B.S. Major: Biology, Minors: Psychology & Chemistry, December Prairie View A&M University. Generalist 4-8, Texas Educator Certificate

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1 4226 Bayglen Ct. Houston, TX Phone: EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS Ph.D. Health Psychology, Virginia State University. December Dissertation: Parental expectations and academic achievement revisited: A meditation analysis (Chair: Zewelanji Serpell, PhD) M.S. Clinical Psychology. Virginia State University. May Thesis: Infusing culture into the curriculum: Examining the impacts of prompts on math performance. B.S. Major: Biology, Minors: Psychology & Chemistry, December Prairie View A&M University. Generalist EC-4, Texas Educator Certificate Generalist 4-8, Texas Educator Certificate Current Current TEACHING EXPERIENCE Adjunct Instructor, Department of Psychology, Virginia State University PSYCH 317, Quantitative Methods Met and assisted students during office hours and scheduled times, assessed level of competency; facilitate the learning of mid-level statistical procedures; presented real life/research based scenarios to apply skills learned in course. (08/ /2012) Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, Virginia State University PSYC, Abnormal Psychology Delivered lectures; assisted faulty member with classroom instruction, exams and record keeping; tutored and mentored students. (08/ /2008) Elementary Teacher, Spring Independent School District, 1 st Grade Generalist, Science Team Leader Plan, prepare and deliver district based curriculum, engage students in learning, manage classroom and student behavior to provide a ideal learning environment, establish positive relationships with parents, create and plan best methods for implementing science into learning. (08/ /2007) Elementary Teacher, Houston Independent School District, 5 th Grade Generalist Plan, prepare and deliver district based curriculum, engage students in learning, manage classroom and student behavior to provide a ideal learning environment establish positive relationships with parents, create and plan best methods for implementing science into learning. (08/ /2005) Undergraduate Math Tutoring Assistant. Prairie View A&M University SMET Program (Science, Math, Engineering and Technology). Prairie View, TX (08/ /2003)

2 GRANT WORK & AWARDS Early Career Scholar Fellow. 23 rd Biennial Meeting of the International Society of the Study of Behavioral Development. Shanghai, China. (2014). Project Manager. Exploring the Malleability of Executive Control. Institute of Education Sciences. $1,049,094. ( ) Virginia Graduate Research Institute Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Service (2014) Consultant. Students: Outreach, Applied Experiences and Service Learning. Cheryl Talley, PhD, Kim L. Johnson, Randolph Brooks, Aysha Foster, & Dhymsy Owens, Virginia State University Proposal Objectives: Funds used to allow students to improve their research skills in areas of collecting and managing data, observing the effectiveness of health related activities and analyzing data for future research. Amount Granted: $3,000 (2012) Graduate Research Assistant. Affect in Socially-Mediated ipad-based Cognitive Training. National Science Foundation through Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center-SMA. $83,222. ( ) Award Recipient. VSU NASA Grant Scholarship: Developing Systems to Assess Stress levels in African Americans During Cognitive Tasks. $500. (2011) PUBLICATIONS Peer-Reviewed Whitehill, J., Serpell, Z., Lin, Y., Foster, A., Movellan, J. (2014). The faces of Engagement: Automatic Recognition of Student Engagement from Facial Expressions. IEEE: Transactions on Affective Computing. Manuscripts/Book Chapters in Progress Serpell, Z., Foster, A., Riley, T. (in Progress). The Right Way to be in School: Race Based Expectations and Exclusion in American Education. In Drakeford, L. (Ed.) The Race Controversy in America. Connecticut: Praeger Publishing. Foster, A; Serpell, Z (in progress). Parental Expectations and Academic Achievement Revisited: A meditational analysis. Other Publications Whitehill, J., Serpell, Z., Foster, A., Lin, Y., Pearson, B., Bartlett, M., & Movellan, J. (2011). Towards an optimal affect-sensitive instructional system of cognitive skills. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshop on Human Communicative Behavior. Boyd, K., Hill, O., Perkins, P., Whittington, M., Owens, D., Johnson, K., Foster, A. (2010). SAVY Coalition 2010 Youth Needs Assessment of Petersburg, VA.

