Maria Chaparro

Contact:
(***)***-****
Chaparrom90@gmail.com
maria.chaparro@weebly.com
Summary: Expanding my field of knowledge in the Human Factors (HF) discipline, receiving a PhD in HF,
and ultimately working on the design of control systems for either military robots or space shuttle
cockpits.
Education:
University of South Florida

- May 5, 2014 - August 6, 2011

B.A. in Technical Communication and New Media

Activities Completed During time at University:
Undergraduate Research
Dr. Meredith Johnson
maj5@usf.edu

The Design Flaws of Microsoft Outlook

This research led to an in depth literature review on design, Microsoft Outlook, as
well as Personal Information Managers as a whole. The final result was a 10 page
paper giving me an A in the course.
Internship
Bisk Education under Diane Coleman (April 20, 2014 - September 6, 2013)
Tel: (813)621-6200
Diane.Coleman@bisk.com
Technical Writer
Creating a style guide for their in house website developers to use,
editing/creating documents detailing the functions of their content management
system (an updated version Blackboard) for 27 Universities, and creating data
flow diagrams.

Moffit Cancer Center

Technical Writer (April 24, 2013 March 3, 2013)
Transcribed interviews of prostate cancer patients and did an in-depth literature review
on prostate cancer procedures.
Extracurricular Activities
University of South Florida Student Chapter of Technical Writers
Santa Fe College

May 2011 August 2008

A.A. Arts and Sciences (English)

HEO Scholarship
Research Experience:
Wichita State University: Psychology Department Human Factors
Research Assistant in Multiple Laboratories (CURRENT - July 12, 2014)
Aided multiple professors and students in three separate laboratories on their research. I took
part in every aspect of a research project on a product usability test done for a private company,
proctored multiple research studies, aided in data collection, presentation designs, wrote and
edited research papers, created data visualizations, and participated in group and individual
settings.
LAVA (Laboratory of Applied Visual Attention)
Next Gen project
Visual Search Experiment
Attentional Capture Experiment
Gamification Study
APRI (Applied Psychology Research Institute)
Private contract work with a Swedish company
Product Usability Testing
Medical Data Visualization Experiment
APPL (Aging, Perception & Performance Lab)
Night Time Driving Study

Research Position:
University of Florida: Horticultural Sciences Blueberry Department
Worked as a Laboratory Assistant (August 4, 2011- January 12, 2008)
Generating protocols for all of the machines inside of the department such as
Titrators and Refractometers. Ran tests for pH levels and soluble sugars.
Analyzing allele counts on data collected from tissue samples.
Publications:
IN PROCESS OF SUBMISSION
Color Deficiency: Challenges and Opportunities for Human Factors Applications
Chaparro, Alex; Chaparro, Maria
Ergonomics and Design
Conference:
ACCEPTED

High Susceptibility to Stress Associated with Increased Value-Driven Attentional Capture

Palmer, Evan; Miranda, Andrew; Chaparro, Maria; Hood, Amanda; Keebler, Joe
Vision Sciences Society
Skills:
Writing
Editing
Fluent Spanish Speaker
Data Visualization
Literature Review
Experiment Proctoring
HTML
CSS
HTML5
Experimental Design
Website Design
Google Project Manager

Current Memberships:
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
South Western Psychological Association