Resume

Cindy Yii Fang Chia

1920 E 2^nd Street #2109,

Edmond, OK 73034,                                                                                            

cindymchia@yahoo.com

 

Professional Objective

Assistant Therapist

 

Professional Studies

University of Central Oklahoma (UCO), Edmond, Oklahoma

Masters of Arts in Counseling Psychology, Expected Graduation: May 2014

University of South Australia (UniSA), Adelaide, Australia

Bachelor of Psychological Science; Submajor in Counseling, December 2010

Study Abroad: Oklahoma State University (OSU), Stillwater, Oklahoma

Bachelor of Psychology, January-December 2010

 

Honors And Awards

Global Education Award Scholarship (Fall 2011)

Oklahoma State University President’s Honor Roll (Fall 2010)

Oklahoma State University Dean’s Honor Roll (Spring 2010)

University of South Australia Study Abroad Scholarship (2010)

Leo Association Malaysia National Secretary Award (2006)

Leo Association Malaysia-Taiwan International Ambassador Award (2005)

 

Professional Membership

Oklahoma Psychology Association (OPA) Student Associate

American Psychology Association (APA) Student Associate

Association For Psychological Science (APS) Student Associate

Sigma Alpha Lambda (National Leadership & Honors Organization) Member

 

Research Interest

Behavioral processes, personally, mental health, abnormal psychology, counseling psychology, psychotherapy, and multicultural psychology.

 

Publication And Presentations

Publication (Pending): Kennison, S., Messer, R., & Chia, C. (2011). Daily Electronic Communication.

Research on communication via emails and its relation to attitudes and impressions of sender and receiver.

 

Presentation: Chia, C. (2009). Gender Differences in Statistical Anxiety and its Effects on Attitudes Toward Learning Statistics. University of South Australia.

Research on male and female anxiety in statistics and the relation to the attitude towards learning statistics in college. Presented in Oklahoma Psychological Assosication Annual Student Conference in Stillwater, Oklahoma in October 2010.

 

Presentation: Page, M., Madewell, A., Damron, R., & Chia, C. (2011). Effectiveness of Team Based Learning In A Senior Level Psychology Course. Oklahoma State University.

Research on the effectiveness of group discussion and team based learning in Psychological Testing class in college. Presented in American Psychogical Science Annual Convention in Washington DC in May 2010.

 

Research Experience

Research Assistant- Everyday Language Use, Oklahoma State University,

August- December 2010 (Dr. Shelia Kennison, Director)

Duties: Run participants in the laboratory, and assist main researcher in data entering.

 

Research Assistant- Gender differences In The Conformity Of Emotion-focused Coping Style And Its Effect On Academic Stress Level, University of South Australia, 2009 (Sharon Casey, Director)

Duties: Run participants in the laboratory, collect and analyze data in coping style and participant’s stress level in college.

 

Research Assistant- Gender Differences In Statistical Anxiety And Its Effects On Attitudes Toward Learning Statistics, University of South Australia, 2009

(Cathy Balfour, Director)

Duties: Run participants in the laboratory, collect and analyze data in student’s self-reported anxiety in statistics and a post-report in attitude towards learning statistics.

 

Research Assistant- Change Detection In Driving, University of South Australia, 2009 (Cathy Balfour, Director)

Duties: Run participants in the laboratory on a driving stimulator, collect and analyze reaction time of change detection.

 

Research Assistant- Critical Analysis Of The Sumatran Orang Utan (Pongo abelii) Enclosure At Adelaide Zoo from the animals’, visitors’ and keepers’ point of view, University of South Australia, 2009 (Carla Litchfield, Director)

Duties: Observe orang utans behavior in the Adelaide Zoo, collect and analyze data on behavior.

 

 

Teaching Experience

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant- Quantitative Psychology, Oklahoma State University, August- December 2010 (Dr. Melanie Page, Director).

Duties: Assist graduate instructor in laboratory sections of Quantitative Psychology, grade exams and assignments.

 

Mentor- University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, 2009 (Ivy Hong, Supervisor).

Duties: Provided social support, introduced new students to university life, mentored students academically.

 

Christmas Carols Music Director- Young Christian Students, Kuching, Malaysia, 2006-2008 (Stephanie Ng, Director).

Duties: Arranged Christmas carols scores, teach and conduct caroling practices.

 

Teacher- Manna Montessori, Kuching, Malaysia, June-August 2007

(Sarah Marimuthu, Director).

Duties: Overlooked children ages 1-6; conducted structured classroom activities; supervised classes.

 

 

Professional Experience

Norman Soup Kitchen Cook- Norman, Oklahoma, January 2010- present

(Patricia Saltus, Director).

Duties: Cook for the homeless once a month.

Camp Coordinator & Counselor- Camp Joseph Cardijn, August 2007 (Stephanie Ng, Director).

Duties: Organized the whole camp agenda, led worship, bible studies, and other activities to participants aged 12-18.

 

Fundraising Concert Organizer- Rocking Out AIDS, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2007 (Carl Bouldrom, Director).

