JOSEPH MURDICO

EMAIL:  joe@joemurdico.com

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OBJECTIVE

To teach Psychology full time at the Community College level.

 

EDUCATION
California State University, Northridge	September 1998 - June 2001
Northridge,  CA
Master's Degree- Clinical / Health Psychology; GPA: 3.81
California State University, Northridge	September 1994 - August 1997
Northridge,  CA
Bachelor of Arts- Psychology; Academic Honors; GPA: 3.58
Los Angeles Mission College	September 1992 - January 1994
Sylmar,  CA
University Transfer Certification; Dean’s List; GPA: 4.0
Ocean County College	September 1981 - June 1983
Toms River,  NJ
Associate of Arts- Speech &Theater; Dean’s List; GPA: 3.50
Toms River High School East	September 1977 - June 1981
Toms River,  NJ
Diploma; Academic Letter; GPA: 3.52

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Moorpark College	January 2001- present
Moorpark, CA
Part time faculty for PSY M01 (Introductory Psychology), PSY 016 (Personality Theories), and PSY M08 (Abnormal Psychology) classes.  Duties include preparing and teaching class lectures, maintaining student information, and holding office hours for student support outside of class.
Wells Fargo Bank	February 1991 - present
El Monte,  CA
Current duties include the maintaining of agent's work schedules, history and status; setting up and scheduling the monitoring of consumer calls for quality assurance purposes. Past duties have included answering consumer customer service calls; manning the Control Desk- monitoring of incoming calls to ensure proper staff coverage; training new hire agents, and performed in industrial video for the Telephone Banking Division. Have maintained a level 1 performance rating for the past 4 annual reviews.
Awarded "Division Agent of the Year" in 1997.
College of the Canyons	February 2005- September 2005
Santa Clarita, CA
Part time faculty for PSYCH 101 (Introductory Psychology) classes.  Duties include preparing and teaching class lectures, maintaining student information, and holding office hours for student support outside of class.
Spirit Cruises, Inc.	May 1989 - January 1991
San Pedro,  CA
Performer: Show swing, required to know and perform all performer’s parts within a moment's notice.  Assistant Entertainment Coordinator: Responsible for assisting with show choreography and for conducting auditions for performer replacement.   Head Waiter:  On board assistant Project Coordinator duties include inventory supply responsibilities. Also responsible for implementation of restaurant policy amendments, shift formats, salaries, and served as mediator between wait staff and management.

 

INTERNSHIPS / RESEARCH
Teacher Internship Program	August 2000- June 2001
California State University, Northridge
Northridge, CA
Graduate internship:  part time faculty for PSY 150 classes (Introductory Psychology).  Duties included preparing and teaching class lectures, maintaining student information, and holding office hours for student support outside of class.
Seminar Presentation	April 29, 2000
California Chapter of The Association for Persons
with Severe Handicaps (Cal-TASH)
Burbank, CA
“Self-Esteem Correlates in Individuals with Disabilities”: Presentation at Cal-TASH seminar of data from Graduate research project.
Anxiety Clinic Internship	August 1999- June 2001
California State University, Northridge
Northridge, CA
Graduate internship:  participated in the development and initiation of an on-campus Anxiety Clinic, which offers various therapeutic options for those who are seeking treatment for, and/or knowledge about anxiety disorders.  Duties include providing diagnostic interviews as well as clinical therapy for clients.
Research Study	August 1999- August 2000
California State University, Northridge
Northridge, CA
(In association with the Institute for Applied Behavioral Analysis)
Graduate research project exploring the factors related to the self-esteem of persons with mild mental retardation.  Duties included developing surveys and research questions, conducting interviews, interpretation of data, and co-authorship article for publication.
Institute for Applied Behavioral Analysis	September 1998 - June 1999
Tarzana,  CA
Graduate internship working 6 hours per week at the Institute, part of which includes working with developmentally impaired adults, teaching social skills in a weekly group setting. Duties include leading group sessions, review and update social skills modules, as well as assisting with various office duties.
Neuropsychiatric Institute at UCLA	February 1997 - May 1997
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles,  CA
Volunteered 4 hours per week in the children’s ward, working with patients between the ages of 2-12 years old.  Duties included supervision, and social interaction with the children.
Research Study	February 1997 - May 1997
California State University, Northridge
Northridge,  CA
Assisted Dr. Ronald Doctor (Prof. of Psychology; California State University, Northridge) with a research project regarding Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome in children.  Duties included library research on this topic, and providing Dr. Doctor with references to current topic information.

  

ORGANIZATIONS
American Psychological Association	September 1999- present
Baltimore, MD
Psychology Community College Teacher Membership
Alpha Gamma Epsilon	September 1996 - June 2001
California State University, Northridge
Northridge,  CA
An on-campus organization specifically dedicated to the student returning back to school after an extended absence.  Provides numerous programs to students including re-entry orientation, mentoring programs, departmental information and lectures, and social/networking programs.
Multicultural Psychological Association	February 1996 - August 1997
California State University, Northridge
Northridge,  CA
On campus organization which provided students with lectures on varying psychological topics, departmental information, and student mentoring programs.

HOBBIES

Acting; Movies; Theater; Racquetball