Conroy, Merdith, Cameron Espinoza, Michele Meyer, Romeo Pérez, Larissa Terán, and Mark White. (2024). "Ninety-Six Years of Data Reveals Persistence of Women’s Underrepresentation Behind the Scenes." The Geena Davis Institute. Link to report.

Meyer, Michele, Summer van Houten, Romeo Pérez, & Meredith Conroy. (2024). "Behind the Scenes: Women’s Representation in Unscripted Television in the US, UK, Brazil, and France." The Geena Davis Institute. Link to report.

Baruah, Sabyasachee, Digbalay Bose, Meredith Conroy, Shachi Dave, Sriram Giridharan, Sagar Gubbi, Rajat Hebbar, Michele Meyer, Shrikanth S. Narayanan, Romeo Pérez, Susanna Ricco, Komal Singh, Krishna Somandepalli, & Hao Zhao. (2023). “Reflecting India: An intersectional and longitudinal analysis of popular scripted television from 2018 to 2022.” The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. Link to report.

Romero Walker, Alexis, Michele Meyer, Romeo Pérez, Meredith Conroy, & Erin Cassese. (2022). "Equal Play?: Analyzing Gender Stereotypes, Diversity, and Inclusion in Marketing and Advertising for the Most Popular Toys of 2022." The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. Link to report.

Muslim Casting, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, & Pillars Fund. (2022). "'Surviving' to Thriving: The Muslim Women On-Screen Test." Muslim Casting, The Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media, and Pillars Fund. Link to report.

Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media & TTIE. (2021). "Behind the Scenes: The State of Inclusion and Equity in TV Writing." The Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media and the Think Tank for Inclusion & Equity. Link to report.

Publications Including ME

McTaggart, Ninochka, Michele Meyer, Meredith Conroy, Romeo Perez, Cameron Espinoza, Sarah Trinh, Pamela Campos, Emma Burrows, Jenna Virgo, Camryn Brennan, Isabel Dolan, Cris Ackel, and Sofie Christensen (2021). “I Am Not a Fetish or Model Minority: Redefining What it Means to Be API in the Entertainment Industry.” Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. Link to report.

Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media & TTIE (2021). Behind the Scenes: The State of Inclusion and Equity in TV Writing. The Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media and the Think Tank for Inclusion & Equity. Link to report.

Heldman, Caroline, Shrikanth Narayanan, Rebecca Cooper, Meredith Conroy, Nathan Cooper-Jones, Camryn Brennan, Emma Burrows, Pamela Campos, Sofie Christensen, Cameron Espinoza, Milena Fava-Pastilha, Melanie Lorísdóttir, Ninochka McTaggart, Romeo Perez, Hannah Phillips, Sarah Trinh, Jenna Virgo, Jeremy Yoder, Sabyasachee Baruah, Digbalay Bose, Ming-Chang Chiu, Jamie Flores, Timothy Greer, Tanaya Guha, Rajat Hebbar, Naveen Kumar, Rimita Lahiri, Nikolaos Malandrakis, Victor Martinez, Anil Ramakrishna, Rahul Sharma, Karan Singla, Chloe Tanlimco, Alex Young (2021). Closing the Stem Gender Gap: A Study of Gender & STEM Representations in UK Family Television. The Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media. Link to report.

Heldman, C., Cooper, R., Narayanan, S., Somandepalli, K., Burrows, E., Christensen, S., Cooper-Jones, N., Conroy, M., Giaccardi, S., Juliano, L., McTaggart, N., Perez, R., Phillips, H., Seabrook, R., & Virgo, J. (2020). See Jane 2020 Film Report. The Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media at Mount St. Mary’s. Link to report.

Heldman, C., Narayanan, S., Cooper, R., Conroy, M., Giaccardi, S., Cooper-Jones, N., Burrows, E., Campos, P., Christensen, S., Fava-Pastilha, M., Juliano, L., Lorísdóttir, M., McTaggart, N., Perez, R., Phillips, H.,Virgo, J., Yoder, J., Baruah, S., Bose, D., Chiu, M., Flores, J., Greer, T., Guha, T., Hebbar, R., Kumar, N., Lahiri, R., Malandrakis, N., Martinez, V., Ramakrishna, A., Sharma, R., Singla, K., Tanlimco, C., & Young, A. (2020). See Jane 2020 TV Report. The Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media at Mount St. Mary’s. Link to report.

