CURRICULUM VITAÉ Education Lisette García, Ph.D. 314 W. 52 nd St. Apt. 2B 917-916-3929 ligarcia@jjay.cuny.edu 2001 Tufts University, Ph.D., Experimental Psychology Concentration in Social/ Cultural Psychology. Dissertation: Culture and Identity, on a daily basis: An examination of preference patterns and collective identity. 1999 Tufts University, M.S. Experimental Psychology. 1997 The University of Texas at El Paso B.A. Psychology- Magna Cum Laude Minor in Criminal Justice Publications García, J., Helms, W., García, L.A (under review). Stereotype threat and triggering cues: Why white men can t jump. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. García, L.A., & García, J. (under review). Language, Culture and Identity: An experimental approach. Journal of European Social Psychology. García, L.A. (under review). Culture on a daily basis: The interplay of culture and identity on choice behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Shaw, J.S. III, García, L.A. and McClure, K.A. (1999). Lay perspective on eyewitness testimony. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. vol 29 (1), 52-71. Shaw, J.S. III, García, L.A., and Robles, B. E. (1997). Cross-Language Postevent Misinformation Effects in Spanish-English Bilingual Witnesses. Journal of Applied Psychology, vol 82 (6), 889-899. Works in Progress Penrod, S., and García, L. A. (in progress). Reducing eyewitness identification errors: Procedural strategies. García, L. A., and Blot, K.J. (in progress). The Linguistic Intergroup Bias: an examination of language use on mock jurors and sentencing. García, L. A., and García, J. (in progress). Forget me not: The interplay of identity and memory.
Professional Experience 2002- present John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY. Full-time Substitute Assistant Professor and National Science Foundation Post Doctoral Fellow. 2001-2003 Phelps-Stokes Fund, New York, NY. Special Advisor to the President and Senior Fellow, and Director of the Society of Fellows As special advisor to the president, manage intra-office relations; Catalogue and monitor all of the Funds activities, programs and proposals; Design, grant writing and strategic alliances. _ As director of the fellows, create and manage program; coordinate and enhance research, teaching, outreach, advocacy and networking activities of (and between) Fellows around the mission of the Fund. 2000-2001 University College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University, Medford, MA Director of the Task-force for the Enrichment of Academia in Citizenship and Humanity (T.E.A.C.H.) and student consultant: As director, designed and created curriculum and projects; coordinated community service learning sites; lectured and discussed with students the history of education for social change. _ As consultant, aided in the creation of the university and it s mission; gave recommendations and led discussions concerning proposed programs, projects and implementation thereof; worked closely with faculty on integration of service learning into curriculum and fostered community partners; advised and mentored undergraduates on importance of research, social change and the community. 1998-2001 Tufts University, Medford, MA Graduate Student Representative for the Tufts Race Initiative Oversight Committee. Created, distributed and evaluated all colleges, departments and organizations on issues of diversity at the management, staff, faculty, and curriculum levels. Yearly presentations to the Board of Trustees were prepared and given. Recommendations and guidelines were established and shared; Diversity training and sensitivity courses were created and offered. 1997-2001 Tufts University, Medford, MA Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology 2
