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Bret Arnold

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Consortium of Universities in the Washington Metro

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My Work Experience

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Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area | Jul 2021 - Present

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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The University of Tulsa | Aug 2020 - May 2021

Bellwether Fellow

• Proposed a dissertation that interweaves research in motivation psychology and job design to explain how EHR changes the motivational architecture of healthcare work. • Coordinated data collection efforts and designed an interactive survey using Qualtrics. • Coded R scripts for data cleaning and relative dominance, multiple regression, and partial mediation analyses.

Rank the Vote Oklahoma | Aug 2020 - May 2021

Team Lead, Research and Policy

• Managed a virtual team of researchers that developed policy briefs, impact reports, and voter FAQs to mainstream procedural democracy reforms that depolarize elections and reduce negative campaigning. • Coordinated with executives to align team operations with organizational strategy and delivered reports to the executive team in statewide meetings. • Analyzed public voter data to improve election-day canvassing efforts by finding high-volume precincts across the state; outreach team doubled their projected signups in these high-volume precincts. • Use project management software to track team objectives, coordinate meetings, develop team charter, and organize team resources.

Oklahoma State Department of Health | May 2020 - Jul 2020

Public Health Intern

Health Department Rule 535 designed to improve vaccination rates through health education. • Prototyped an interactive health education module to be used by local, state, and community agencies. • Created SOP's for community health workers and an FAQ for parents and health professionals to clarify expectations about the change to Rule 535. • Designed a program evaluation that measured the change in immunization rates following the rule change and gathered information on potential weak- points in the program to guide future improvements.

The University of Tulsa | Aug 2019 - May 2020

Graduate Student Instructor

• Lectured the university course on Theories of Personality (4033) for undergraduate students. • Designed the syllabus, selected the textbook, guided class activities, formulated assignments, and facilitated class discussion. • In year-end reviews, was rated as "Always" giving prompt feedback, setting clear expectations, and respecting students by 100% of the class.

The University of Tulsa | Aug 2017 - Aug 2019

STEM ProDev Coordinator

• Funded by the National Science Foundation to design and execute a professional development program called STEM ProDev, targeting graduate- level engineers at the University of Tulsa. • Coached students using 360-degree feedback reports customized to align with the specially developed STEM ProDev competency model. • Analyzed preliminary data and reported research at the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education conference. • 80% of students said they were confident in their ability to take ownership of their professional development after participating.

University of Tulsa Women's Rowing Crew | Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

Student Consultant of Team Dynamics of Motivation

• Consulted a team of Division 1 student-athletes at the University of Tulsa with a team of classmates. • Conducted a team task analysis, coach interviews, athlete focus groups, and a team survey before presenting two intervention recommendations based on responses and observations. • Provided athletes with individualized reports using scientifically validated assessments of motivational dispositions.

Hogan Assessment Systems | May 2018 - Aug 2018

Consulting Intern

• Distilled research into client-facing presentation material delivered to Fortune 100 clients. • Improved consistency and response time for consulting team bids by systematizing the Request Price Quotation submissions. • Coached clients pro-bono with individualized personality reports on their motivations, strengths, and derailing tendencies. • Directed regional market research efforts to identify potential clients in NYC and the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Hogan Assessment Systems | May 2017 - Aug 2017

Research And Development Intern

• Assisted the Hogan Research Division team with personality based selection and development solutions, maintaining existing and developing new assessment products, and updating infrastructure. • Analyzed "dark side" behavior risks across leadership levels to present client with reader-friendly discussion. Developed white paper about how Hogan Assessments in selection reduce turnover for clients. • Prepared a SIOP 2018 paper on how the personality differences relate to team-relevant competencies.

The University of Tulsa | Aug 2016 - Aug 2017

Assistant of Graduate Application Processing

• Carefully drafted and sent emails from the Graduate School account, uploaded confidential documents into the University database, received calls and guests in the front office, and managed application files submitted for review.

Hogan Taylor Tax Firm | Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

External Student Consultant

• Conducted a job analysis with a partner to improve selection, training, and evaluation of the Tax Staff at Hogan Taylor Tax Firm. • Presented job analysis results, competency model, and selection recommendations to Hogan Taylor’s HR Director and Recruiting Specialist.

Oklahoma Christian University | Aug 2015 - Apr 2016

Psychology Department Office Assistant

Served as an aid to professors and students by running campus errands, proctoring exams, grading homework assignments, taking attendance, answering calls, making copies, and filing.

Center For Talented Youth (Johns Hopkins University) | Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

Resident Assistant

• Supervised 6th and 7th-grade residents of an international gifted and talented program at Stanford University. Coordinated social events for 160+ kids with other RA's, mediated conflicts, enforced rules, and fostered an intellectually stimulating yet socially inclusive dorm environment for a multinational student body.

CAIR-Oklahoma | May 2014 - Aug 2014

Outreach Intern

• Organized Muslims Care interfaith service projects to foster prosocial Christian-Muslim relationships, blogged for the CAIR OK website’s Know Your Qur'an campaign, attended interfaith prayer meetings, and counseled at the 2014 Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium at the OK State Capitol.

My Education

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Doctorate in IO PsychologyUniversity of Tulsa | 2021

Bachelor’s of Science in PsychologyOklahoma Christian University | 2016

Diploma Greenland High School | 2012

About Me

I'm a postdoc in industrial-organizational psychology located in the Washington DC area. I use R to predict team dynamics with personality data and automate reports on team strengths and weaknesses.

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