Elizabeth

Ann Simpson

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development elizabethannsimpson@gmail.com National Institutes of Health simpsonea@mail.nih.gov 16701 Elmer School Road 301-443-9957 (office) Dickerson, Maryland 20842 602-571-9697 (cell) Personal Website: simpsone.myweb.uga.edu 301-496-0630 (fax) Project Grant Website: mirroringdevelopment.uchicago.edu Education Ph.D., Psychology, Behavioral and Brain Sciences Program, University of Georgia, 2011 Title of Dissertation: Infant and adult face discrimination beyond primates: Perceptual narrowing of facial identity, Advisor: Dorothy Fragaszy M.S., Psychology, Neuroscience and Behavior Program, University of Georgia, 2008 B.A., Psychology, University of Arizona, 2005 Employment History Post-Doctoral Researcher, Laboratory of Comparative Ethology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Dickerson, Maryland, June 2011-present Graduate Researcher, Dissertation Completion Award, University of Georgia, Fall 2010-Spring 2011 Instructor, Talent Identification Program, Duke University, Summer 2010 Graduate Student Instructor, University of Georgia, Fall 2009-Spring 2010 Part-time Instructor, Piedmont College, Fall 2008-Fall 2010 Graduate Student Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia, Fall 2005-Spring 2009 Research Interests Social perception, developmental psychology, comparative psychology, embodied cognition, evolutionary psychology, visual attention, facial identity and expression recognition, neonatal imitation Teaching Interests Undergraduate: Introductory Psychology, Research Methods, Statistics, Human Growth and Development, Physiological and Comparative Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Animal Behavior Graduate: Social Cognition, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience, Embodied Cognition Academic Honors Psi Chi Psychology Honorary, Spring 2003-present Graduated with Honors from the University of Arizona, Summa cum Laude G.P.A.: 4.0 Golden Key International Honour Society, Fall 2003-Spring 2005 Gamma Sigma Alpha National Greek Academic Honorary, Fall 2003-Spring 2005 Spires Sophomore Honorary, University of Arizona, Fall 2002-Spring 2003 Preludes Freshman Honorary, University of Arizona, Fall 2001-Spring 2002 Deans List with Distinctions, University of Arizona, Fall 2001-Spring 2005 Research Awards, Fellowships, and Scholarships Dissertation Completion Award, University of Georgia Graduate School, Fall 2010-Spring 2011 $12,800 award based on research productivity, academic performance, contributions to the university community, and potential to contribute to the chosen discipline J. William Fanning Graduate Fellowship, University of Georgia, Fall 2008-Spring 2011 $13,000 fellowship based on exemplary leadership, and academic accomplishment

Research Awards, Fellowships, and Scholarships (Continued) Charles D. Smock Memorial Award, Spring 2011 Most promising senior graduate student in developmental psychology, Psychology Department, University of Georgia East Asia and Pacific Island Summer Research Program, National Science Foundation and Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, $5,000, Summer 2007 Betty J. Schaffner Scholarship, University of Georgia, $1,500, Spring 2005 Panhellenic Council Academic Scholarship, University of Arizona, $500, Fall 2004 National Science Foundations Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program, Northeastern State University, $3,500, Summer 2004 Phoenix Panhellenic Association Collegiate Scholarship, University of Arizona, $2,000, Spring 2003 Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation Scholarship, University of Arizona, $5,000, Spring 2003 University of Arizona Spirit of Discovery Scholarship, paid university fees and textbooks, Fall 2001- Spring 2005 University of Arizona Provost Scholarship, paid tuition, Fall 2001-Spring 2005 Teaching Honors and Awards Charles L. Darby Award, Spring 2011 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Psychology, University of Georgia Excellence in Teaching Award Nominee, Graduate School, University of Georgia, Spring 2011 Selected as the only nominee in the Psychology Department in recognition of significant contributions to the instructional mission of the University of Georgia Recognized by the Teaching Academy, University of Georgia, Spring 2011 Promotes and celebrates excellence in teaching and fosters learning through inquiry Recognized for Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in University Teaching Founding member of Psychology Educator Development Association, University of Georgia, Spring 2010 Student-run organization which provides academic, professional, and social support for graduate teaching assistants through organizing symposia, workshops, collaborative teaching projects, and resource sharing Graduate School Interdisciplinary Certificate in University Teaching, Awarded Summer 2009 Enhanced teaching skills and preparation for future academic positions through coursework on teaching and completing a teaching project Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Awarded Spring 2009 Awarded to top 10% of University of Georgia Teaching Assistants Research and Teaching Travel Grants Travel Grant Recipient, Office of the Vice President for Research, $735 travel grant to present research on face recognition in infants and adults at the Society for Research in Child Development Conference, Montreal, Canada, March 2011. Faculty Development Grant Recipient, Society for the Teaching of Psychology, $189 to attend the 17th Georgia Conference on College and University Teaching, Kennesaw, Georgia, February 2010. Travel Grant Recipient, University of Georgia Graduate School, $400 travel grant to present research on infant face recognition at the Cognitive Development Society Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, October 2009. Travel Grant Recipient, University of Georgia Graduate School, $500 travel grant to present research on sex differences in the processing of the voice at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, April 2008.