1996-1997 University of Texas at El Paso Research Assistant, Department of Psychology under direction of Dr. M. A. Zárate, Ph.D.; Funded by the National Science Foundation (SBR-9642582). 1995-1996 University of Texas at El Paso. Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology 1994-1996 University of Texas at El Paso, Research Assistant, Department of Psychology University Research Institute Grant. Principal investigator Dr. J. Shaw, J.D., Ph.D. 1993-1995 The Behavioral Testing Center; Coordinator and Administrator of Psychological Inventories and Scales. Under direction of Dr. M. Raskin, M.D. El Paso, TX. Teaching Experience 2002- present John Jay School of Criminal Justice, New York, NY Substitute Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology. 2001 Teaching Assistant & Interim Lecturer: Introduction to Psychology. Tufts University. 2000-2001 Instructor and director: Task-force for the Enrichment of Academia in Citizenship and Humanity (T.E.A.C.H.)- Institutional change and integrating public service learning into curriculum- History of Western thought, as well as the background and tools necessary for active citizenship and social change. University College of Citizenship and Public Service. 2000 Co-instructor: Sports in American History- Sports in the framework of American economic history, labor history, and social mobility; and race, ethnic and gender relations. Tufts University. 2000 Institute Pedagogy Courses: Introduction to College Teaching, Teaching with Writing, Assessment and Teaching, and Teaching the Undergraduate Student Population. Tufts University. 1999-2000 Teaching Assistant & Interim Lecturer: Social Experimental Psychology and Experimental Psychology section leader. Tufts University. 1998-99 Teaching Assistant & Interim Lecturer: Social Psychology, Social Experimental Psychology. Tufts University. 1998 Instructor in Advanced Placement Psychology; Somerville High School, Somerville, MA. 3
1997-98 Teaching Assistant & Interim Lecturer: Social Psychology, Experimental Psychology section leader. Tufts University. 1996 Teaching Assistant: Developmental, Abnormal, and Law Psychology. University of TX at El Paso. 1995 Teaching Assistant: Developmental, Abnormal and History & Systems. University of TX at El Paso. Teaching Interests: Cultural Psychology; Social Psychology; Experimental Psychology; Psychology of Language; Law and Psychology; Race, gender and the Law; Introduction to Psychology; Culture and Race Relations; Psychology of Chicanos; Identity and choice behavior; Mexican identity and self-concept; Psychology of religion and politics; The psychology behind movements for social change. Consulting Clients 2002- present Texas College Single Parent Support System (SPSS) Assess: Evaluate, Analyze, report and facilitate. 2002 Institute for Educational Leadership Cultural Competence Assess: Evaluate, Analyze, report and facilitate. Awards and Scholarships 2003 National Science Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship (SBR- 0319801) PI- Steven D. Penrod Grant title, Reducing eyewitness identification errors: Procedural strategies. 2000 Burger King Corporation Grant African-American/Latino Leadership Reconciliation Project Discussion paper and bibliography 2000 Tufts University Summer 2000 Institute on College Teaching Fellowship (grant and summer tuition wavier). 1999 Tufts University Graduate Student Symposium: Award for Outstanding Presentation. 1999 UCLA-Fogarty Research Fellowship in Mexico. Travel, room, board, and stipend. 1998 APA Division 41 Award- Law and Psychology Grant-in-Aid. 1998 Tufts University Summer Graduate Research Grant. 1997 Tufts University Summer Graduate Research Grant. 4
1996 National Science Foundation (SBR-9642582). Research Experiences for Undergraduates Award from the Supplemental award to NSF award SBR 9507921, PI-Michael A. Zárate. Grant title Attention, Memory, and Social Perception in a Multicultural Environment. 1996 National Science Foundation. Undergraduate Incentive for Excellence Scholarship. 1993 University of Arizona Scholarship for Minorities with Mathematical Interests. 1990 Dr. Galatzan Scholarship for minorities pursuing the sciences. Presentations 2002 Garcia, L.A. (2002). Race and public policy: The changing face of the Latino diaspora. Thurgood Marshal Judicial Center, Washington, D.C.. 2001 Garcia, L.A. (2001). Choice behavior malleability as a function of Collective identity. Tufts University, Medford, MA. 2000 García, L.A. (2000). Identity and Choice: trivial behaviors? Paper presentation at the Tufts University Departmental Cog-Lunch, Medford, MA. 2000 García. L.A. (2000). T.E.A.C.H.. Paper presentation at the first annual Venture Consortium Conference on Community Service Learning. 2000 García, L.A., Hammond, G. (2000). The effects of Language and Race on Juror decision making. Paper presentation at the Tufts University Departmental Brown Bag, Medford, MA. 2000 García, L.A., Frost, N, (2000). The Interplay between Identity and Behavior: how trivial can they get? Paper presentation at the Tufts University Departmental Cog-Lunch, Medford, MA. 2000 García, L.A., Tung, Y. (2000). Language Choice: an Asian American Paradigm. Paper presentation at the Tufts University Departmental Cog-Lunch, Medford, MA. 5
