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My research experiences extend, broadly, from social psychology, developmental psychology, adulthood and aging to more clinically applied research in substance use, specifically excessive alcohol consumption. Throughout my research experiences, I have gained an extensive background in research design and methodology as well as data analysis and statistics. In addition, I am a very proficient editor and science writer.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Database Management
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Psychology
• ☆ Developmental Psychology
• ☆ Substance Abuse
• ☆ Alcohol Abuse Treatment
• ☆ Research
• ☆ Research Methodology

Services

• Writing
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

May 2013 - Present

Graduate Teaching Assistant

West Virginia University

August 2009 - May 2013

Research Assistant

Saint Vincent College

June 2008 - May 2009

National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates

Western Kentucky University

June 2008 - August 2008

Education

Ph.D. in Life-Span Developmental Psychology (Psychology)

West Virginia University

August 2009 - December 2013

M.S. in Life-Span Developmental Psychology (Psychology)

West Virginia University

August 2009 - May 2012

B.S. in Psychology (Psychology)

Saint Vincent College

August 2005 - May 2009

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Donald M. Dougherty, Tara E. Karns, Jillian Mullen, Yuanyuan Liang, Sarah L. Lake, John D. Roache, Nathalie Hill-Kapturczak(2015). Transdermal alcohol concentration data collected during a contingency management program to reduce at-risk drinking . Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 148. p. 77--84. Elsevier {BV}

Donald M. Dougherty, Tara E. Karns, Jillian Mullen, Yuanyuan Liang, Sarah L. Lake, John D. Roache, Nathalie Hill-Kapturczak(2015). Corrigendum to {\textquotedblleft}Transdermal alcohol concentration data collected during a contingency management program to reduce at-risk drinking{\textquotedblright} . Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Elsevier {BV}

Donald M. Dougherty, Nathalie Hill-Kapturczak, Yuanyuan Liang, Tara E. Karns, Sarah L. Lake, Sharon E. Cates, John D. Roache(2014). The Potential Clinical Utility of Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring Data to Estimate the Number of Alcoholic Drinks Consumed . Addictive Disorders {\&} Their Treatment. p. 1. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Donald M. Dougherty, Nathalie Hill-Kapturczak, Yuanyuan Liang, Tara E. Karns, Sharon E. Cates, Sarah L. Lake, Jillian Mullen, John D. Roache(2014). Use of continuous transdermal alcohol monitoring during a contingency management procedure to reduce excessive alcohol use . Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 142. p. 301--306. Elsevier {BV}

Nathalie Hill-Kapturczak, John D. Roache, Yuanyuan Liang, Tara E. Karns, Sharon E. Cates, Donald M. Dougherty(2014). Accounting for sex-related differences in the estimation of breath alcohol concentrations using transdermal alcohol monitoring . Psychopharmacology. 232. (1). p. 115--123. Springer Science $\mathplus$ Business Media

Tara Karns, JoNell Strough, Leo Schlosnagle, Philip Lemaster, Nipat Pichayayothin(2013). No Time to Waste: Restricting Life-Span Temporal Horizons Decreases the Sunk-Cost Fallacy . Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 27. (1). p. 78--94. Wiley-Blackwell

JoNell Strough, Tara E. Karns, Leo Schlosnagle(2011). Decision-making heuristics and biases across the life span . Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1235. (1). p. 57--74. Wiley-Blackwell

Schlosnagle, L., Karns, T., & Strough, J. (2011). Green thumbs, healthy joints: Volunteers, not dollars, predict program engagement. International Journal of Volunteer Administration, 28(1).

Karns, T. E., & Rivardo, M. G. (2010). Noticing of an Unexpected Event is Affected by Attentional Set for Expected Action. North American Journal of Psychology, 12, 637-649.

Karns, T.E., Irvin, S.J., Suranic, S.L., & Rivardo, M. G. (2009). Collaborative Recall Reduces the Effect of a Misleading Post Event Narrative. North American Journal of Psychology, 11(1), 17-28.