Videnskabelig assistent, Ekstern lektor
Katherine W. Panattoni
Ekstern lektor, Videnskabelig assistent
E-mail: kpanattoni@psy.au.dk
Education
2014 – 1/12/2017 Ph.D. in Psychology, Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University (AU)
2009 – 21/6/2011 Passed ”Studieprøven” level of Danish language instruction (highest level offered by Ministry of Integration, prerequisite for admission to university educations in Danish), Lærdansk Sprogskole, Aarhus.
2004 - 15/6/2007 Masters of Arts in Counseling Psychology, Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, USA
1996 - 31/5/1999 Juris Doctorate, cum laude, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA (USA equivalent to Danish “kandidatgrad” in law)
1989 - 15/12/1993 Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
Positions (Department of Psychology, AU)
2019 - 30/6/2020 Research Assistant (teaching, exam grading, assisting with research)
2018 - 31/5/2019 External Lecturer at “kandidat” level: international seminar; Research Methods; Theory and Practice seminar.
2018 (1/5 - 30/6) Research Assistant (teaching, exam grading, assisting with research)
2018 (1/2 – 30/4) External Lecturer for international bachelor/”kandidat” seminar
2017 (1/9 – 1/12) Research Assistant
2014 – 31/8/2017 Ph.D. Fellow
Positions (prior)
2012 (1/2 – 30/9) ”Boligsocial Konsulent”, Hotspot Center, Department of Social Services, Aarhus municipality
2008 – 17/8/2009 Moved to Denmark with family, followed by “maternity leave” from language school and job search requirements based on family reunification visa
2005 - 2008 Research assistant/program associate for the Family Business Project at The Family Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA (part-time)
2007 - 2008 Individual and couples counselor and mediator (2006-2008), at The Family Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA (part-time)
2005 - 2007 Clinical practicum in individual, couples and family counseling, at The Family Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA (part-time)
2005 - 2008 (freelance) Mediation trainer, Chicago, USA, and volunteer mediator
2004 Commercial real estate attorney, Panattoni Development Company, Chicago, Illinois
1999 - 2002 Domestic violence and family law attorney, Life Span Center for Legal Services and Advocacy, Chicago, USA: responsible for all elements of litigation of approx. 15 cases per month
Scientific focus areas
Couple functioning, life stories, narrative identity within close relationships, vicarious life stories, quantitative and qualitative narrative methods, cultural master narratives
Leadership and management experience in research
2019 Responsible for developing narrative coding manual and training co-rater to sufficient interrater reliability levels for new analysis of PHD data
2017 (1/9 – 1/12) Responsible for coding in multi-study project, including training four student assistants in narrative coding to sufficient interrater reliability (all in Danish)
2014 - 2017 Project organization and management of the PhD research project "Knowing me, Knowing you: A study of self and close other life story knowledge." Responsible for all stages of design, recruitment, data collection, training student assistants, coding of 204 life story interviews, analysis, writing, and presentation in poster and symposium of results at international conferences.
Teaching (during and since obtaining PhD)
3x Course Responsible for bachelor and “kandidat” level seminars on narrative identity development within couples and cultures
1x Course Responsible for “kandidat” level seminar on emotion regulation
8x Instructor in “Forskningsmetode” levels 2,3 and 4
2x Exam grader for “Kognitionspsykologi” (2nd semester)
1x Instructor for “kandidat” level “Teori-Praksis” seminar (Danish)
Grants and Awards
2017 Travel stipend from Oticon fund for conference symposium participation
2016 Travel and housing grant from School of Business and Social Sciences, AU, for PhD abroad stay
2014 - 2017 PhD stipendium from School of Business and Social Sciences, AU