1999 García, L.A. (1999). Mexico: Culture and Identity. Paper presentation at the Tufts University Departmental Cog-Lunch, Medford, MA. 1999 García, L.A. & Blot, K.J. (1999). Swaying Juror s Perceptions: The effects of concrete vs. abstract language. Paper presentation. APLS/EAPL 1999 International Conference, Dublin, Ireland. 1999 García, L.A. & García, J. (1999). Perceptions of Language Abilities and Memory. Paper presentation APS 11th Annual Convention, Denver, CO. 1999 García, L.A. (1999). Language Choice: A bilingual s identity assertion tactic. Paper presentation at the annual Tufts University Graduate Student Research Symposium, Medford. MA. 1999 García, J., García, L.A., Ersner-Hersfiled, H., Miller, V. (1999). White Men Can t Jump. Paper presentation at the annual Tufts Undergraduate Research Symposium, Medford. MA. 1998 García, L.A. (1998). Language and Identity. Paper presentation at the Tufts University Departmental Cog-Lunch, Medford, MA. 1998 García, J., & García, L.A. (1998). Culture, Language, and Identity. Paper presentation at the first annual Stanford Mini-Conference on Culture, San Francisco, CA. 1998 García, L.A., & Shaw, J.S. III (1998). Bilingual susceptibility to post-event misinformation. Paper presentation at the biennial conference of American Psychology and Law Society, Redondo Beach, CA. 1998 García, L.A., García, J. (1998). Personal and social identity in a bilingual environment. Paper presentation at the 69th Annual Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA. 1998 García, L.A. (1998). Social identity in bilinguals. Paper presentation at the Tufts University Departmental Cog-Lunch, Medford, MA. 1997 Shaw, J.S. III, García, L.A. (1997). Misinformation Effects Across Languages in Spanish-English Bilingual Witnesses. Paper Presented at the 38th annual meeting of The Psychonomic Society, Philadelphia, PN. 1997 Shaw, J.S. III, García, L.A. and Robles, B.E. (1997). Effect s of postevent information on English-Spanish Bilinguals. Paper presented at the annual Western Psychological Association, Seattle, WA. 6
1996 Shaw, J.S. III, García, L.A. and McClure, K.A. (1996). What do lay people know about eyewitness memory: eyewitness survey with an undergraduate sample. Paper presented at the biennial conference of American Psychology and Law Society, Hilton Head, SC. 1996 García, L.A. (1996). Cross-language Post-event Misinformation and It s Effect s on Post-event Memory. Paper presented at the annual Dialogue Amongst Aggie s and Miner s, El Paso, TX. Professional Membership American Psychology and Law Society Eastern Psychological Association American Psychological Society Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues National Hispanic Caucus National Counsel of La Raza Leadership and Civic Commitment 2000- present African American / Latino(a) Reconciliation Project Guide and Mediator between NCLR and the Skinner Leadership Farm Group. History of joint coalitions exchanged; Creation of Aspen Institute model for leaders of each group; Dialogue between our leaders about our futures together and apart. 2000-2001 Tufts University College of Citizenship and Public Service project director. 2000-2001 Mystic Watershed Project- Medford, MA English to Spanish translator and local organizer 1998-2001 Graduate Student Representative for the Tufts Race Initiative Oversight Committee. 1997-2001 GSC Psychology Department Representative Organized and supported graduate students with issues ranging from funding to advisor relationships. 1997-1998 Tufts University Gallery- consultant and guide for a Chicana exhibit. Imagenes y Historia: Chicana Alter-Inspired Art. 1994-1997 Hospice of El Paso, TX. Volunteer and bereavement counselor. Worked mainly with Hispanic AIDS patients and their families. 7