
                              Debra Martinson
                              Curriculum Vitae
                                      
  Profile
  
   Available as an unpaid laboratory assistant in psychology preparatory
       to making graduate school applications this winter. Exceptional
       computer skills, strong research interests in self-injury,
       self-schema theory, group dynamics, and research methods. Current
       project: forming non-profit corporation to coordinate resources,
       gather information, and educate public about self-injury. Also
       running online support groups for those who self-injure, and
       running 400-member email list for self-harmers.
       
  Personal Details
  
   Address: 2607 22nd Ave W
       Seattle, WA 98199
       
   Telephone: (206) 284-9249
       
   Email: llama@palace.net
       
  Research Experience
  
   1996-present. Independent Study.
   Compiled extensive literature review in the area of self-injury and
       created an award-winning World Wide Web page.
       
   1993-94. University of Chicago/National Opinion Research Center
   Data management and statistical/computer support, Sloan Study on Youth
       and Social Development. Created all first-year SPSS and SAS data
       files, compiled demographical information, suggested areas of
       investigation, debugged SPSS code for graduate students, wrote
       basic UNIX and SPSS manuals for project workers, designed and
       co-taught UNIX class for graduate research assistants. Worked
       under Barbara Schneider, Ph.D., and Charles Bidwell, Ph.D.,
       director Ogburn-Stouffer Center of NORC.
       
   1987-89. University of Texas at Arlington
   Undergraduate thesis on shyness and stereotyped sex-role behaviors
       during initial interaction with an opposite-sex stranger (as part
       of psychology honors program). Undergraduate research assistant in
       social/personality psychology (14 semester hours of credit in
       research): coded videotapes, entered data, monitored experimental
       settings. Completed three-hour credit in directed readings.
       Research, readings, and thesis under the direction of Professor
       William Ickes, Ph.D.
       
  Publications
  
   Borman, K. M., Castenell, L., Gallagher, K., Kilgore, S. B., &
       Martinson, D. A. (1995). Education Reform and Policy Implications.
       In P. W. Cookson Jr & B. Schneider (Eds.), Transforming Schools
       (Garland Reference Library of Social Science, Vol 888). New York:
       Garland Pub.
       Martinson, D. (1997). 20 minutes until i have to go to work. Essay
       in A. Sondheim (Ed.), Being Online. New York: Lusitania Press.
       
  Education
  
   1989, University of Texas, Arlington
   B.S. Psychology, minor Mathematics (with honors)
       Overall G.P.A.: 3.65 (on 4.0 scale)
       Major G.P.A: 4.0 (60 hours of research, lab, and theory)
       GRE: 800 verbal 780 quantitative 800 analytical
       770 psychology subject
       
  Academic Honors and Awards
  
   Liberal Arts Honors Program, UTA (86-89)
       Psychology Honors Program, UTA (88-89)
       Elected to Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society, UTA (89)
       Elected to Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society, UTA (89)
       Elected to Chi Alpha Academic Honor Society, UTA (89)
       Invited to participate in conference on interdisciplinary
       collegiate education, UTA (88)
       National Merit Scholar, W.B. Ray HS (Corpus Christi, TX) (81)
       Winner, several district and regional writing awards (81)
       
  Other Relevant Work Experience
  
   1994-95. SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL.
   Technical Support Specialist.
       
   1989. University of Texas, Arlington.
   Tutored undergraduates in statistics, calculus, and English.
       
   1988-89. Crisis Intervention, Fort Worth, TX.
   Hotline crisis counselor. Put in more than 500 hours on the line, was
       a member of the Case Review Committee, and did phone training of
       new volunteers. "Volunteer of the Month," May 89 (first recipient
       of this award).
