Curriculum Vitae for Tamara Stimatze

Assistant Professor

Department of Public Health Sciences

New Mexico State University

Las Cruces, NM 88003

Email: tstimatz@nmsu.edu

Office: HSS 313

Cell: 620-344-0318
Website: https://tamarastimatze.com/

Education

Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, New Mexico State University, May 2020

Minor: Applied Statistics

Dissertation: Socioeconomic Status and Health Behavior – Looking to Perceived                              Control or Perceived Difficulty to Explain Disparity

M.S., Experimental Psychology, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 2012

Thesis: Sexual Attitudes – The Effect of Gender on Perceptions of Infidelity

B.S., Psychology, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 2010

Primary Investigator and Research Positions

Primary Investigator, NMSU, EQQUAL-NM Study

The EQQUAL-NM Project, or Empowered, Queer, QUitting, And Living, is an NIH, NCI funded full project designed to culturally adapt a digital, tobacco cessation program for Hispanic (or Latinx) individuals in (and around) New Mexico. Initial testing of the EQQUAL program showed a lack of intersectionality or representation within the program. This project focuses on incorporating intersectionality around Hispanic (or Latinx) identities and culture within the program by facilitating a community advisory board to adapt the current program, engage in user testing, as well as a clinical trial of the culturally adapted program. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, U54 Partnership for the Advancement of Cancer Research (PACR).

Primary Investigator, NMSU, TEAL Study

The TEAL Study, or Tobacco Exposure Activities for LGBTQ+ individuals in New Mexico, is an NIH, NCI funded pilot study designed to develop a deeper understanding of intersectionality on tobacco use for the LGBTQ+ community in New Mexico. The project consists of a large-scale, quantitative survey study and a follow-up, semi-structured interview study. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, U54 Partnership for the Advancement of Cancer Research (PACR).

Primary Investigator, NMSU Cancer Outreach Core

The goal of the NMSU Cancer Outreach Core is to provided evidence-based health education to the state of New Mexico as well as the El Paso, U.S.-Mexico Border Region. The NMSU Cancer Outreach Core hosts in-person and virtual events promoting cancer prevention and screening. In 2020, we teamed with local community agencies and medical facilities to launch a colorectal cancer screening worksite intervention. Through this position, I manage a team of community health care workers, graduate and undergraduate students. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, U54 Partnership for the Advancement of Cancer Research (PACR).

Research Assistant (NSF), Engineering New Mexico Resource Network, College of Engineering, New Mexico State University
August 2018 – August 2019

I assisted with the development and evaluation of educational out research programs targeting science, technology, engineering and mathematics by conducting statistical analyses, gathering data, preparing and presenting manuscripts. Funded by the National Science Foundation Pilot grant.

Rethinking Charity (Vancouver, Canada) – Remote
February 2018 – August 2019

I previously served as the Research and Evaluations intern at Rethinking Charity, a non-for-profit organization seeking to improve the impact charitable donations have in the world. I worked on an educational intervention project designed to help adolescences learn analytic comparison and ethical skills necessary to determine the effectiveness of different charitable organizations. My role was to help solidify the research design and materials, as well as run statistical analysis on preliminary and future data.

2017 Summer Institute in Social and Personality Psychology funded by the National Science Foundation and Society for Personality and Social Psychology graduate student training endowment. Seventy-seven out of three hundred pre-doctoral applicants were selected.

Awards and Honors

2019 Teaching Academy, Distinguished Member. Presented at New Mexico State University for completion of 40+ hours of teaching academy participation in 2019.

2019 Outstanding Graduate Student. Presented by New Mexico State University for outstanding dedication and contributions to the research mission of New Mexico State University.

2018 – 2019 Engineering Outreach and Recruitment Member. Award recognizing dedication and service to increasing underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

2015 Teaching Academy, Distinguished Member. Presented at New Mexico State University for completion of 40+ hours of teaching academy participation in 2015.

2012 Outstanding Graduate Student, Emporia State University. Presented by the Emporia State University President and Dean of the Teacher’s College for excellence for independence in research.

2009-2010 Psi Chi President, Emporia State University. Served as the president of Psi Chi, the national honors society in psychology.

2009-2010 Shepherd Scholar. Annually awarded honor at Emporia State University’s most outstanding students. Determined through a competitive application process.

