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Jerry Lee Mize II
Phone: 1-(804)-712-7102
Mailing Address: 22030 Lake Jordan Dr.
North Dinwiddie, VA, 23803
Email: jlmize@vcu.edu
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jlmize
Research Interests and Summary:
My research interests are in the field of developmental psychology. Specifically, I am interested in the immediate
and lasting effects of role models, including teachers, parents, peers, and mentors, on children or adolescents in
various contexts. I am also interested in traditional and non-traditional parents and how these individuals, and their
roles, impact the child and the family. It is my goal to pursue a graduate degree in this field and gain training in
both teaching and research at the doctoral level. I am currently a senior in the Department of Psychology at Virginia
Commonwealth University, serving in two research labs, and serving as an officer in an international honors society.
Beginning in the Fall of 2016, I will be moving forward in my journey by working with Dr. Adam Winsler as a
graduate student in the Applied Developmental Psychology Master’s of Arts program at George Mason University.
Education
Virginia Commonwealth University
Bachelors of Science (B.S.) in Psychology (Expected) May 2016
Richard Bland College of William and Mary
Associates of Science (A.S.) May 2014
Research Experience
Kliewer Prevention Research Lab
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Position: Lab Supervisor August 2015 to Present
Position: Research Assistant January 2015 to August 2015
Supervisor: Dr. Wendy Kliewer
Website: http://www.preventionresearchlab.vcu.edu
Autism Spectrum Disorder in Adult Parents
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Position: Research Partner August 2015 to Present
Supervisor: Dr. Geri Lotze
Goal: To gain Institutional Review Board Approval (IRB) to assess
parental quality and stress in adult parents who are diagnosed with
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Strauss Immunotoxicology Research Laboratory
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Supervisor: Dr. Matthew Smith
Position: Paid Research Assistant June 2012 to October 2012
Awards
$200. 2016 Society of Research on Adolescence (SRA) Emerging Scholar Student Travel Award. 2016 Biennial
Meeting in Baltimore, MD, USA, March 31-April 2.
Fellowships
Summer 2015 (Paid). UROP Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Summer Fellowship. VCU. Co-
Investigator. (Principal Investigator, Kliewer). Evaluating the relationships between parental competence, parent-
adolescent relationships, and religiosity and parent messages about substance use and abuse.

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Scholarships
West End Baptist Church Academic Scholarship
Awarded each semester (Fall 2012 to Spring 2016)
Volunteer and Service Experience
Youth Coordinator July 2014 to Present
West End Baptist Church, North Dinwiddie, VA
Grades 6 – 12
Supervisor: Dr. Mark Hughes
Vice President August 2015 to May 2016
Psi Chi International Honor Society
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Supervisor: Dr. Timothy Donahue
Executive Board Member August 2015 to May 2016
Office of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity Honor Council
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Peer Reviewer January 2015 to December 2015
Auctus Journal of Undergraduate Research, Social Sciences
Virginia Commonwealth University
Certifications
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program)
o Basic/Refresher Course Human Subjects Research
▪ Completed January 13, 2015 (Expires January 12, 2017)
o Social and Behavioral Responsible Conduct of Research
▪ Completed January 15, 2015 (Expires January 14, 2017)
o General Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)
▪ Completed June 3, 2015 (No Expiration)
o Information Privacy Security (IPS)
▪ Completed August 10, 2015 (No Expiration)
Project HEART (Health and Resilience in Teens)
o Trained Interviewer February 2015 to December 2015
o VCU Grant PIs: Wendy Kliewer, Ph.D. & Jo Robbins, Ph.D.
o Completed February 2015 (Child Interviewer)
o Updated June 2015 (Parent Interviewer Status added)
Professional memberships
American Psychological Association (APA)
Member Since June 2014
Society of Research on Adolescence (SRA)
Member Since July 2015
Psi Chi International Honor Society, VCU
Member Since 2015
Golden Key International Honour Society, VCU
Member Since November 2015
Association of Psychological Sciences (APS)
Member Since June 2014

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Acquired Skills *denotes work which has occurred in a lab
§ Assigning and delegating student work*
§ Checking and providing feedback to students*
§ Manuscript writing and conference preparation*
(See Posters Presented and Publications)
§ Scheduling and managing timesheets*
§ Assisting a head lab coordinator*
§ Helping to maintain class’ Blackboard Site*
§ Leading a coding team*
§ Data entry, quality control, and transcription*
§ Document/file editing and organizing*
§ Developing and answering a research question*
(See Posters Presented and Publications)
§ Analyzing data*
§ Scientific writing*
§ Literature review*
§ Project HEART* (Certifications)
§ Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS)*
§ Coding videos and transcription*
§ Annotated Bibliographies
§ Assisting Faculty (Dr. Lotze) in writing and
Institutional Review Board (IRB) Application
§ Various Administrative Duties*
§ Budgeting
§ Community work, Event, and Fundraiser
Planning
§ Leadership*
§ Peer Reviewing
§ Office and Cloud Storage Programs
Publications
Mize, J. L. & Kliewer, W. (In Preparation). Daily hassles and changes in adjustment among low socioeconomic
status urban youth across the transition into middle or high school. Youth and Society.
Posters Presented
Mize, J. L. & Kliewer, W. (April 2016). Is parental competence, religiosity, and relationship quality associated with
substance use messages? Poster session presented at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Annual
Undergraduate Research Symposium, Richmond, VA.
Mize, J. L. & Kliewer, W. (March 2016). Contributions of daily hassles to changes in adjustment in a sample of
low-SES urban youth. Poster to be presented at the Society of Research on Adolescence’s Biennial
Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Chung, A., Guerra, L., Mize, J., Jaggi, L., & Kliewer, W. (April 2015). Post traumatic stress and externalizing
behaviors in at risk urban adolescents: A prospective study. Poster session presented at Virginia
Commonwealth University’s Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, Richmond, VA.
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/uresposters/173.
Conferences Attended
Society of Research on Adolescence (SRA) Biennial Meeting. Baltimore, MD. March 31 – April 2, 2016
References
Wendy Kliewer, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Psychology
Kliewer Research Lab Mentor and Advisor
Virginia Commonwealth University
wkliewer@vcu.edu
Geri Lotze, Ph.D., MT, MSCC
Associate Professor of Psychology
Independent Study Faculty Advisor
Virginia Commonwealth University
lotzegm@vcu.edu
Timothy Donahue, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Faculty Advisor of Psi Chi
Virginia Commonwealth University
donahuetj@vcu.edu
Mark Hughes, D.Min
Senior Pastor
Youth Coordinator Supervisor
West End Baptist Church
markhughes.pastor@gmail.com