Curriculum Vitae/Resume
Shanting Chen (715) 338-0565
[email protected] EDUCATION Exp. 2021
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, Human Development and Family Sciences
2015
B.A., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Psychology Cumulative GPA: 3.92/4.00
MANUSCRIPT Kim, S. Y., Chen, S. & Hou, Y (submitted). Parental Socialization Profiles of Adolescents in Mexican Immigrant Families. Target journal: Child Development. Kim, S. Y., Chen S. T., Sim, L. & Hou Y. (in press). Stability and change in parenting and adjustment profiles across early, middle, and late adolescence. In Y. Choi & H. C Hahm (Eds.), Asian American Parenting: Family processes and interventions (pp. xx-xx). New York, NT: Springer. Chen, S., Kim, S. Y. & Hou, Y (in prep). Discrimination, language brokering efficacy and academic competences among Mexican American adolescents. Target journal: Journal of Youth and Adolescent.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Nov 2014 to 2015 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) • Augmented communication skills through attending bi-weekly meetings with Dr. Susan Walker to report the progress on the project and discuss the next step of the project • Conducted qualitative data analysis through the software program, Atlas ti. 7 by creating and defining codes, and coding quotations • Applied frequency analysis to quantitative data through the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) Research Assistant for Chad J. Marsolek • Gained critical thinking skills by attending weekly meetings to follow up on the progression of the graduate students’ studies and participating in the group discussion • Thoroughly prepared and organized the paperwork before conducting experiments Displayed detail-orientated skill through inputting the collected data and analyzing the quantitative data with SPSS Research Assistant for REACH Military Lab • Conducted online search of the most recent literatures from 7 different databases on the given topics related to military families and children in a thoroughly manner • Attentively reviewed journal articles and entered the necessary information including key findings, correct APA citations, etc. into an online fillable form • Acquired problem solving skills through fixing broken links regarding programs for youth development in the REACH website by finding the correct links for the corresponding program Brainstormed and wrote scenarios to illustrate the usage of eight essential elements for a youth development online tutorial
Curriculum Vitae/Resume
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Presentation Chen, S., Kim, S. Y., Zeiders, K., & Hou, Y. (2017, April 8). Parenting profiles of Mexican Americans as indicated by general parenting dimensions and parental cultural socialization. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.
Chen, S., Kim, S. Y., Hou. Y. (2017, November 16th). Discrimination, language brokering efficacy, and academic competence. In Educational access and achievement among vulnerable population of ethnic minorities. Paper will be presented at National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of Texas at Austin Graduate Teaching Assistant Fall 2016 • Course: Family Finance o Assessed student performance (e.g., grading weekly assignments); setting assignments; co-administer exams; and hold office hours Graduate Teaching Assistant Spring 2017 • Course: Community Field Practicum o Facilitated the class discussion for a group of 15 students o Assessed student performance (e.g., grade term papers); review exam questions; coadminister exams; and hold office hours APPLIED EXPERIENCE FamilyWise September 2014—September 2015 Supervision Intern Minneapolis, MN • Conducted home visit to clients’ home once a week and helped improve their parenting skills by utilizing modeling method • Provided clients with the necessary resources including affordable housing, job opportunities, and community services to improve their physical well-being • Summarized and completed informational sheets after each visit including discussing the goals, improvement and results of each visit Global Education January 2015—February 2015 Teaching Assistant Yiwu, China • Passionately taught English to a group of 4-5 motivated high students four hours a day who hope to pass the IELTS language test • Prepared English lesson plans meticulously by discussing with professional teacher and conducting online research Tutored groups of 8-10 students during the tutorial section every afternoon by answering questions and assisting with homework IT/LANGUAGE PROFICIENCIES AND OTHER INFORMATION • • •
Competent in SPSS, MPLUS and Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook Basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash Proficient in spoken and written English and Mandarin languages