Duties: Organized a concert to raise funds for Malaysia AIDS Organization.

 

Malaysia-Taiwan Ambassador- Leo Organization Malaysia, December 2006

(Kho Lee Kun, Director).

Duties: Promote Malaysian culture in Taiwan.

 

South East Asian Young Christian Students Camp Organizer- Kuching, Malaysia, 2006 (Stephanie Ng, Director).

Duties: Organized and hosted a camp for all participants from South East Asia countries. Overlooked all aspects of camp- agenda, food, accommodation, activities, worship, bible studies and other spiritual activities.

 

Kuching Young Christian Students President- Kuching, Malaysia, 2005-2006 (Stephanie Ng, Director).

Duties: Overlooked all Young Christian Students clubs in the Kuching division, conducted bible studies, spiritual programs, talks, conferences and other activities.

 

Student Body Association- Green Road Secondary School, Kuching, Malaysia, 2001-2006 (Putit bin Haji Ped, Director).

Duties: Overlooked the wellness and discipline of students aged from 13-17 and school in general, organized events for student body, and other activities.

 

Camp Counselor- Camp One Way, Kuching, Malaysia, November 2005

(Benedict Lo, Director).

Duties: Acted as an activity leader and live-in counselor various ages (12-18); led bible studies, dancing, worship leading, and other outdoor activities.

 

Kuching Young Christian Students Caroling Group Co-ordinator- Kuching, Malaysia, 2005 (Stephanie Ng, Director).

Duties: Arranged Christmas carols scores, conducted, trained carolers and house-to-house caroling.

 

Librarian- Green Road Secondary School, Kuching, Malaysia, 2003 (Sim, Director).

Duties: Archived, checked in and out library books, and general cleaning.

 

Class President- Green Road Secondary School, Kuching, Malaysia, 2003

(Teresa Lim, Director).

Duties: Overlooked the discipline aspect of students, supported students’ wellbeing.

 

Literacy and Debating Society Vice President- Kuching, Malaysia, 2003-2004

(Putit bin Haji Ped, Director).

Duties: Participated in interschools, interdivision and interstates debate competition.

Red Crescent Association Member- Kuching, Malaysia, 2003

(Putit bin Haji Ped, Director).

Duties: Learned first aid, emergency medical procedures and other physical activities.

 

 

 

Military Services

Malaysian National Service

Kem Kota Sentosa, Malaysia, December 2006- March 2007.

(Kem Komandan, Director).

Training: Daily intensive training in self-defense arts, gun shooting, survival skills in the wild, daily survival skills with limited supplies, marching and community services.

Employment

The Daily O’Collegian, Stillwater, OK

January 2010 – December 2010

(Reason of leaving: Graduation)

 

Blogger

• Promote university lifestyle through blogging
• Advertise university residential life
• Publish events on campus

 

Photojournalist

• Cover stories around campus

 

Café di Crema, Adelaide, Australia

January - December 2008

(Reason of leaving: Wanted to concentrate on studies)

 

Waitress/ Barista

• Wait customers
• Dish cleaning
• General cleaning
• Coffee making

 

 

SKILLS

Languages Spoken: English, Malay, Chinese: Mandarin, Hokkien, Teochew

Languages Written: English, Malay

 

Computer Skills: Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet surfing, iMovie

Psychology Skills & Knowledge: Counseling and interpersonal skills, effective communication, basic knowledge of DSM-IV-TR, statistics (SPSS), laboratory experiments, field experiments, research report writing, basic theories (advanced research methods, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, clinical & abnormal psychology, biological & learning psychology, psychological assessment, conflict resolution, personality, experimental psychology, mental health, forensic psychology).

INTERESTS

Dancing: Ballet Grade 1 – Grade 8, and Intermediate Level of Higher Learning  (Royal Academy of Dance, London), 10 years of training.

Music: Vocal, Guitar, and Violin (Royal Academy of Music, London)

 

Accomplishments

Honors And Awards

Global Education Award Scholarship (Fall 2011)

Oklahoma State University President’s Honor Roll (Fall 2010)

Oklahoma State University Dean’s Honor Roll (Spring 2010)

University of South Australia Study Abroad Scholarship (2010)

Leo Association Malaysia National Secretary Award (2006)

Leo Association Malaysia-Taiwan International Ambassador Award (2005)

 

 

Professional Membership

Oklahoma Psychology Association (OPA) Student Associate

American Psychology Association (APA) Student Associate

Association For Psychological Science (APS) Student Associate

Sigma Alpha Lambda (National Leadership & Honors Organization) Member

 

Publication And Presentations

Publication (Pending): Kennison, S., Messer, R., & Chia, C. (2011). Daily Electronic Communication.

Research on communication via emails and its relation to attitudes and impressions of sender and receiver.

 

Presentation: Chia, C. (2009). Gender Differences in Statistical Anxiety and its Effects on Attitudes Toward Learning Statistics. University of South Australia.

Research on male and female anxiety in statistics and the relation to the attitude towards learning statistics in college. Presented in Oklahoma Psychological Assosication Annual Student Conference in Stillwater, Oklahoma in October 2010.