Research Presentations

Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media & TTIE (2021, May 4). Virtual See Jane Salon - Behind the Scenes: The State of Inclusion and Equity in TV Writing. The Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media and the Think Tank for Inclusion & Equity. Link to event page.

Giaccardi, S. & Perez, R. (2020, June 10). Social Justice Teach-In Day Three: Why Media Representations Matter. The Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media at Mount St. Mary’s. Link to presentation.

Poster Presentations

Perez, R., & Giaccardi, S. (2018, April). Let Me Be Perfectly Queer: We Need Better Media Representation. Poster presented Psi Chi Symposium at The Michigan School of Professional Psychology, Farmington Hills, MI. Poster Link.

Perez, R., & Giaccardi, S. (2018, May). A Fruit Loop Amongst the Cheerios: LGBT Characters in Modern Sitcoms. Poster presented UCLA Psychology Undergraduate Research Symposium at University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. Poster Link.

Perez, R., Cone, B., & Kross, E. (2018, April). Viewpoint Matters: How thinking about worries from different perspectives impacts emotion regulation. Poster presented at The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program’s Spring Research Symposium at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Poster Link.

Education

University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI

Bachelor’s of Arts, Psychology & Spanish May 2020

Minors: LGBTQ & Sexualities Studies, & Judaic Studies

GPA: 3.921

La Universidad del Salvador (one semester, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Fall 2019)

La Universidad Complutense de Madrid (one semester, Madrid, Spain - Spring 2020)

Indiana University Bloomington, IN

Bachelor’s of Arts, Psychology (intended) Fall 2015 - Spring 2016

Intended Minor: Spanish

GPA: 3.813

University of Southern Indiana Evansville, IN

College Achievement Program (Dual Credit with Castle High School) Fall 2013 - Spring 2015

GPA: 3.921

Ivy Tech Community College Evansville, IN

Dual Credit Opportunity with Castle High School Fall 2014 - Spring 2015

GPA: 4.0

Skills

Fluent in English (Native Speaker) and proficient in Spanish (10 years; C1 on CEFR)
TEFL/TESOL Certified for in-person and online teaching (World TESOL Academy, 120-hour course; completed 07/15/20; Certificate No.: WTA2223538)
Great organizational skills and close attention to detail
Quick learner and effective teacher
Experience in facilitation of group dialogues and interpersonal communication
Excellent time management and prioritization
Creative problem solving and strong aesthetic design
Proficient with Excel, Google Sheets, E-Prime, and Qualtrics

Relevant coursework

SPANISH

Intermediate Spanish I, Spanish 203 (University of Southern Indiana, Fall 2013)
Intermediate Spanish II, Spanish 204 (University of Southern Indiana, Spring 2014)
Spanish Grammar in Context, HISP-S 280 (Indiana University; Fall 2015)
Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics, HISP-S 326 (Indiana University; Spring 2016)
Introduction to Hispanic Literature, SPANISH 295 (University of Michigan; Fall 2016)
Latin American Literature II, SPANISH 382 (University of Michigan; Winter 2017)
Studies of Hispanic Linguistics: Afro-Hispanic Language, SPAN 487 (University of Michigan; Fall 2017)
Contemporary Spanish Theater, SPANISH 468 (University of Michigan; Winter 2018)
Problems in Translation, SPANISH 415 (University of Michigan; Winter 2019)
Psycho-sociology of the Modern Man, PS 2204 (Universidad del Salvador; Fall 2019)
Diversity, Minorities, & Gender in Argentina, SO301-08 (Institute for Study Abroad - Buenos Aires, Fall 2019)
Human Rights Research Methodology Seminar, IFSA - Study Abroad (Institute for Study Abroad - Buenos Aires, Fall 2019)
Advanced Spanish & Argentine Culture - Argentine Cinema, SP 401-01 (Institute for Study Abroad - Buenos Aires, Fall 2019)
Spanish for Health Sciences, SP 486 (IES Abroad Madrid, Winter 2020)
Spanish Language in Context: Spanish for Heritage Speakers, SP 410 (IES Abroad Madrid, Winter 2020)
Spanish II: Spanish Phonology and Phonetics, SP 804493-01 (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Winter 2020)
Almodovár & His Contemporaries: The Image of Women in Spanish Film, WS 326 (IES Abroad Madrid, Winter 2020)

