CV
Basics
Name | Ayodele Dada |
Label | PhD Student, Social Psychology |
addada@stanford.edu | |
Summary | A graduate student in Social Psychology at Stanford University, interested in wise interventions, gender disparity, and education. |
Work
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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.
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2016.01 - 2017.11 Nigeria
Security Services
Central Bank of Nigeria
Provided security-related operational support at the Central Bank of Nigeria.
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2015.01 - 2016.10 Lagos, Nigeria
Business Operations
Procter and Gamble
Contributed to daily operational tasks, inventory management, and process improvement initiatives.
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- 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
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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
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2011.10 - 2015.10 Lagos, Nigeria
Undergraduate
University of Lagos
Psychology (B.Sc.)
- Graduated summa cum laude, valedictorian out of 3000 graduates
Awards
- 2016.01.01
Academic Leadership Award (inaugural)
Special recognition by the Congress of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for breaking an academic record.
- 2017.01.01
Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Nigeria
Voted by a national online poll in the category of Academic Leadership.
- 2019.01.01
Knight-Hennessy Fellowship, $330,000
Stanford University
Very competitive global, three-year fellowship for Stanford graduate students pursuing research for public good (acceptance rate <0.5%).
- 2021.01.01
Stanford Impact Labs, $4,000
Stanford Impact Labs
- 2022.01.01
Berkeley Center for Effective Global Action, $5,000
(Lead PI) 2022–2023
- 2022.01.01
Stanford King Center on Global Development, $7,500
(Lead PI) 2022–2023
Publications
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2016.01.01 Testing the Validity of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM) on a Nigerian Sample
International Psychology Bulletin
Igundunasse, A. T. & Dada, A. D. (2016). International Psychology Bulletin, 20(3), 19-27.
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
- - Present
‘Education as Legacy’ Intervention (Nigeria)
A lab-in-the-field experiment with 600 parents in Nigeria, testing the effects of an ‘education as legacy’ intervention on parent investment in girls’ education.
- - Present
‘Education as Legacy’ Intervention (US)
A social psychological study with over 1000 parents, testing the effects of an ‘education as legacy’ intervention on parent investment in college education.
References
Gregory Walton (Stanford University, Department of Psychology) | |
gwalton@stanford.edu |
Carol Dweck (Stanford University, Department of Psychology) | |
dweck@stanford.edu |