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Kato Josiah

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katojosiah/
New York,NY

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Graduate Assistant

NYU Martin Luther King Jr. Scholars Program
New York, NY
11.2023 - Current
  • Successfully recruited and onboarded 10 Undergraduate CEC members, leading to a 15% increase in team productivity.
  • Created scales to accurately measure candidates' success within the role, resulting in a 20% improvement in candidate evaluation accuracy.
  • Centralized admissions data by processing and organizing 250 individual student profiles and application data points using R Studio, streamlining data accessibility and saving 3 hours per week for the admissions team.
  • Managed 30 reimbursements, vendor payments, and transaction reconciliations accurately and in a timely manner, ensuring 100% accuracy and on-time payments.
  • Contributed to the planning and execution of 5 impactful social justice initiatives or programs within a university setting, increasing student engagement by 25%.
  • Orchestrated and managed 10 events, ensuring seamless logistics and positive attendee feedback, resulting in a 10% increase in event satisfaction ratings..

Research Assistant [Protective Memory/Mnemic Neglect Lab]

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
04.2022 - 05.2023
  • Assisted in 1 Psychology Research Participation System studies conducted on SONA system that made participation more manageable to 250 students, increasing participation rates by 15%.
  • Included briefing, de-briefing, proctoring, and providing credit to 250 Syracuse University students for completing the experiment in 4 months.

Research Assistant [Intergroup Bias Lab]

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
01.2021 - 04.2023
  • Assisted in 2 Psychology Research Participation System studies conducted on SONA system that made participation more manageable to 350 students, enhancing the efficiency of research data collection by 25%.
  • Guided a team of 4 students in a social media code project that examines the psychological costs of vicarious racism such as Black Americans' despair and hatred, leading to a 25% increase in project completion efficiency.

Research Assistant [Psychology Research Initiative in Diversity Enhancement (PRIDE) Program]

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
01.2022 - 12.2022
  • Analyzed and studied 410 Republicans survey data before and after the 2020 presidential election, results indicate republicans' feelings of warmth toward Biden supporters on a scale of 1 to 7 before the election was 2.75 (mean) and 2.88 (mean) after the election
  • Designed an experiment examining correlations with perceived East Asian accents and stereotypes within occupations, education, income, and intelligence, presented my original research proposal to a panel of 50 graduate students.

Education

Master of Arts - Industrial Organizational Psychology

New York University
New York, NY
05-2025

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
05-2023

Skills

  • R Studio
  • Python
  • Qualtrics
  • Microsoft Excel
  • JASP 2
  • JAMOVI
  • Google Docs

Languages

  • English, Native
  • Kiswahili, Native
  • Luo, Fluent
  • Spanish, Conversational
  • French, Conversational

Timeline

Graduate Assistant

NYU Martin Luther King Jr. Scholars Program
11.2023 - Current

Research Assistant [Protective Memory/Mnemic Neglect Lab]

Syracuse University
04.2022 - 05.2023

Research Assistant [Psychology Research Initiative in Diversity Enhancement (PRIDE) Program]

Syracuse University
01.2022 - 12.2022

Research Assistant [Intergroup Bias Lab]

Syracuse University
01.2021 - 04.2023

Master of Arts - Industrial Organizational Psychology

New York University

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

Syracuse University

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