VICMARIE VARGAS ÁLVAREZ

Urb. Moca Gardens 489 Calle Orquídea Moca, P.R. 00676 | (939) 248-6679 |
vicmarie.vargas@upr.edu

EDUCATION
2013 - Present B.A. IN PSYCHOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, MAYAGUEZ, P.R.
GPA 3.61
Major GPA 3.91
Expected date of graduation: June 2018
2014 - Present CERTIFICATION IN SECONDARY EDUCATION - SOCIAL
STUDIES
Expected date of graduation: June 2018

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Fall 2016 - Spring Programa de Adiestramiento en Investigación Subgraduada
2017 (PAIS)
[Undergraduate Research Training Program]
Department of Psychology
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus
Research Project Title: Impact of screen technologies and
digital applications in early childhood
Mentor: Dr. Luisa Guillemard, Ph.D.
Responsibilities: Literature review, development of interview
protocols for parents and children, conducting interviews, data
entry and analysis of results using SPSS. Construction of
graphics and tables for oral and poster presentations.

PRESENTATIONS
González, A., Rivera, N., Román, J., Toro, Y. & Vargas, V. (2017, August). Perfil de la

presencia y uso de las tecnologías de pantalla en familias puertorriqueñas

[Profile of the presence and use of screen technologies in Puerto Rico families].

Paper presented at the XXIV Simposio de Investigacion Subgraduada en las

Ciencias Sociales, Mayagüez P.R.

Guillemard, L., Toro, Y., Rivera N., Torres, E. González, A., Rodríguez, M., Vargas, V.,

Miranda, C. & Román, J. (2017, August). Do we agree? Evaluation of apps by

 parents and children. Poster presented in the American Psychological

Association Annual Convention, Washington D.C.

OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES

Spring 2017 Seminar on Psychological Research (PSIC 4065)
Department of Psychology
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez P.R.
Research Project Title: Relationship between Academic Stress
and Sports Performance
Responsibilities: Design and conduct a study to explore the
relationship between academic stress and sports performance in
college students.
2016 - Present Profesor: Eduardo Lugo, Ph.D.
Fall 2017 NIH Certification (National Institute of Health)
Protecting Human Research Participants
Mentoring for Achievement in Psychology Students (MAPS)
MAPS is an undergraduate peer-mentoring program for
psychology students interested in continuing graduate school.
Activities are focused on developing communication skills,
teamwork, professional development and other soft skills.
Mentor: Luisa Guillemard, Ph.D.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
August 2017 125th American Psychological Association Annual Convention,
Washington, DC

LEADERSHIP
2017 - Present Historian, Association of Psychology Students (AEPSIC)
Responsibilities: Record keeping of official documents
Newsletter and web administration; and report writing

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COMMUNITY SERVICE
Spring 2016 University Institute for the Development of Communities, Mayaguez
P.R.
Responsibilities: Interviewing members of the community to explore
their needs
Distribution of a survey to evaluate their community leaders.
Meetings with the community board to review and discuss the
evaluation results
Development of a Teamwork and Leadership Workshop
Writing reports of the work done with the Community board
Report writing
Mentor: Lizzie Garcia, Ph.D.

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILITATIONS

2017 - American Psychology Association (APA)
Present
2015 - Association of Psychology Students (AEPSIC)
Present

HONORS AND AWARDS

2017 - The International Honor Society in Psychology University of Puerto
Present Rico Mayaguez Campus (Psi Chi)
2015 - Honor Student of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of the University
Present of Puerto Rico – Deans List

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
2014 - University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus - Varsity Weightlifting
Present Team

LANGUAGE SKILLS
English and Spanish (native)

COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS)
Qualtrics Research Suite and Survey Monkey (design and administration of online
surveys)

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