Plainly put, individuals acquire identities over time, identities whose origins and meanings derive from their interactions with the social groups and organizations that surround them.
~ Psychologists Richard Ryan & Edward Deci, 1977
In psychology, the self-concept is multilayered and continuously shaped via our life experiences and our shifting relationships with our social groups.
In line with the idea of a layered self-concept, my own multidisciplinary identities are shared below 👇🏾
Psychology, Media, & Technology
Cyberpsychologist
Exploring human-machine interaction, with special attention to artificial intelligence and algorithmically-driven technologies, to understand the impacts on the human mind and its wellbeing.
Media Psychologist
Applying psychological science to the interaction between people and all forms of media technologies (with a flourishing emphasis on positive media technologies and expertise with social media networks).
Positive Technologist
Studying and designing human-computer interactions for evidence-based well-being interventions, with a benevolent focus on happiness, empathy, and human resilience.
Political “Tech”ologist
Understanding the psychological roots and technological underpinnings influencing political behavior, motivated reasoning, and other dimensions of digital politics.
Neuro Design & Creative
Neuroaesthetics & Semiotics
Designing persuasive experiences by leveraging facets from psychological aesthetics, neuroscience, and human evolution.
Creative Technologist
Enhancing human-centeredness across user experiences and information technology solutions for digital innovation projects in collaboration with production and marketing departments.
Graphic Designer
Producing strong visual communications to aestheticize narratives and information to escalate emotion, relevance, and meaning.
Illustrator & Visual Artist
Depicting, drawing, and otherwise communicating via hand-drawn and traditional methods as much as possible before incorporating digital elements or computerized processes.
Education
Memberships
- PhD, Media Psychology
Fielding Graduate University | began January 2020 … in progress - MA, Media Psychology
Fielding Graduate University | 2019 - MFA, Illustration
Academy of Art University | graduation 2021 - BS, Business Administration
Strayer University | 2017
Psychology
Responsible Technology
Visual Art & Illustration