Gender & Queer Studies

Psychological and Biological Bases in Human Sexuality, PSYC 240 (Ivy Tech Community College; Spring 2015)
Introduction to Sociology, SOC-S 101 (Indiana University; Fall 2015)
Gender, Culture, & Society, GNDR-G 101 (Indiana University; Spring 2016)
Ethnographic Film, AnthrCul 158 (University of Michigan; Winter 2017)
Introduction to LGBTQ Studies, WOMENSTD 245 (University of Michigan; Winter 2018)
LGBTQ Media, WOMENSTD 429 (University of Michigan; Fall 2018)
Introduction to Transgender Studies, WOMENSTD 258 (University of Michigan; Winter 2019)
Sociology of Sexualities, WOMENSTD 348 (University of Michigan; Winter 2019)
Diversity, Minorities, & Gender in Argentina, SO301-08 (Institute for Study Abroad - Buenos Aires, Fall 2019)
Human Rights Research Methodology Seminar, IFSA - Study Abroad (Institute for Study Abroad - Buenos Aires, Fall 2019)
Almodóvar & His Contemporaries: The Image of Women in Spanish Film, WS 326 (IES Abroad Madrid, Winter 2020)

Psychology

Psycho-sociology of the Modern Man, PS 2204 (Universidad del Salvador; Fall 2019)
Research Methods in Psychology, PSYCH 303 (University of Michigan; Winter 2019)
Intelligence, Foolishness, and Strategies of Self-Control, PSYCH 487 (University of Michigan; Fall 2018)
Social Development, PSYCH 353 (University of Michigan; Winter 2018)
Psychology and Law, PSYCH 389 (University of Michigan; Winter 2018)
Media in Our Modern Lives: Gender, Sex, and Sexuality, PSYCH 401 (University of Michigan; Fall 2017)
Introduction to Psychopathology, PSYCH 270 (University of Michigan; Fall 2017)
Introduction to Cognitive Psychology, PSYCH 240 (University of Michigan; Winter 2017)
Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis, STATS 250 (University of Michigan; Fall 2016)
Methods of Experimental Psychology, PSY-P 211 (Indiana University; Spring 2016)
Social Psychology and Individual Differences, PSY-P 304 (Indiana University; Spring 2016)
Introduction to Psychology II, PSY 102 (Indiana University; Fall 2015)
Psychological and Biological Bases in Human Sexuality, PSYC 240 (Ivy Tech Community College; Spring 2015)
Introduction to Psychology, PSYC 101 (Ivy Tech Community College; Fall 2014)

Leadership Experience

Youth Staff & College Staff, Youth Resources of Southwest Indiana - TEENPOWER

August 2012 – June 2016

Developed leadership skills and interpersonal communication by facilitating discussions, leading family groups, and planning group projects
Supervised small groups of 8-15 high school or middle school campers for one week per camp (one week of High School Camp and one week for Middle School Camp)
Volunteered 30+ hours each year for camp planning, staff training and group bonding
Practiced time management by scheduling workshops, planning activities and games and setting goals for projects

Former Member and Former Vice President, University of Michigan - Psi Chi Campus Chapter

September 2017 - April 2020

Organized Winter and Fall Induction Ceremonies for new members
Assisted members in applying to the Membership Assistance Fund
Attended and organized other social, academic, and community service events

Former Member and Latino Student Retreat Participant, WolvPAC - A Cadre of AIPAC

April 2018 - April 2020

Attended conferences promoting activism on campus that further strengthens a US-Israel relationship
Developed a better understanding of the nuances of the Arab-Israeli conflict and how to share this information with others on campus and elsewhere
Traveled to Israel with Milstein Foundation Campus Allies Mission Trip (Summer 2019)

Honors, Awards and ScholarshipS

James B. Angell Scholar, Two terms - University of Michigan

University Honors, Four terms - University of Michigan

Edward L. Hutton Honors College, Accepted Spring 2016 - Indiana University Bloomington

Executive Dean’s List, Two terms - Indiana University Bloomington

Wells Bruner Office of Enrollment Management Match Scholarship, 2015-16 Academic Year - Indiana University Bloomington

Stephenson Scholarship, 2015-16 Academic Year - Indiana University Bloomington

Richard E. Bishop Scholarship, 2015-16 Academic Year - Indiana University Bloomington

Kenneth R. R. Gros Louis Freshman Scholarship, 2015-16 Academic Year - Indiana University Bloomington

John D. Hill Scholarship, 2015-16 Academic Year - Indiana University Bloomington

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