight? Does Professor Attractiveness Affect Overall Evaluation Score?” - Collected performance evaluation scores for professors to correlate against
attractiveness ratings - Analyzed data using SPSS, created and submitted poster
Fall 2013-Spring 2014 Item writing, Unfolding Five Factor Model Inventory - Writing items to create novel Five Factor Model Personality measures - Creating a new measure to more accurately capture personality traits
Fall 2013 Item rating, Unfolding Five Factor Model Inventory - Rating items to create novel Five Factor Model Personality measures - Creating a new measure to more accurately capture personality traits LEADER EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT LAB – RESEARCH PROJECTS
Supervisor: Karl Kuhnert, Ph.D. Position(s): Liaison between graduate and undergraduate students, Research Assistant
Fall 2013-Spring 2014 “The Effects of Centralization on Performance when Moderated by Diversity” - Worked with four other research assistants to design and run an experiment
- Analyzed data, extensively researched and wrote a lit review and subsequent paper - Explored how lines of communication throughout the workplace affect performance
LEADERSHIP AND PERFORMANCE DYNAMICS LAB – RESEARCH PROJECTS
Supervisor: Brian Hoffman, Ph.D. Position(s): Research Assistant
Summer 2014-Present Job Satisfaction Meta-Analysis
- Coding hundreds of articles to pull all correlations and means - Data involves all forms of the Job Diagnostic Survey measure
- Requires extensive knowledge of the JDS and Microsoft Excel
Fall 2014 Resistance to Diversity Practices Scale
- Assisted with the construction validation of a new scale
Summer 2014 “Exploring Organizational Concern for Employee Off-Duty Deviance” - Qualitative coding project - Examined Fortune 500 companies’ Corporate Governances and Code of Conducts for
any mention of proper behavior outside of the workplace and off the clock - Gathered data and critiqued the drafts of the paper - Submitting a proposal to 2015 SIOP conference Spring 2014 Undergraduate Recruitment - Headed an undergraduate recruitment effort - Created lists and schedules of all required psychology courses
- Assigned lab members to speak to classrooms about I/O and LPD Lab
LEADERSHIP AND PERFORMANCE DYNAMICS LAB – RESEARCH PROJECTS, cont.
Spring 2014 Narcissism Meta-Analysis - Project lead, combined and cleaned spreadsheets for analysis - Coded over 4,000 lines of data - Worked with other research assistants to code archival narcissism data for a large scale meta-analysis JUVENILE COUNSELING AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, UGA – RESEARCH PROJECTS
Supervisors: Brian Glaser, Ph.D. and Georgia Calhoun, Ph.D. Position(s): Research Assistant
Fall 2013-Fall 2014 Data Entry - In charge of consolidating extensive data for multiple graduate students at a time
- Scored, organized, entered data from various psychological tests and measurements (such as the BASC-II, TCSS, MMPI, etc.)
- Extensively used SPSS to analyze data Summer 2014-Fall 2014 Implementing Trauma Database - Created a new database aggregating all trauma testing measures - Analyzed data with SPSS - Required knowledge of numerous testing measures, such as BASC-II, CROPS, and TSCC COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT – RESEARCH PROJECTS
Supervisor: Alan Stewart, Ph.D. Position(s): Research Assistant Fall 2011-Spring 2013 Researcher, archival data
- Collected, formatted data to examine relationship between weather, human behavior - Edited archival books to be analyzed and coded HONORS SOCIETIES
Fall 2011-Present UGA Honors Program Fall 2013-Present Psi Chi, Psychology Honor Society - Active member, attend regular meetings and functions Spring 2012-Present Sigma Alpha Lambda - Invited to join for maintaining a GPA of 3.0+ Spring 2012-Present The National Society of Collegiate Scholars - Invited to join for maintaining a GPA of 3.4+ PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Fall 2013-Present American Psychological Association (APA) Fall 2014-Present American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) Fall 2014-Present Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Spring 2014-Present Writer, IOatwork.com, Writing summaries of top I/O Journal articles
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Fall 2014-Present The Society for Organizational/Industrial Research and Enhanced Education (SOIREE) - President, in charge of organization and hosting scheduled meetings - Working to obtain funding for undergraduates to attend the 2015 SIOP conference - Encouraging awareness of I/O psychology and participation in research
Spring 2014-Present Ballroom Community - Active member of the ballroom community - Meet multiple times a week for practices and social dances Fall 2012-Present Shop with a Bulldawg - Mentor children in the community
- Raise thousands of dollars yearly to buy Christmas presents, clothes, and school supplies for kids in need - Mentors take the children shopping and also learn about their future plans and encourage continued education
Fall 2012-Fall 2013 Thomas-Lay After School Program - Mentored children in the community for two hours after they get out of school - Tutored in Math and English; encourage learning - Helped inspire good behavior at home and in school
2011-Present Races for charities and/or causes - Color Run, 5k (2011) - Run for Amy, 5k (2012) - Marine Mud Challenge, 5 mile obstacle course (2012) - ROTC Memorial Run, 5k (2013, 2014) - AthHalf, Half Marathon (2014) RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Registered Courses for Spring Applied Regression Analysis Nonparametric Methods Cognitive Psychology Physiological and Comparative Psychology
Completed Graduate Courses Organizational Psychology Completed Courses Sampling and Survey Methods Applied Experimental Designs Honors Organizational Leadership Research Design Honors Research Analysis Psychological Testing Psychology in the Workplace Statistical Methods
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Aug 2014-Present Student Manager, UGA Food Services, Commissary, Athens, GA - 20 hours per week - Ensure all food safety and health codes are being upheld at all times - Conduct biannual employee conduct reports - Report and write up misconduct within the Commissary
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY, cont.
Nov 2013-Aug 2014 Student Supervisor, UGA Food Services, Commissary, Athens, GA - 20 hours per week - Trained all new student employees in proper food handling, safety regulations - Created, organized all students’ schedules, work shifts - Implemented station rotations
Aug 2013-Nov 2013 Student Employee, UGA Food Services, Commissary, Athens, GA - 16 hours per week - Upheld safety rules and health codes - Efficiently prepared and packed orders to be sent out
Oct 2009-Aug 2012 Assistant Office Manager, MindBody Health Services, Augusta, GA,
- Receptionist for Psychologist’s Office - 15 hours per week - Scheduled appointments for mental health providers - Assist office manager with insurance billing, report preparation - In charge of data entry, including psychological assessment instruments - Hear and resolve complaints from customers, patients, public - Assemble charts for new patients, including obtaining all previous records, tests - Answer multi-line telephone to screen, forward, and take messages - Oversee front-office operations and provide impeccable customer service - Rapidly learn and master varied computer programs including Helper, OfficeAlly, EClinicals, and Microsoft Office
REFERENCES
Karl Kuhnert, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology The University of Georgia Psychology Building Athens, GA 30602 [email protected] 706-542-8891
Nathan Carter, Ph.D. Assistant Professor The University of Georgia Psychology Building Athens, GA 30602 [email protected] 270-993-9887
Brian J. Hoffman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Department Chair, I/O Psychology Department of Psychology The University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602 [email protected] 706-583-8092
