Amanda Iverson

I am done trying to use my individual water pail of hope and open-mindedness directly on the five-alarm-fire that is the American criminal legal structure. I am ready to team-up with others that carry their own overflowing vessels. I am ready to be part of an organization that knows how deeply detrimental our current policies are and passionately pursues change at a structural level. I am ready to meet with minds that believe in alternative methods of achieving goals that directly impact those who endeavor towards a life they find value in.

Research Experience

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Impact on Quality of Life

Metropolitan State University of Denver

Advisor: Cynthia Erickson, PhD

• Completion of personal/individual research from conception to presentation
• Oral Presentation at MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference

Girls Can Play Football, Boys Should Not Do Ballet:

An Exploration of Double Standards in Gender Role Socialization

Metropolitan State University of Denver

Advisor: Lisa Kindleberger Hagan, PhD

• Completion of two academic semesters as a Research Assistant under esteemed faculty
• Accepted for presentation by the Association for Psychological Sciences and the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association

Psychological Research Presentations

Iverson, A., Tilsley, L., Eccles, D., Larimore-Butler, M., Sherpa, R., DeVries, T., Linthicum, K., Linares-Francois, A., Malagisi, E. (2019). Long-Term Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Mitigating Factors of Community Support. Oral presentation at the Undergraduate Research Conference, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO.

Iverson, A., Grant, J.M., Fierro-Bejarano, A., Clopton-Matson, E., Hagan, L., & Lyons, K. (2020). Girls Can Play Football, Boys Should Not Do Ballet: An Exploration of Double Standards in Gender Role Socialization. Poster accepted for the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association annual meeting, Denver, CO (conference cancelled).

Thomas, B., Iverson, A., Thompson, P., Grant, J.M., Hagan, L., & Lyons, K. (2020). Where Should We Play? How Parent’s Gender Role Attitudes Influence Where Parents and Children Chose to Play in a Children’s Museum. Poster accepted for the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association annual meeting, Denver, CO (conference cancelled).

Hagan, L., Fierro-Bejarano, A., Iverson, A., Clopton-Matson, E., Grant, J.M., & Lyons, K. (2020) Girls Can Play with Trucks but Boys Cannot Play with Dolls: A Double Standard Still Exists for Both Parents and Preschoolers. Poster accepted for the Association for Psychological Science annual meeting, Chicago, IL (conference cancelled).