Curriculum vitae
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Bentonville, Arkansas · almeida@uark.edu
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Current experience
Graduate Assistant
Assigned to Dr. Zach Steelman and Dr. Abhay Mishra, supporting AI initiatives, teaching, tutorial development, and an early-stage research project.
Education
Professional Master of Information Systems, PhD preparation path; in progress
Sam M. Walton College of BusinessB.S.B.A. in Economics and B.A. in Psychology. GPA 3.891, magna cum laude, Honors Graduate
University of ArkansasResearch interests
Human-centered information systems. AI in healthcare. Decision support and human agency. Behavioral decision-making.
Honors theses
Almeida, M. A. Exploring power, SSES, and attribution. Undergraduate honors thesis.
Advisor: Dr. Scott EidelmanConference presentations
First authorAlmeida, M. A., & Eidelman, S. (2026). Exploring power, subjective socioeconomic status, and attribution. First-author poster presentation. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
Almeida, M. A., Roweton, M. A., & Eidelman, S. (2025). Challenged beliefs increase anti-intellectual attitudes. First-author poster presentation. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, Denver, CO.
Competitive grants
$10,200 totalHonors College Internship Grant, for field research in Dangriga, Belize
University of ArkansasHonors College Research Grant, for undergraduate honors research
University of ArkansasHonors College Conference Grant, for national conference presentation and travel
University of ArkansasHonors and awards
Senior of Significance
University of ArkansasMagna cum laude in Economics and Psychology; Honors Graduate
University of ArkansasChancellor's List and Dean's List
University of ArkansasLeadership and service
Co-founder and President of the Junto Club, an interdisciplinary society for intellectual discussion and diverse perspective-taking, grown to roughly 150 students
University of ArkansasTreasurer of the Filipino Student Organization, managing budgeting, financial planning, and event operations for cultural programming
University of ArkansasResearch mentor supporting a child well-being study through data collection and helping children who struggled to make friends build friendships
Linda Childers Knapp ElementaryCollegiate athlete, bowling
University of ArkansasMethods and tools
Experimental design, survey research, data collection and cleaning, literature review and synthesis, OLS regression
SPSS, Stata, Qualtrics, Excel, generative AI development tools including Claude Code and Codex, workflow automation with n8n
Scientific writing, conference poster presentation, stakeholder workshops, public speaking