Publications

Stimatze, T., Ruiz, R. A., Garcia, I., Kelly, M. M., Serfozo, E., Reilly, E. D., Kim, D., NFN, Scout, Karekla, M., Heffner, J. L. (2022). Intersectionality in Intervention Development: Insights from Formative Work on a Tailored Tobacco Cessation Program for LGBTQIA+ Young Adults. Health Promotion Practice. doi:10.1177/15248399221141693

Adsul, P., Myers, K. J., Kanda, D., Jaffe, T., Tawfik, B., Wu, E., McClain, M., Pankratz, S., Mishra, S.I., Nair, U., Stimatze, T., Madhivanan, P., & Kano, M. A. (2022). Examining differences based on gender and sexual orientation for cervical cancer screening and prevention behaviors. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 40(16), doi: 10.1200/JCO.2022.40.16_suppl.5533.

Zaikman, Y., Stimatze, T., & Zeiber, J. (2020). Women’s and Men’s Evaluations of Lesbian and Gay Men and their Level of Outness. Sex Roles.

Stimatze, T., Zeiber, J., Sullivan, P., Stochaj, S., & Vázquez, L. (2020). New Mexico PREP Academy: Improve STEM Knowledge for Underrepresented Middle and High School Students. American Society for Engineering Education 2020 Southwest-Gulf Conference Proceedings.

Zeiber, J., Stimatze, T., Sullivan, P., Stochaj, S., & Vázquez, L. (2020). NM PREP Academy from 2016-2019. American Society for Engineering Education 2020 National Conference Proceedings.

Stimatze, T., McClary, T., Zeiber, J., Sullivan, P., & Stochaj, S. (2019). Career-Connected Education Improves Perceived Knowledge and Career-Interest in Engineering. American Society for Engineering Education 2019 Southwest-Gulf Conference Proceedings.

Madson, L., Klug, B., Madson, L., Stimatze, T., and MacDonald, J. (2018). Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in a Community Sample Over 2 Years. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, 30(1), 52-60.

Symposiums

Dennem J., Uhalt, J., & Stimatze, T. (2017, April). Present Company Excluded:

Development and Validation of Sexual Orientation Microagression Scale. Paper presented at the 95^th WPA Annual Convention at Sacramento, CA.

Uhalt, J., Dennem, J., Duran, A., Stimatze, T., & Howell, R. (2016, April). Gender, the

integrated threat theory and attitudes toward gay males. In J. Dennem (Chair),

Intergroup relationships and the effect on sexual prejudice. Symposium presented at the 96th WPA Annual Convention at Long Beach, CA.

Poster Presentations

Stimatze, T. (2020, October). NMSU Outreach Core: Who we are and what we do. Poster presentation at 2020 New Mexico State University Research and Creativity Week at Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Bae, E., Zaikman, Y., & Stimatze, T. (2020, February). Perceptions of Transgender People. Poster presentation at 2020 Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention at New Orleans, Louisiana.

Stimatze, T., Zeiber, J., Sullivan, P., Stochaj, S., & Vázquez, L. (2020, April). New Mexico PREP Academy: Improve STEM Knowledge for Underrepresented Middle and High School Students at the American Society for Engineering Education Gulf-Southwest Conference (remote) hosted by University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Stimatze, T. & Zaikman, Y. (2016, November). Examining the Sex and Gender Revolution: Factors Influencing Intentions and Evaluation of Transgender Individuals. Poster presented at the 2016 Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality Annual Meeting at Phoenix, AZ.

Stimatze, T. (2016, January). Sublime Primes: Increasing Altruistic Behavior in College Students. Poster presented at the 17th Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention at San Diego, CA.

Grant Applications

NCI/U54 Full Project Grant: Awarded for the development and clinical trial of EQQUAL-NM, an online tobacco cessation program culturally tailored for individuals who identify as SGM and Latinx. This project will create a Community Advisory Board to guide the cultural adaptation and distribution of the EQQUAL-NM program. After adaptation, the program will be evaluate the primary outcome of treatment acceptability and secondary outcomes of efficacy and mechanism of change for the two treatment groups—EQQUAL-NM and an online tobacco cessation control program—at 3-month follow-up.

PI: Stimatze, T. & Heffner, J.

Amount: $275,000, Selected

Role: Proposal co-writer and co-primary investigator.

NCI/U54 Pilot Grant: Awarded for the study of the social ecological influences on SGM tobacco use in New Mexico. Designed to increase knowledge surrounding commonality of tobacco use, method of use, and cessation preferences among sexual and gender minorities within the State of New Mexico. This project utilizes the social ecological model and the minority stress model to investigate the impact of multiple intersectional identities on tobacco use in New Mexico.

PI: Stimatze, T. & Heffner, J.

Amount: $120,000, Selected

Role: Proposal co-writer and co-primary investigator.

APF. Wayne F. Placek Grant. Application for Three Indirect Contact Interventions to Reduce Transphobia. Awarded to research that increases the general public’s understanding of sexual orientation and gender identity.

PIs: Zaikman, Y. & Stimatze, T.

