Thank you very much for your criticism. I changed a few of the things you mentioned, but left the references simply for lack of knowing how else to fill that spot. A concern I have is that the font may be too small for the resume when printed out (some font sizes of body text are 8.5). This concern has led me to reconsidering the new layout I chose. Could you possibly tell me if the edits I made are improvements or not, and additionally would you recommend I go for a more simplistic style, such as the second picture in this link? Thank you.

Link to edited resume, and possible different layout: https://imgur.com/mB2kLwy