Isabel Kenner

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About Isabel Kenner

Psychology faculty and research specialist with a master's in psychology and doctoral studies in psychology (PhD expected 2024): • Engaging instructor with experience teaching general psychology, principles of motivation, social psychology, human development, and others in diverse higher education contexts • Manage several online platforms including Canvas, Moodle, Zoom, Turnitin, and Unicheck. • Mastery of APA 7th edition guidelines. Anonymous student quotes from evaluations:"The instructor did everything well! Her communication and delivery of the content was above and beyond anything I have witnessed in my entire bachelor's journey.""One of the best instructors I have had at Franklin. Professor Kenner reached out and was responsive to emails. I felt she had my best interests at heart and was invested in my success in her class." “This instructor fostered an environment where everyone was encouraged to participate. It was also obvious from her words and actions that she truly cared about how we did during the class. She made it clear that she is always open to scheduling meetings to help students. She provided feedback that made it obvious that she read our papers thoroughly and simply wanted to help us improve.” : Successful experience conducting quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research studies. Manage SPSS, Qualtrics, NVivo, and currently learning STATA and R Prepare regulatory documents including IRB applications, consent forms, among others Conducted quantitative study during my bachelor's degree on burnout in a public hospital nurse population in Lima, Peru, qualitative study on the reconstruction of the self after a relationship dissolution, mixed methods study on the role of maximizing in adolescents' decision-making, and currently a mixed methods study on cognitive biases and prejudice. Other research interests include social justice, prejudice and discrimination, cognitive biases and heuristics, social-cognitive theory, and others aimed at improving health and wellbeing for vulnerable populations. Research study on maximizing was selected to be presented at the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention in Washington DC, 2023, and was recently published on Current Psychology, a peer-reviewed Springer scientific journal. Selected as a reviewer for Current Psychology, peer-reviewed scientific journal by Springer, in October 2023.