Amount: $10,000, Not Selected

Role: Proposal co-writer and co-investigator

APF. Wayne F. Placek Grant. Application for Present Company Excluded: Imagined Contact an Attenuation of Intergroup Anxiety (2015). Awarded to research that increases the general public’s understanding sexual orientation and gender identity.

PIs: Uhalt, J., Stimatze, T. & Dennem, J.

Amount: $15,000, Not Selected

Role: Proposal co-writer and  investigator

Professional Experiences

Undergraduate Adviser, New Mexico State University
Fall 2014 – Spring 2017

Responsibilities: Meeting one-on-one with current and prospective undergraduate students in psychology. Topics discussed include: major and minor degree plans and requirements, registration, financial aid, future career and educational plans, plus additional academic-related issues.

Academic Advising and Admissions Specialist, Office of International Education, Emporia State University, Fall 2010- Spring 2012

Responsibilities: Assist with student orientation and community organizations. Meet with international students to discuss their needs in academics, admissions, required legal documentation, such as passports and visas, etc.

Undergraduate Peer-Adviser, Emporia State University
Spring 2009 – Spring 2010

Responsibilities: Assist students in enrollment and navigation of degree plan.

Teaching

Professor, Biostatistical Applications in Public Health, New Mexico State University,

Fall 2020-Current
Three sections, all online due to COVID-19 Pandemic. This is an online, graduate-level statistics course covering statistical techniques including z-tests for proportions, binomial tests for proportions, t-tests, One- and Two-Way Between Subjects ANOVA, Simple and Multiple Linear Regression, and Chi-Square Test of Association.

Professor, Biometrics and Health Research, New Mexico State University, Spring 2020

There are two sections of this course – one online and one face-to-face. This course meets two times a week and covers: measures of central tendency, the standard normal distribution, independent and conditional probabilities, one and two sample t-tests, ANOVA, correlation and multiple regression.

Online Instructor, Biostatistical Applications in Public Health, New Mexico State University,

Fall 2019
This is an online, graduate-level statistics course covering statistical techniques including z-tests for proportions, binomial tests for proportions, t-tests, One- and Two-Way Between Subjects ANOVA, Simple and Multiple Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, and Chi-Square Test of Association.

Instructor, Biostatistical Applications in Public Health – Optional Lab, NMSU, Fall 2019

Organized and led small study groups for graduate students in the Public Health  department. Each session focused on understanding and applying different statistical analysis techniques.

Instructor, Biometrics and Health Research, New Mexico State University, Spring 2019

This course meets two times a week and covers: measures of central tendency, the standard normal distribution, independent and conditional probabilities, one and two sample t-tests, ANOVA, correlation and multiple regression.

Online Instructor, Introduction to Psychology, New Mexico State University, Fall 2018

This course was offered online and covered introductory concepts in psychology, such as structure and function of the brain, behaviorism, cognition, mental health counseling, social and personality psychology.

Instructor, Psychology of Women, New Mexico State University, Spring 2017

This course met three times a week and covered: research methods in the social sciences, sociocultural, biological, and psychological influences on gender development with a special emphasis on media representations, intersexuality, and transgender identities.

Teaching Assistant, Quantitative Methods in Psychology I, New Mexico State University
Fall 2017

Responsibilities: Grading graduate students with assignments and exams pertaining to probability, null hypothesis significance testing, non-parametric tests (e.g. Chi-Square), simple parametric tests (e.g. Pearson’s Correlation, t-tests). Lecturing on statistical analysis techniques (e.g. regression) and meeting with graduate students outside of class.

Teaching Assistant, Quantitative Methods in Psychology II, New Mexico State University

Spring 2018

Responsibilities: Grading graduate student assignments and exam pertaining to F-ratio construction and analysis for between-subjects, within-subjects, and nested designs in ANOVA. Lecturing on statistical analysis techniques, if necessary and meeting with graduate students outside of class.

Teaching Assistant, Introductory Psychology, New Mexico State University
Fall 2014 & Fall 2016 – Spring 2018

Responsibilities: Assisting professor with grading assignments, exams, and end-of-term paper.

Teaching Assistant, Advanced Research Methods, New Mexico State University

Spring & Fall 2015

Responsibilities: Assisting professor with teaching class, grading assignments and end-of-term paper. Helped students develop research projects and construct research paper.

Teaching Assistant, Sexual Behavior, New Mexico State University, Spring 2016.

Responsibilities: Assisting fellow graduate student with teaching, running in-class activities, and grading reflection papers.

Teaching Academy Participation

Scholarly Writing Retreat Summer 2020. Week-long, 15 hour writing retreat.

Student Success Through Resiliency (2020). Dr. Campa, author of The Mexican American Community College Experience: Fostering Resilience, Achieving Success, discussed how personal and environmental factors, along with cultural influences, strengthen resilience.

Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks (2020). 12-week course with regularly weekly meetings designed to help faculty and graduate students revise a draft of a journal article to publish within 12 weeks.

Teaching Students How to Learn Workshop & Book Group (2020). Five weekly book group meeting to discuss helping students acquire simple but effective strategies based on principals within educational psychology and cognitive sciences.

Team Mentoring for Faculty New to NMSU Fall 2019. Monthly mentoring meetings with Director of the Teaching Academy, Tara Gray, and New Faculty.

Research and Creativity Week: Developing Effective Research Proposals (2019). One hour presentation with Hamid Mansouri Rad from Research Administration Services.

Fall 2019 P&T Workshop: Promotion to Associate Professor (2019). Two hour workshop with NMSU provost and P&T representative from the College of Health and Social Services.

Arab Student Experience at NMSU: A Panel (2019). Discussion of student experiences in classroom, interactions with instructors, and on-campus resources.

Navigating the Promotion and Tenure Process: Cases from Faculty of Color (2019). Discussion of the P&T Process, and advice from senior faculty regarding allocation of effort, time management, and academic culture.

Scholarly Writing Retreat Summer 2018. Week-long, 15 hour writing retreat.

Self-Selected Writing Groups (2016). Writing group meetings, 1 hour for 10 weeks.

Civic Engagement and Service Learning (2015). Incorporating service projects into curriculum.

Navigating and Thriving: Best Practices in Advising and Retention.

Scholarly Writing Retreat Summer 2015. Week-long, 15 hour writing retreat.

Diversifying the Faculty of NMSU (2015). Discussion of the faculty pipeline and how to improve recruitment and retention of diverse faculty members.

OCIP: Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (2014). Interactive, 20-hour training in online course development. Training focused on incorporating science-based standards by implementing quality matters rubric.

Publish & Flourish: Become a Prolific Scholar (2014)

Safe Zone Training (2014). Creating an inclusive classroom for LGBTQ+ students.

Introduction to Canvas (2014). Creating homepage, assignments, quizzes and more for online courses.

Statistical and Methodological Courses (24 Credits)

Quantitative Methods in Psychology I, New Mexico State University, Fall 2014

• Statistical concepts emphasizing distributions, probability and basic parametric and non-parametric inferential statistics in Psychological research.

Quantitative Methods in Psychology II, New Mexico State University, Spring 2015

• Statistical concepts emphasizing between-subjects, within-subjects, and nested designs in Psychological research employing Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).

Quantitative Methods in Psychology III, New Mexico State University, Fall 2015

• Statistical concepts emphasizing multiple regression in Psychological research. Topics covered included determining causation, assumptions, linear and polynomial regression models.

Computer Methodology, New Mexico State University, Spring 2016

• Use of computers in psychological research with emphasis on developing experimental control programs in E-Prime, Visual Basic, and Matlab.

Methods in Social Psychology, New Mexico State University, Spring 2015

• Current and traditional theories, research findings, and research methodologies of social psychology.

Statistical Inference II, New Mexico State University, Fall 2016

• Introduction to multiple regression; the analysis of variance for balanced studies; multiple comparisons, contrasts, factorials, experimental designs through split plots.

Advanced Regression, New Mexico State University, Fall 2016

• Examination of multiple regression; residual analysis, collinearity, variable selection, weighted least squares, polynomial models, and nonlinear regression.

Statistical Analysis with R, New Mexico State University, Spring 2017

• Introduction to R data types, basic calculations and programming, data input and manipulation, one and two sample tests, ANOVA, regression, diagnostics, graphics, probability distributions, and basic simulations in the R software environment.

SAS Basics, New Mexico State University, Fall 2017

• An introduction to the statistical software package, SAS, and its utilization in an interactive computing environment, primarily PC/SAS. Provides a fundamental understanding of the structure of SAS, its data management capabilities, and how to invoke a variety of descriptive and simple statistical SAS procedures.

Statistical Software Applications, New Mexico State University, Fall 2017

• Computing course covering the treatment of different experimental design and applications for ANOVA and ANCOVA.

Professional Affiliations

• Member of the New Mexico Cancer Council
• New Mexico Public Health Association
• New Mexico Allied Council on Tobacco
• Society for Personality and Social Psychology
• Borderland Rainbow Supporting Member

Skills and Qualifications

• SAS 9.4
• MatLab R2016a
• R 3.3.2
• Visual Studio
• Amazon’s Mechanical Turk
• Qualtrics
• SurveyMonkey
• SPSS  26