Catherine E. Gwen
Contact Information
catherine.elizabeth@inbox.com
catherine.elizabeth@inbox.com
Education
2012 – Master of Arts in Teaching, Biology and English
University of California, Irvine
2011 – Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in Biology
University of California, Irvine
2010 – Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and the Study of Religion with a minor in English
University of California, Los Angeles
Accolades
2010 – College Honors, University of California, Los Angeles
2005 – Girl Scout Gold Award
Professional Experience
Junior Specialist, UC Irvine Healthcare, Department of Neurology, February 2013 – present
Coordinate and conduct research on the epidemiology of Pompe disease.
Junior Specialist, UC Irvine Healthcare, Department of Ophthalmology, February 2013 – present
Conduct research on the genetics of macular degeneration.
Student Teacher, Laguna Hills High School, November 2011 – June 2012
Taught two ninth grade biology classes under the guidance of Ms. Elissa Babiuk. www.gwenbiology.blogspot.com.
Research Assistant, UCLA English Department, July 2009 – April 2010
Assisted Professor Maximillian E. Novak to do research for his book about Daniel Defoe.
Course Facilitator, UCLA History Department, Spring Quarter 2009
Organized and taught a one-hour weekly seminar titled “Religions in Contact: Contemporary Topics in Religious Dialogue” under the guidance of faculty advisor Professor S. Scott Bartchy. http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/09S/hist88sa-1.
Publications (non-peer reviewed)
“To My Altair” (poetry) in The Collegiate Scholar by the National Society of Collegiate Scholars Honor Society, Fall Edition 2009. http://www.nscs.org/files/u32981/CS_fall_09.pdf.
Conferences
“Orange County Quakers: Bridges of Peace.” Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference. Bakersfield, CA. 10 April 2010.
Honors Memberships
Golden Key International Honour Society
Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society
Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