3 SELECTED POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS Serpell, Z. & Foster, A. (2013). Science-Based Research in Schools: Unpacking the insurmountable. Presentation at the 18 th Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health, Washington, DC. Amanda Aldercotte, Krystal Thomas, Tiera Willis, Aysha Foster, Zewelanji Serpell, Teresa Parr, Michelle Ellefson. (2013). Hot Executive Function in At-risk Children: The Validity of the Hungry Donkey Task. Foster, A., Lin, Y., Whitehill, J., Serpell, Z., Movellan, J. & Bartlett, M. (2012). Using ipad Technology to Optimize Training of Minority College Students on a Logic and Reasoning Task. Poster Presentation Temporal Dynamic of Learning Center Conference Foster, A., Owens, D., Perkins, P. (2012). Preparing for Graduate School. Panel Speaker: Annual Black Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Petersburg, VA. Lin, Y, Serpell, Z., Pearson, B., Vixamar-Owens, D., Foster, A., & Hill, O. (2011) Family structure, levels of family disengagement and working memory gains among African American high school students. Poster presented at the annual Emerging Researchers Network conference, Washington, Lin, Y., Serpell, Z., Pearson, B., Vixamar-Owens, D., Foster, A, & Hill, O. (2011) Executive functioning skills predict post-intervention gains in math performance among African American high school students. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada. Aysha Foster, Yi-Ching Lin, Jacob Whitehill, Zewelanji Serpell, Javier Movellan & Marian Bartlett. (2011). Influence of Nonverbal Behaviors on ipad based Training of Minority College Students. Poster Presentation Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center Conference, San Diego, CA. Serpell, Z., Whitehill, J., Foster, A., Lin, Y., Pearson, B., Movellan, J. & Barlett, M. (2011). Sensitivity to non-verbal behavior influences cognitive training of minority students. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting for the Association of Psychological Science, Washington, D.C. Fife, J., Foster, A. (2010). Religiosity and risky health behaviors. American Psychological Association. Foster, A. & Serpell, Z.N. (2009). Infusing culture into the curriculum: Examining the impact of motivational prompts on math performance. Poster presented at 21 st Annual National Black Graduate Students Conference, Houston, TX. Foster, A., Owens, D., Hill, O. (2009). The Effects of Family Structure and Math Self-Efficacy on Symposium Fife, J., Foster, A., Ezedi, S., Franklin, A. (2009). The Obama Effect: Examining the impact of the first Africna American president on college students. Think tank at 41 st Annual Association of Black Psychologist Conference. Atlanta, GA

4 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Project Manager. Exploring the Malleability of Executive Control Provide overall coordination of a multi-site research project; serve as a liaison for stakeholders in public school systems (Baltimore 3, Richmond 7); develop recruitment and retention events; interview, hire and terminate staff; supervise and train undergraduate research assistances; coordinate and supervise data collection and entry. (10/ /2014) Graduate Research Assistant. Affect in Socially-Mediated ipad-based Cognitive Training. Recruit and coordinate data collection sessions; data entry; scholarly presentations; implementation of physiological portion of study; ongoing updates to project design; manage undergraduate research assistant in facial coding, data entry and article reviews. (08/ /2012) Obama Study. Virginia State University Developed and facilitated recruitment plan; assisted with research design; facilitate focus groups; prepared presentations for conferences. (08/ /2009) Predicting Health Risks Behaviors and Mental Health Using Spiritual Profiling Data Collection and Entry Manager (08/ /2008) Staff Coordinator, Cognitive Mindfulness Training: Summer Enrichment Program & Cognitive Mindfulness Training, Virginia State University. Created daily program schedule, coordinated specific staff assignments, managed assessment schedule, supervised data collection, completed ongoing staff evaluations, served as one to one cognitive mindfulness coach trained student participants using BrainSkills. (Summer 2009) Undergraduate Research Assistant. Literacy Program Research and Development. Developmental Lab (Dr. V. Brown), Department of Psychology, Prairie View A&M University. Undergraduate Research Assistant. Data Collection, Texas A&M Health Science Foundation Research Program. School of Veterinary Medicine, UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico)/Texas A&M University. Mexico City, Mexico. OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Crisis Evaluator, Practicum Placement Community Service Board Richmond Behavioral Health Authority, Richmond, VA Assistant Counselor, Practicum Placement. Alternative Placement Therapeutic Day School, Practicum Placement. Metropolitan Day School, Richmond, VA PROFESSIONAL SERVICE National Black Graduate Student Association (NBGSA), National Board Member Secretary, Southeast Regional Representative

5 Virginia State University Graduate Student Association President ADDITIONAL SKILLS Psychological Assessment Training: Standardized Intelligence Assessments, Intake & Interviewing, Personality Assessments Weschlers Battery of Assessments Facial Action Coding System (FACS) Certification Experience with statistical software (SPSS Statistical Package for Social Science) and data analysis. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel.