Curriculum Vitae
Michael Joseph Bankert
Home Address: 14534 Pittman Ct.
Centreville, VA 20121
Phone: (703) 314-6233
E-mail: mjbankert@mail.roanoke.edu
Educational Background
Currently Attending:
Roanoke College, Salem, VA
Major: BS Psychology
Minor: Environmental Science
Expected Graduation Date: May 2012
Professional Positions
Student Intern:
Carilion Clinic, Behavioral Health
September – December 2011
Duties: Observed the following: psychiatry team meetings, therapy group sessions run by
counselors and social workers (including but not limited to: therapeutic recreation, craving
management, medical information, change, cognitive therapy, spirituality, values, self-esteem,
anger management, and coping), and psychosocial evaluations. Occasionally ran therapeutic
recreation group in the child and intensive units.
Web Master:
Spring 2011 - Present
Roanoke College, Salem, VA.
Duties: Organizational Web and Resource Management
Supervisor: Dr. Christopher Buchholz, Ph. D.
Research Assistant:
Spring 2010 - Present
Roanoke College, Salem, VA.
Duties: Assisting in research and collection of data. Completed two credits of research
practicum and one independent study.
Supervisor: Dr. Christopher Buchholz, Ph.D.
Resident Advisor:
Fall 2009 - Present
Roanoke College, Salem VA
Duties: Acting as a para-counselor for residents and management/guide for
residents in the hall.
Supervisor: Ms. Nicole Lenez (Area Coordinator)
Tier II Teacher:
Minnieland Private Day School, Centreville, VA
May 2008-August 2009
Duties: Responsible for the care and education of a primary care group of children, promoted an
instructional program for school-aged children, provided for the health and safety of each child
by following professional standards, communicated with parents to meet the needs of each
child, assisted the educational and social development of children ranging in age from 1 to 12
years.
Supervisor: Ms. Nicole Baxter
Professional Websites and Personal Links
Psychology Lab Website: http://roanoke.edu/Academics/Academic_Departments/Psychology/
Research_and_Internships/Undergraduate_Research/Social_Psychology_Lab.htm
Personal Page: http://roanoke.edu/Academics/Academic_Departments/Psychology/
Research_and_Internships/Undergraduate_Research/Social_Psychology_Lab/Lab_Members/Mike_Bank
ert.htm
NIH Certification: http://phrp.nihtraining.com/users/cert.php?c=530885
Presentations
Bankert, M., Buchholz, C., Hoover, B., VanNess, K., Babbitt, A. & Urecki, C. (2010, March).
Examining the relationship between individual differences in musical knowledge and
music preference. Poster presented at the eighty first annual meeting of the Eastern
Psychological Association, Cambridge, MA.
Bankert, M., VanNess, K., Hord, L., Pena, S. Keith, G., Urecki, C., & Buchholz, C. (2012,
February). Individual preferences for uncertainity: An ironically pleasurable stimulus.
Poster to be presented at the fifty-seventh annual meeting of the Southeastern
Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Urecki, C., Keith, G., Hord, L., VanNess, K., Pena, S., Bankert, M., & Buchholz, C. (2012,
February). Examining close-mindedness and uncertainty’s effects on the likelihood to
hire ex-convicts. Poster to be presented at the fifty-seventh annual meeting of the
Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Buchholz, C., Pena, S., Hord, L., Keith, G., VanNess, K., Bankert, M., & Urecki, C. (2012,
February). The effects of cognitive load and complexity on music preference. Poster to be
Presented at the fifty-seventh annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological
Association, New Orleans, LA.
Urecki, C., Buchholz, C., Marsh, G., VanNess, K., Hoover, B., & Bankert, M. (2010, March). The complexity
of melancholy: Music preference and the perception of music. Poster presented at the eighty
first annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Cambridge, MA.
Babbitt, A., Buchholz, C., Urecki, C., Bankert, M. (2010, March). The effects of uncertainty on
interpersonal relations in terms of prolonged satisfaction ratings. Poster presented at the
eighty first annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Cambridge, MA.
Buchholz, C., Babbitt, A., VanNess, K., Hoover, B., Urecki, C., & Bankert, M. (2010, March).
Cognitive ability and the complexity of music: Complex systems seeking complex
stimuli. Poster presented at the eighty first annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological
Association, Cambridge, MA.
Publications
Published Abstracts:
Bankert, M., Buchholz, C., Hoover, B., VanNess, K., Babbitt, A. & Urecki, C. (2010). Examining the
relationship between individual differences in musical knowledge and music preference.
[Abstract] Eighty first annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, 92.
Urecki, C., Buchholz, C., Marsh, G., VanNess, K., Hoover, B., & Bankert, M. (2010). The complexity of
melancholy: Music preference and the perception of music. [Abstract] Eighty first annual
meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, 17.
Babbitt, A., Buchholz, C., Urecki, C., Bankert, M. (2010, March). The effects of uncertainty on
interpersonal relations in terms of prolonged satisfaction ratings. [Abstract] Eighty first annual
meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, 52.
Buchholz, C., Babbitt, A., VanNess, K., Hoover, B., Urecki, C., & Bankert, M. (2010). Cognitive ability and
the complexity of music: Complex systems seeking complex stimuli. [Abstract] Eighty first annual
meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, 16.
Activities
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Member of Eastern Psychological Association (EPA)
Member of Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA)
Brother of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity (served as secretary, rush chair, and on standards board)
Volunteer for PUSH America, fundraising for and helping persons with disabilities
Roanoke College Jazz Ensemble
Undergraduate Research Assistantship at Roanoke College
Member of Psi Chi honor society (served as historian Spring 2011-present)
Resident Adviser
Leadership Roanoke Graduate Fall 2009
Professional Interests
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Mental health therapy
Different therapeutic techniques (expressive arts, cognitive, meditation)
Education, school counseling
Personality psychology research
Environmental studies
References
Christopher Buchholz, Ph.D.
Psychology Professor
Roanoke College
Salem, VA 24153
Phone: (540) 375-4904
buchholz@roanoke.edu
Rosina Stack, LCSW
Lead Behavioral Health Therapist
Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Roanoke, VA
Phone: (540) 981-7001
rzstack@carilionclinic.org
Nicole Lenez
Residence Life Management
Area Coordinator,
Roanoke College
Salem, VA 24153
Phone: (540) 378-5146
nicole.lenez@gmail.com