CV

Basics

Name Ayodele Dada
Label PhD Student, Social Psychology
Email addada@stanford.edu
Summary A graduate student in Social Psychology at Stanford University, interested in wise interventions, gender disparity, and education.

Work

  • 2018.01 - 2019.07

    Lagos, Nigeria

    Graduate Assistant
    University of Lagos
    Supported departmental instruction and research. Assisted faculty members with grading, tutoring, and coordinating student activities.
  • 2016.01 - 2017.11

    Nigeria

    Security Services
    Central Bank of Nigeria
    Provided security-related operational support at the Central Bank of Nigeria.
  • 2015.01 - 2016.10

    Lagos, Nigeria

    Business Operations
    Procter and Gamble
    Contributed to daily operational tasks, inventory management, and process improvement initiatives.
  • - Present

    Stanford, CA

    Graduate Teaching Fellow Roles
    Stanford University (Graduate Teaching Fellow)
    Led sections, provided academic support, and assisted faculty in course delivery across multiple psychology/GSB classes.
    • BUSGEN 115: Games, Decisions & Negotiations with Prof. Nir Halevy (led weekly section of 50 students)
    • PSYCH 1: Introductory Psychology with Prof. James Gross (40 students)
    • PSYCH 102: Longevity with Prof. Laura Carstensen (100 students)
    • PSYCH 45: Introduction to Learning and Memory (supported 30 students with special needs)
    • Head Teaching Fellow for PSYCH 238: The Sociocultural Shaping of Psychological Experience with Profs. Claude Steele & Hazel Markus (30 students + 2-person teaching team)
    • Head Teaching Fellow for PSYCH 238: Wise Interventions with Prof. Greg Walton (100 students + 5-person teaching team)
    • Guest Lecturer for PSYCH 75: Introduction to Cultural Psychology (200 students)

Education

  • 2019.10 - Present

    Stanford, CA

    PhD
    Stanford University
    Social Psychology
    • Committee: Greg Walton, Carol Dweck, Claude Steele, Hazel Rose Markus
    • Keywords: Wise Interventions, Gender Disparity, Education
  • 2011.10 - 2015.10

    Lagos, Nigeria

    Undergraduate
    University of Lagos
    Psychology (B.Sc.)
    • Graduated summa cum laude, valedictorian out of 3000 graduates

Awards

Publications

Skills

Social Psychology
R
Field Experiments
Mixed Methods Research
Partnerships
Research with hard-to-reach populations
LLM / text analysis

Languages

English
Native / Fluent
French
Intermediate
Yoruba
Native

Interests

Research Interests
Wise Interventions
Gender Disparity
Education

Projects

References

Gregory Walton (Stanford University, Department of Psychology)
gwalton@stanford.edu
Carol Dweck (Stanford University, Department of Psychology)
dweck@stanford.edu