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ANNA STRUPP

Macon,GA

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Feelings First Program

Mercer University
08.2024 - 05.2025
  • Conducting an Independent Honors Psychology project
  • Sampling from local child population to implement emotion regulation techniques aiming to increase empathy and subsequent prosocial behavior
  • Writing a manuscript
  • Analyzing results with SPSS
  • Presenting a poster



B.E.A.R. Lab (Dr. Anastasia Kerr-German)

Mercer University
01.2025 - Current
  • Examining resting state and functional connectivity differences in young children with ADHD and ASD using fNIRS
  • Observing behavior in Early Learning Centers
  • Learning data analysis with MATLAB


Indigenous Childhood in the Amazon Basin: Empathy

Iyrania Research Station, Ecuador
04.2025 - Current
  • Conducting a qualitative child development ethnography with indigenous Quechuan child sample
  • Conducting interviews using a Quechuan translator
  • Contrasting the local concepts of Llyakichina and The Shared Body with Western definitions of empathy


Schadenfreuda Lab (Dr. Keegan Greenier)

Mercer University
01.2024 - 12.2024
  • Exploring the concept Schadenfreude which is the pleasure that arises from observing the misfortune of others
  • Running participants through survey-based sessions to evaluate variables that may impact their Schadenfreude levels
  • Entering data

Group Dynamics

Mercer University
08.2023 - 12.2023
  • Acting as a confederate in independent honors study
  • Displaying different leadership styles during a group task as an experimental manipulation on group dynamics


Memory Lab (Dr. Dorthy Buchli)

Mercer University
01.2023 - 05.2023
  • Exploring the saving-enhanced memory paradigm
  • Guiding participants through a series of memory tasks and recording results

Student Group Research Project

Mercer University
01.2023 - 05.2023
  • Measuring the effects of scent on attraction among students
  • Written literature review
  • Collecting and entering data
  • Analyzing and interpreting results in group manuscript

Education

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

05-2026

Accomplishments

  • President's List, Fall 2022-Present
  • Spirit of INT Award Spring 2022 & Spring2023
  • Integrative Inquiry award Spring 2025
  • Outstanding Psychology Researcher Award, Spring 2025
  • Global Leaders Scholarship, Fall 2023
  • Merit Scholarship, Fall 2022-Present

Timeline

Indigenous Childhood in the Amazon Basin: Empathy

Iyrania Research Station, Ecuador
04.2025 - Current

B.E.A.R. Lab (Dr. Anastasia Kerr-German)

Mercer University
01.2025 - Current

Feelings First Program

Mercer University
08.2024 - 05.2025

Schadenfreuda Lab (Dr. Keegan Greenier)

Mercer University
01.2024 - 12.2024

Group Dynamics

Mercer University
08.2023 - 12.2023

Memory Lab (Dr. Dorthy Buchli)

Mercer University
01.2023 - 05.2023

Student Group Research Project

Mercer University
01.2023 - 05.2023

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

ANNA STRUPP