Maria T. Arroyo
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EDUCATION
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Ph.D. in Psychology, 2014; M.A. in Social Psychology, 2009
Relevant coursework: Behavioral Approaches to Decision-making & Negotiation and Entrepreneurial Finance
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
B.A., magna cum laude, high honors in Cognitive Science, 2005, Music minor, Phi Beta Kappa
NON-PROFIT EXPERIENCE
Boston Choral Ensemble, Boston, MA
President, 2010-2014, Treasurer, 2009-2013
• Stabilized the organization by substantially reducing costs by 30% through negotiations and barters, securing
501(c)(3) status, and establishing long-term development, marketing, and membership plans.
• Nurtured donor relationships and member involvement to increase community involvement.
• Restructured board from ad hoc to focused committees through intensive discussions with members.
• Managed monthly meetings and day-to-day functioning of 9 member all-volunteer board.
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
Sensory Spectrum, Chatham, NJ
Statistical Analyst for Sensory Consulting Company, Summer 2010
• Contributed to rigorous measurements of sensory qualities of consumer products.
• Analyzed descriptive and consumer data with univariate and multivariate techniques to explain consumers’
evaluations of clients’ products from a sensory perspective.
• Interpreted consumer data in presentations and advertising claims for Fortune 500 clients.
TEACHING & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Teaching Assistant, 2009-2014
• Taught statistics for ~70 psychology graduate students (awarded teaching certificate of distinction)
• Lead debates in practice of good psychological science (awarded teaching certificate of distinction)
• Taught social psychology for managers and policy analysts to ~30 students (Kennedy School of Government)
Graduate Research in Social and Cognitive Psychology, 2009-2014
• Designed and programmed original experiments on the border of social and cognitive psychology.
• Analyzed wide range of data: from psychophysical data to studies with over 32,000 respondents.
• Interpreted and summarized results for talks, poster presentations, and publication.
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Research Assistant in Social and Cognitive Psychology, 2005-2007
• Programmed, ran and analyzed visual attention and decision making experiments.
• Edited book chapters, articles, and editorials for Nobel-prize winner John Smith.
• Self-taught hardware and software problem solver for both Macintosh and Windows users.
SKILLS
Software: Proficient in SPSS, MS Office, MatLab, internet research. Experience with C++,
ClarisDraw, Dreamweaver, EndNote, HTML, Java, Perl, Photoshop, PsyScope, SAS, and Systat.
Languages: Strong comprehension of French and Italian.
Maria successfully landed a position as an Evaluation Consultant for a consulting firm that serves
foundations and non-profit organizations. She emphasized her leadership role in restructuring a non-profit
choral group while in grad school, and her brief consulting experience. Had she been applying for
positions in arts administration or in market research, she could have used the category headings “Arts
Administration Experience” and “Market Research Experience” instead of the “Non-Profit” and “Consulting”