Nick Van Zandt
Email: extinctionbursts@gmail.com

EDUCATION
Western Michigan University
Master of Arts in Industrial/Organizational Behavior Management

College of Charleston
Bachelor of Science in Psychology• Summa Cum LaudeAwards• Departmental Honors• Summer Undergraduate Research with Faculty Grant (2017)• Summer Undergraduate Research with Faculty Grant (2016)• William Bischoff Memorial Scholarship (2016)

Kalamazoo, MI
August 2018 – PresentCharleston, SC
Received: May 2018

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
Graduate Instructor for PSY 3844 Professional and Career Development
August 2018 – Present• Graded written assignments and exams.
• Guided students through a behavior modification project helping them enact behavior change onthemselves using behavior analytic principles.
• Created lectures for all eight units on topics including but not limited to the history ofpsychology, job and graduate school preparation, and behavior modification techniques.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
College of Charleston
Charleston, SC
Researcher
May 2016 – May 2018
• Studied functional behavioral units involved in reinforced behavioral variation during Summer
Undergraduate Research with Faculty (SURF) Grants and two independent studies.
• Collected data during the two SURFs for 6 (2017) or 7 (2016) days a week and twice each weekduring the independent studies. This involved working with Med-PC IV software, loading
pigeons into operant conditioning chambers, recording the data, and computing U-values.
• Read 1-3 behavior-analytic publications each week and formulated discussion questions whichwere discussed in weekly dialogues with faculty supervisor.
• Data analysis involved interpreting the data, formulating new dependent measures to quantify thedata, analyzing trends and determining stability, creating tables and figures, and other analyses.
• Wrote the literature review, methods, results, and discussion sections of an Independent Study
paper and worked on a manuscript for publication.
• Studied derived stimulus relations (DSR) for a Bachelor’s Essay in Fall 2017 and Spring 2018.
• Planned experiments based on readings and topics from DSR literature including nodal distanceeffects, testing paradigms, training structures, and developing technology from DSR.
• Programmed the experiment using MTS computer software, ran the participants, analyzed thedata,• Wrote an in-depth Bachelor’s Essay on the DSR research and contributed to a manuscript forpublication.

The New School for Social ResearchIntern••••

New York, NYSpring 2012

Created advertisements to find participants using Craigslist and posting fliers.
Organized and scheduled testing times for participants via email.
Ran testing sessions, debriefing participants in control and experimental groups.
Found and evaluated articles for literature review to examine previous research on how theenvironment impacts interpersonal attitudes.

RESEARCH DISSEMINATION
2019 Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference
Poster Presenter

Chicago, ILMay 20192017 Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis ConferencePoster Presenter

Savannah, GA
October 20172017 Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior Conference
Poster Presenter

Denver, COMay 2017

CLINICAL EXPERIENCELine Therapist at Carolina Coast Behavioral Services
Charleston, SC
Intern/Therapist
August 2016 – January 2017
• Implemented Applied Behavior Analysis programs designed to decrease socially inappropriate
behaviors and improve desirable behavior for clients with autism.
• Collected behavioral data in the field to evaluate the progress of treatment plans.
• Contributed to design of future programs to enhance client outcome.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
College of Charleston
Animal Care Worker• Fed and gave water to mice, rats, and pigeons daily.
• Cleaned cages weekly.
• Maintained laboratory conditions.

Charleston, SCMay 2016 – August 2017