Grant Writing Experience Coursework, University of Georgia: Grant Writing; Professional Development Graduate School Workshops, University of Georgia: Guidelines for Writing Successful Research Proposals in the Sciences; Grantsmanship Basics Grants submitted while at the University of Georgia: Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research, Psi Chi Graduate Research Grant, Association for Psychological Science Student Grant, American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award, American Psychological Foundation and the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology Graduate Research Scholarship, University of Georgia Deans Award Research Experience Post-Doctoral Research Projects on the development of social cognition in macaque monkeys, Laboratory of Comparative Ethology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Dickerson, Maryland, Summer 2011-present Developing behavioral measures of the mirror neuron system in infant monkeys, including eye tracking, neonatal imitation, motor development, and social cognitive development, with Dr. Pier Ferrari (Advisor), University of Parma, and Drs. Annika Paukner and Steven Suomi, NICHD Dissertation Research Projects on Infant Social Cognition, University of Georgia Infant Research Laboratory, Summer 2008-Spring 2011 Examined the development of facial identity recognition in human infants and adults, under the direction of Dr. Dorothy Fragaszy (Advisor) and Dr. Janet Frick (Infant Lab Director) Explored social perception in adults: Social rejection and facial identity recognition, ovulatory cycle effects on face trustworthiness, and sex differences in facial expression recognition Trained dozens of undergraduate researchers in all phases of the research process, including: creating stimuli, programming experimental tasks, recruiting and testing infant and adult participants, coding eye gaze, analyzing and presenting behavioral data East Asia and Pacific Island Summer Research Program, National Science Foundation and Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, Summer 2007 Conducted research at the National Institute of Neuroscience with Dr. Katsuki Nakamura examining the use of an infrared thermographic system to detect emotion-related changes in adult monkeys and humans; collected behavioral, heart rate, respiration, and skin conductance measures from a rhesus monkey Social Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory Research Assistant, Dr. Annett Schirmer, University of Georgia, Summer 2005 Explored processing of unattended emotional voices in human adults, created computer-based stimuli presentation using Presentation software, conducted experiment using electroencephalogram, skin conductance, and heart rate recordings National Science Foundations Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program, Northeastern State University, Summer 2004 Designed research project investigating music as a form of environmental enrichment for zoo chimpanzees, attended research methods, statistics, and ethics workshops Neuropsychology, Memory, and Emotion Laboratory Research Assistant, Dr. Alfred Kaszniak, University of Arizona, Summer 2003-Spring 2005 Examined brain areas involved in memory and the tip of the tongue phenomenon in human adults, programmed computer-based tasks, assisted with functional magnetic resonance imaging scans, administered neuropsychological tests to elderly patients, organized database, and prepared data for analysis Primate Behavior Research Assistant, Dr. James King, University of Arizona, Spring 2004-Spring 2005 Measured friendship and personality in chimpanzees through questionnaires distributed to zoos around the world, coded surveys, and prepared data for analysis

