Sara Tedrick Parikh

Hi, I'm Sara Tedrick Parikh, a counseling psychology doctoral candidate with an interest in grief research and underserved populations.

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Sara Tedrick Parikh is a counseling psychology doctoral candidate with research interests in college student grief and a focus on community outreach and service-learning. She has held several graduate research and teaching assistant positions and has developed excellent professional written and oral communication skills.Sara's dissertation focuses on the support gap between grieving students and their peers and on how to create an intervention that would overcome barriers to peer grief support. The first phase of her project is in press in Death Studies and was presented at APA in San Diego. She also gave an invited talk about her project at the Fifth Annual Conference on College Student Bereavement in Raleigh. Sara Tedrick Parikh is currently focused on analyzing data for her dissertation and plans to defend in late summer 2013. In September 2013, she will start her pre-doctoral internship in psychology at the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Shakopee, MN, an all-female facility. Her experiences there will include group therapy, assessment, and treatment for chemical dependency. Sara's professional interests beyond grief and loss include social justice, advocacy, and mentorship. She plans to relocate to northern New Jersey in September 2014 to be near family, and she is currently exploring career opportunities including academia, correctional facilities, and university counseling centers.Sara Tedrick Parikh is actively seeking to grow her professional network! Find her on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/saratedrickparikh), Twitter (twitter.com/sjtedrickparikh), and her blog (saratedrickparikh.wordpress.com).

Graduate Research Assistant at Purdue University

August 2011 - July 2012

Completed manuscript writing and design for dissertation project through Purdue Research Foundation grant, written by self and submitted through Dr. Heather Servaty-Seib.

Practicum Clinician (Assessment Clinic) at Purdue Psychology Research and Treatment Center

August 2011 - May 2012

Conducted intellectual and personality assessments with adult undergraduate students and child/adolescent community members; assessments included the WAIS-IV, WISC-IV, WJ-III, Beery 6, PAI, BDI, BAI, ASEBA, Conner's, Vanderbilt, TOWRE, CDI, and MASC (Elizabeth Akey, PhD, HSPP)

Intake Clinician and Childcare Provider at BRIDGe (By Remembering I Develop and Grow)

November 2009 - May 2012

Conducted intake interviews, facilitated family time at the end of the night, provided childcare (Heather Servaty-Seib, PhD, HSPP)

Andrews Fellowship Graduate Research Assistant at Purdue University

August 2007 - July 2011

Assisted a tenured professor with literature review, manuscript writing, research design, data collection and analysis, service-learning marketing and planning, administrative work, and other tasks as needed. Developed skills in all steps of research, writing, presenting, and service-learning. Co-authored a book chapter, conference poster and oral presentations, and peer-reviewed journal article.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Listening and Leadership: Applied Skills for Advancement and Promotion at Purdue University

January 2011 - May 2011

Prepared and delivered lecture and interactive class sessions, designed project guidelines, facilitated Blackboard discussions, and evaluated students' performance (participation, written and oral communication, group project) for first section of multidisciplinary undergraduate course with 18 students (Carrie Wachter Morris, PhD)

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Graduate Counseling Theory and Skills Lab at Purdue University

August 2009 - December 2010

Assisted instructor of record with lesson plan delivery and in-class counseling skills demonstrations, facilitated Blackboard discussions, evaluated students' written performance (including case analysis), observed student triads for practical component (four-session counseling role-plays), and provided individual supervision for practical component for two classes of 12-14 first-year counseling psychology and school counseling students (instructor of record: Carrie Wachter Morris, PhD)

Practicum Clinician at Four County Counseling Center

August 2009 - June 2010

Counseled adult, adolescent, and child clients from the community and led a weekly group for day treatment clients (Stress Management in fall, Women's Issues in spring); presenting issues included interpersonal difficulties, domestic violence, grief, depression, anxiety, psychosis, attention difficulties, eating disorders, and identity exploration (Rebecca Lancaster, PhD, HSPP; James Noll, PhD, HSPP)

Practicum Clinician (Therapeutic Assessment Practicum) at Purdue Counseling and Guidance Center

January 2010 - May 2010

Collaborated with at-risk undergraduate students (Purdue Promise) for career and personality consultation using Finn's three-session therapeutic assessment approach; assessments included the Strong, Rokeach Values Survey, 16-PF, and MMPI-2 (William Hanson, PhD)

Practicum Clinician at Purdue Counseling and Guidance Center

August 2008 - May 2009

Counseled adult clients from the university and local community; presenting issues included identity exploration, eating disorder, sexual identity, social skills, grief, depression, anxiety, and family-of-origin issues (Heather Servaty-Seib, PhD, HSPP; M. Carole Pistole, PhD)

Instructor at Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions

June 2005 - August 2007

Prepared students for standardized tests, including SAT, ACT, GRE, and TOEFL. Developed pedagogical and interpersonal strategies to engage students individually and in classrooms (2-13 students).

Graduate Research Assistant, SLED project at Purdue University

August 2012

Managed IRB forms, communication with participating teachers, and quantitative data for a multi-phase, multi-site NSF-funded project (Science Learning through Engineering and Design) under Dr. Todd Kelley. Managed a large (17,000 tests) data set. Created new procedures to match new data collection protocol. Coordinated with a multidisciplinary team of graduate assistants and co-PIs.

Purdue University

2007 – 2014

PhD (in progress)

The University of Akron

2003 – 2007

BA

Concentration: Psychology

Claymont High School

2000 – 2004

Counseling, research, outreach, mentoring, and food.