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Barbara Colombo
Professor And Clinical Researcher
Charlotte,VT
Summary
Inspiring Professor brings advanced teaching skills and department leadership experience. Goal-oriented to advance department, improve teaching and modernize courses. Extensive background in research and university fundraising.
Accomplished researcher in Health Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience with specialized knowledge in neuromodulation and biostatistics. Proficient in SPSS, STATA and qualitative text analysis with 20 years of instructional experience.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Professor
Champlain College
Burlington, VT
07.2021 - Current
- Used variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate learning process and accentuate presentations.
- Encouraged class discussions by building discussions into lessons, actively soliciting input, asking open-ended questions and using techniques to track student participation.
- Shifted between informal and formal methods of teaching to create multi-layered web of learning incorporating experiments, practical activities, discussions and projects into lessons.
- Maintained regular office hours to provide struggling students with additional course help.
- Collaborated with faculty and community stakeholders for program improvement.
- Conducted on-going program assessment, enrollment and retention tracking.
- Supported multidisciplinary research teams focused on scholarly publication.
- Identified research opportunities for students, assisting with gathering data and drawing conclusions for projects.
Program Director
Champlain College
Burlington, VT
07.2020 - Current
- Developed revised Psychology program, laying out framework and defining roles.
- Provided ongoing direction and leadership for program operations.
- Improved success of program by making proactive adjustments to operations.
- Maintained and updated project related documents.
- Met with project stakeholders on regular basis to assess progress and make adjustments.
- Pitched and built new programming strategies and one-off feature shows to boost student interests and diversify offerings.
- Scheduled and supervised staff meetings to discuss new ideas and update participants on program details and milestones.
- Collaborated with various teams to uncover issues, identify applicable solutions and offer guidance.
Head of the Behavioral Neuroscience Lab
Champlain College
Burlington, VT
07.2014 - Current
- Planned and executed research projects using tDCS, biofeedback, and EEG
- Performed advanced quantitative and qualitative data collection and data analyses
- Maintained documentation on tests performed in lab.
- Interpreted and documented results of tests into active databases and communicated results to scientific community
- Calibrated and maintained instruments to keep equipment fully operational.
- Set and oversaw quality assurance guidelines for laboratory work.
- Collaborated with team members to achieve target results.
- Led projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Established national and international collaborations
- Published papers on per-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences with students
Associate Professor
Champlain College
Burlington, VT
07.2014 - 07.2021
- Updated curricula and lesson plans for primary instructors, researching developments in relevant fields and updating materials to reflect most recent data and statistics.
- Helped students to develop and demonstrate broad, integrative and specialized knowledge, essential habits of mind, communicative fluency and effective problem-solving skills.
- Encouraged class discussions by building discussions into lessons, actively soliciting input, asking open-ended questions and using techniques to track student participation.
- Used variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate learning process and accentuate presentations.
- Shifted between informal and formal methods of teaching to create multi-layered web of learning incorporating experiments, practical activities, discussions and projects into lessons.
- Made contributions in curricular development and innovation in teaching strategies.
- Mentored students and advised on career paths, degree requirements and post-graduate education options.
- Managed interpersonal conflict situations requiring tact, diplomacy and discretion, supporting culture of diversity, equity and inclusion with students, employees, alumni and other stakeholders.
- Supported multidisciplinary research teams focused on scholarly publication.
- Identified research opportunities for students, assisting with gathering data and drawing conclusions for projects.
- Conducted on-going program assessment, enrollment and retention tracking.
Assistant Professor
Catholic University Of The Sacred Heart
Milano, Italy
02.2008 - 06.2014
- Took attendance, graded assignments and maintained student records to assist teachers with administrative tasks and maintain smooth daily operations.
- Used variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate learning process and accentuate presentations.
- Evaluated and supervised student activities and performance levels to provide reports on academic progress.
- Contributed to campus activities to promote positive university image.
- Facilitated academic and community collaborations to increase number of community-engaged research proposal submissions to extramural funders.
- Evaluated student progress through analysis of test scores and homework completion.
- Collaborated with colleagues on curriculum revision, evaluation of course syllabi and lesson plans for Psychology curriculum.
- Performed research to serve as basis for academic writing for publication.
Education
Postgraduate Education - Foundation of Clinical Research
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 05.2021 - 01.2022
Master of Science - Psychology
Open University
London, UK 06.2011 - 07.2013
Ph.D. - Psychology
Catholic University of The Sacred Heart
Milan, Italy 09.2003 - 10.2006
Master of Arts - Social Sciences
Catholic University of The Sacred Heart
Milan, Italy 09.1993 - 10.1997
Skills
Student research guidance
Academic research
Curriculum Development
Lecturing
Grant writing
Data analysis
Data collection and organization
Quantitative analysis
Research project design
Software
STATA
LIWC
Timeline
Professor
Champlain College
07.2021 - Current
Postgraduate Education - Foundation of Clinical Research
Harvard University
05.2021 - 01.2022
Program Director
Champlain College
07.2020 - Current
Head of the Behavioral Neuroscience Lab
Champlain College
07.2014 - Current
Associate Professor
Champlain College
07.2014 - 07.2021
Master of Science - Psychology
Open University
06.2011 - 07.2013
Assistant Professor
Catholic University Of The Sacred Heart
02.2008 - 06.2014
Ph.D. - Psychology
Catholic University of The Sacred Heart
09.2003 - 10.2006
Master of Arts - Social Sciences
Catholic University of The Sacred Heart
09.1993 - 10.1997