 

Presentation: Page, M., Madewell, A., Damron, R., & Chia, C. (2011). Effectiveness of Team Based Learning In A Senior Level Psychology Course. Oklahoma State University.

Research on the effectiveness of group discussion and team based learning in Psychological Testing class in college. Presented in American Psychogical Science Annual Convention in Washington DC in May 2010.

 

Research Experience

Research Assistant- Everyday Language Use, Oklahoma State University,

August- December 2010 (Dr. Shelia Kennison, Director)

Duties: Run participants in the laboratory, and assist main researcher in data entering.

 

Research Assistant- Gender differences In The Conformity Of Emotion-focused Coping Style And Its Effect On Academic Stress Level, University of South Australia, 2009 (Sharon Casey, Director)

Duties: Run participants in the laboratory, collect and analyze data in coping style and participant’s stress level in college.

 

Research Assistant- Gender Differences In Statistical Anxiety And Its Effects On Attitudes Toward Learning Statistics, University of South Australia, 2009

(Cathy Balfour, Director)

Duties: Run participants in the laboratory, collect and analyze data in student’s self-reported anxiety in statistics and a post-report in attitude towards learning statistics.

 

Research Assistant- Change Detection In Driving, University of South Australia, 2009 (Cathy Balfour, Director)

Duties: Run participants in the laboratory on a driving stimulator, collect and analyze reaction time of change detection.

 

Research Assistant- Critical Analysis Of The Sumatran Orang Utan (Pongo abelii) Enclosure At Adelaide Zoo from the animals’, visitors’ and keepers’ point of view, University of South Australia, 2009 (Carla Litchfield, Director)

Duties: Observe orang utans behavior in the Adelaide Zoo, collect and analyze data on behavior.

My Personality

Q&A

How do you handle stressful situations?
I play the guitar and sing! That's music therapy, for you!

References

Shelia Kennison, Ph.D

shelia.kennison@okstate.edu

Associate Professor & IRB Chair

Department of Psychology

116 North Murray Hall

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK  74078

(405) 744-7335

 

Rachel Messer

rachel.messer@okstate.edu

Lifespan Psychology Graduate Student

Department of Psychology

116 North Murray Hall

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK  74078

 

 

Erika Brown

erika.brown@okstate.edu

Clinical Psychology Graduate Student

Department of Psychology

116 North Murray Hall

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK  74078

Writing Samples

Title: Gender Differences In Statistical Anxiety And Its Effect On Attitudes Toward Learning Statistics

Abstract

One of the graduate requirements in Psychology degree is a successful completion in at least an introductory research method course and it has often comes as a surprise for many students as they have doubts about their quantitative skills (Tremblay, Gardner & Heipel, 2000). As stated in Onwuegbuzie (2004), 80% of graduate students experienced statistics anxiety and were found to enervated performance in statistics and research methodology courses. With the growing concerns of researchers and educators in this topic, the aim of this research report is to investigate gender differences in statistical anxiety and attitudes toward studying statistics.

General anxiety is usually comprehended as a negative feeling when individual’s goals have been manipulated (Tremblay, Gardner & Heipel, 2000). Cruise et al. (1985) defined statistics anxiety as “feelings of anxiety encountered when taking a statistics course or doing statistical analyses; that is gathering, processing and interpreting data”. Whereas Pan & Tang (2005) explains that statistics anxiety is elucidated as an uneasy feeling within an individual upon the encounter of statistics in any form and aspect. Many students fear statistics so much that they would delay enrolling in statistics classes until the final year of university, which is clearly the most inappropriate time to undertake such demanding course. This often causes individuals to delay graduation from the degree program as expected (Onwuegbuzie, 2000).

Higher statistics anxiety among females has been demonstrated in several studies (Bandalos, Yates & Thorndike-Christ, 1995), where Hilton, Schau & Olsen (2004) found that females exhibit greater statistics anxiety by 90% as they proceed with the course. Kagan (1987) clarified the statement in which females were found to generalize their anxiety responses more than males and their low self-efficacy also influences their performance in solving mathematics problems (Bandalos, Yates & Thorndike-Christ, 1995).

On the other hand, many studies have also examined gender differences in attitudes toward statistics and males were found to have a more positive attitude toward learning statistics (Hilton, Schau & Olsen, 2004). It was consistent with Catsambis’s (1994) conclusion in which females have negative attitude toward mathematics of 25.9% more than males due to their limited academic confidence in this field. In addition, Catsambis (1994) found that females do not perform as well as males in mathematics because of their lacked of interest; hence, they turn down most learning opportunities in this stream.

In the present study, Psychology students enrolled in Quantitative Methods and Experimental Psychology classes in Oklahoma State University completed a questionnaire to explore the gender differences in statistics anxiety and how it influences one’s attitudes toward learning statistics. It was anticipated that there would be a negative relationship between scores on Statistical Anxiety Scale and the Attitudes toward Learning Statistics Scale. It was also hypothesized that female would score higher level on the statistics anxiety scale and lower (less positively) on the attitudes toward statistics scale than males.