CURRICULUM VITAE - Julie Rathke Morales

Julie R. Morales
Institute of Child Development
University of Minnesota
51 East River Road
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Phone: 612-624-3347 (lab)
Phone: 651-487-1888 (home)
Email: rath0048@tc.umn.edu

Institute of Child Development
University of Minnesota
1998 Graduate Program in Child Development
Expected date of graduation June 2003

Hunter College of the City University of New York
B.A. June 1998
Graduated Summa cum Laude
Major: Psychology and Honors
Minor: Philosophy

North Shore Community College, Lynn, Massachusetts
1985 to 1989
Major: Business Management
Minor: History

Research Fellow, 1998-2001
National Science Foundation Minority Graduate Research Fellowship

Honorable Mention 1998
Ford Foundation Doctoral Fellowship Program for Minorities

Research Fellow, 1996-1998
National Institute of Mental Health
Career Opportunities in Research, Education and Training Program

Research Fellow, 1997
National Science Foundation, University of Minnesota, and the National Institute of Mental Health
Summer Research Opportunities for Undergraduates Program in the Behavioral Sciences

Award Recipient 1998
Hunter College Psychology Department
Livingston Welch Research and Scholarship Award
Livingston Welch Service Award

Award Recipient 1998
Hunter College Division of Social Sciences
Frances Morehouse Alpha Chi Alpha Award

Dean’s List Hunter College 1994 to 1998
Psi Chi National Honor Society, 1996
Golden Key National Honor Society, 1996
Hunter College Honors Program Scholar, 1995-1998
Latino Honor Society of Hunter College 1997-1998
Nominated for American Psychological Association Minority Undergraduate Students of Excellence Award, 1998

September 1998- Currently	NSF Minority Graduate Research Fellow University of Minnesota, Institute of Child Development
	Mentor: Dr. Nicki Crick Project Kids: Duties as listed below with additional responsibilities of statistical analyses for various reports on project progress, coordinating school visits for child surveys, and conducting sociometrics administration at elementary schools participating in project.

June-August 1997	Research Fellow
	University of Minnesota, Institute of Child Development Mentor: Dr. Nicki Crick Project Kids: Participated in compilation of measures and response scales for 5 year longitudinal study on familial and social cognitive factors of aggression in middle childhood. Conducted extensive interviews with individual members of target families. Assisted in facilitating contact with families. Adolescent Aggression: Hostile Attribution and Maladjustment Designed and conducted research study on relationship between adolescent aggression and personality variables. Compiled and submitted IRB proposal for study. Interviewed participants and collated questionnaires. Conducted statistical analyses and interpretation of data.
September 1996 to June 1997	Research Fellow, NIMH COR Program Division of Child Development
	Cornell University Medical College Mentor: Dr. Mary Jo Ward Failure to Thrive Study: Assisted in research study on environmental and biological factors related to FTT in children. Participated in and filmed Ainsworth’s Strange Situation. Obtained salivary cortisol samples and anthropomorphic measurements. Administered, coded and interpreted measures of psychosocial variables. Assisted in data entry.
Spring 1997	Independent Research Scholar
	Hunter College of the City University of New York Psychology Department Mentor: Dr. Vita Rabinowitz Adolescent Coping: Identifying Common Stressors in an Urban Population. Designed and conducted a study to identify daily stressors in the lives of urban adolescents. Observed weekly "life skills" workshop for adolescents for 2 months. Administered open ended questionnaires. Categorized results qualitatively and conducted statistical comparison to previous findings.

Fall 1996

Psychology Tutor

Search for Elevation, Education and Knowledge Program
Hunter College of the City University of New York
Supervisor: Denise Simmons
Contacted individual students and coordinated tutoring schedules.
Compiled tutoring session plans. Identified problem areas for individual students. Assisted students in development of study skills, notetaking and time management procedures. Assigned students study practice exercises.

1996-1997	President of Hunter College Chapter of Psi Chi
	Hunter College of the City University of New York Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jason Young Chapter awarded 1997 Psi Chi Eastern Regional Chapter Award. Directed and coordinated activities of club members. Organized fieldtrips, fund raising and lecture events. Organized and coordinated the production of the Annual Hunter College Psychology Convention. Assisted in production of chapter and convention program and materials.

1997-1998	Co-author of National Community Service Grant
	Psi Chi and the Psychological Society of Hunter College of the City University of New York Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jason Young Promoting Higher Education through Mentoring. Created project and wrote community service grant proposal to the National Community Service Corporation. The grant proposal was for the funding of a celebration of the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. through a community service project to provide mentors to underprivileged high school students. Grant awarded November 29, 1997 in the amount of $1500.00.

1996-1998	Senior Editor of Psych News
	Hunter College Psychology Department Newsletter Hunter College of the City University of New York Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jason Young Solicited articles and information from students and faculty in psychology department for publication. Wrote feature articles and editorials. Created and organized newsletter layout. Formatted and edited articles. Represented publication as Hunter College Media Board member.

American Psychological Association - Student Member
Psi Chi National Honor Society in Psychology
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society - Associate Member
Society for Research in Adolescence - Student Member
Society for Research in Child Development - Student Member

Rathke, Julie R. (Program Thesis). Adolescent Aggression: Hostile attribution and maladjustment. Proceedings of the Research Experience for Undergraduates Program in the Behavioral Sciences, Summer 1997. University of Minnesota.

May 1997, Adolescent coping: Identifying common stressors in an urban population. Poster presentation at the 25^th Annual Hunter College Psychology Convention, New York, NY.

August 1997, October 1997, Adolescent aggression: hostile attribution and maladjustment. Presentation at the Summer Research Program in the Behavioral Sciences Seminar at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

October 1997, Participating in a student research conference. Invited speaker in the symposium Psi Chi workshop: Encouraging excellence in student research, at the New England Psychological Association Conference, Stonehill College, North Easton, MA.

November 1997, How to present social science research. Invited speaker in pre-conference workshop by the Psychological Association of Fordham University, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, New York, NY.

November 1997, How to vitalize an existing campus student club. Invited speaker in Psi Chi and Psi Beta mini-workshop at the Ninth Annual Greater New York Conference on Social Research, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, New York, NY.

March 1998, Honors and Grade Inflation. Invited speaker in Hunter College Honors Program panel discussion during Honors Week at Hunter College. Representing the Honors Program, Psi Chi, Latino Honor Society, and the COR Program. Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, NY.

May 1998, Do your friends and lovers push you around?: An examination of physical and relational aggression in adolescent peer and romantic relationships. Presentation at the 26^th Annual Hunter College Psychology Convention, New York, NY.

April 1999, Hostile Attribution and Aggression in Adolescent Peer and Romantic Relationships. Poster presentation at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.