erica hughes

research, department of psychology

About

Experimental Psychology at University of California, San Diego

Country

united states

City

san diego

Industry

research

Skill

research, psychology, statistics, data analysis, microsoft office, spss, autism spectrum disorders, group therapy, social psychology, research design, quantitative research, public speaking, experimental design, qualitative research, community outreach, microsoft excel, powerpoint, photoshop, digital photography, software software software, recruiting, schizophrenia, structured interviews, sql, photography, results, jmp, experimental troubleshooting, hypothesis testing, ideas development, group presentations, diagnostic interviews, pharmacologically augmented cognitive therapies, eeg, mmn, 5c cpt, e prime, biosemi, prepulse inhibition, applied behavior analysis, adobe creative suite, adobe illustrator, mturk, qualtrics, php, c++, noldus observer pro, css, javascript, consumer electronics

Experience

research, department of psychology

university of california, san diego

2018-1 - Present · 8 yrs 9 mos

behavioral interventionist-therapist

autism comprehensive educational services

2011-6 - 2012-8 · 1 yr 3 mos

* Provided direct therapy for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in individual and group sessions. * Completed weekly program summaries, reports, and maintained client case files. * Worked with behavioral analysts, consultants, speech and occupational therapists to implement individualized treatment plans. * Maintained professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and reviewing professional publications. * Trained incoming behavioral interventionists.

project coordinator

university of california, san diego

2014-7 - 2017-11 · 3 yrs 5 mos

psychosocial rehabilitation specialist

alpine special treatment center

2013-9 - 2014-7 · 11 mos

* Provided services and client-centered intervention aimed at reducing symptoms/behaviors associated with a mental health diagnosis. * Developed treatment plans and conducted individual and group counseling. * Managed at-risk behavior, performed crisis intervention, and performed Pro-ACT protocol.

research assistant and psychology department honorsâ thesis candidate under aubyn stahmer, ph.d

university of california, san diego

2012-6 - 2013-6 · 1 yr 1 mo

* Designed and conducted an independent research project that examined peer directed social behavior in students diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. * Tracked and coded student behavior from observations. * Reviewed and submitted IRB proposals. * Assisted in manuscript preparation. * Thoroughly analyzed and interpreted data. * Presented study at UCSD Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference * Trained interns.

swerdlow lab research assistant ii

university of california, san diego

2014-7 - 2008-12

* Researched past experiments related to motion and color vision experiments. * Prepared and manipulated experiments. * Conducted and ran participants through experiments. * Analyzed data. * Assisted in preparing a research paper. * Anstis, S. (2009). ‘Zigzag motion’ goes in unexpected directions. Journal of Vision, 9(4):17, 1-13. http://journalofvision.org/9/4/17/, doi:10.1167/9.4.17. * Glimpse the great (and often cheeky) Dr. Stuart Anstis and his wondrous work by visiting his lab website at http://anstislab.ucsd.edu/

Education

uc san diego

psychology

2013-1 - 2013-1 · 1 mo

Psychology Department Honors with Highest Distinction Regent’s Scholar Cumulative GPA: 3.8 Major GPA: 3.9 Activities and Societies: Psychology Honors Research Program