Teaching Experience Introduction to Research Methods and Statistics, Instructor, Piedmont College, Fall 2010 Human Growth and Development, Instructor, Piedmont College, Summer 2009-Fall 2010 Brain, Intelligence, and Creativity, Duke Universitys Talent Identification Program, Instructor, University of Georgia, Summer 2010 Introduction to Psychology, Duke Universitys Talent Identification Program, Instructor, Trinity University, Summer 2010 Introduction to Psychology, Instructor of Record, University of Georgia, Fall 2009-Spring 2010 Research Analysis in Psychology, Laboratory Instructor, University of Georgia, Fall 2008-Spring 2009 Social Psychology, Instructor, Piedmont College, Fall 2008 Physiological and Comparative Psychology, Laboratory Instructor, University of Georgia, Fall 2006- Summer 2008 Introduction to Psychology, Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia, Fall 2005-Spring 2006 Psychology Tutor, Strategic Alternative Learning Techniques Center, University of Arizona, Fall 2003- Spring 2005 Research Publications, *=undergraduate or post-bachelor student Simpson, E., Jakobsen, K. V., Frick, J., & Fragaszy, D. (under review). The development of facial identity discrimination through learned attention. Child Development. Simpson, E., Jakobsen, K. V., Frick, J., & Fragaszy, D. (under review). Infants discriminate wasp faces. Visual Cognition. Paukner, A., *Bower, S., Simpson, E., & Suomi, S. J. (under review). Perception of normal and distorted faces in infant rhesus macaques. Infancy. Jakobsen, K. V., Frick, J., & Simpson, E. (2012). Look here! The development of attentional orienting to symbolic cues. Journal of Cognition and Development. Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/15248372.2012.666772 Fragaszy, D., & Simpson, E. (2011). Understanding emotions in primates: In honor of Darwins 200th birthday. American Journal of Primatology, 73, 1-4. doi:10.1002/ajp.20933 Simpson, E., Varga, K., Frick, J., & Fragaszy, D. (2011). Infants experience perceptual narrowing for nonprimate faces. Infancy, 16, 318-330. doi:10.1111/j.1532-7078.2010.00052.x Simpson, E., & Fragaszy, D. (2010). Can we really leave gender out of it? Individual differences and the Simulation of Smiles model. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33, 459-460. doi:10.1017/S0140525X10001342 Simpson, E., Oliver, W., & Fragaszy, D. (2008). Super-expressive voices: Music to my ears? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31, 596-597. doi:10.1017/S0140525X08005517 Schirmer, A., Simpson, E., & Escoffier, N. (2007). Listen up! Processing of intensity change differs for vocal and nonvocal sounds. Brain Research, 1176, 103-112. doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2007.08.008 Schirmer, A., & Simpson, E. (2007). Brain correlates of vocal emotional processing in men and women. In: Voice and Emotion. K. Izdebski (Ed.). Plural Publishing: San Diego. 75-86. Teaching Publications Wenyi, Z., & Simpson, E. (in press). Google docs in an out-of-class collaborative writing activity. The International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Colbert-White, E. N., & Simpson, E. (revision under review). A workbook for scaffolding learning during mentored undergraduate research experiences. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Simpson, E., & Varga, K. (2011). Gaining teaching experience in graduate school. Association for Psychological Sciences The Observer: Student Notebook, 24. Retrieved from http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2011/march-11

 Manuscripts in Preparation Simpson, E., & Jakobsen, K. V. (in preparation). How broad is attention capture for faces? The pop out effect is strongest for human faces, but also exists for nonhuman primate faces. Journal of Vision. Simpson, E., & Ferrari, P. F. (in preparation). Considering development and the mirror neuron system: Commentary on Towards a second-person neuroscience. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Amlung, M., Dengler, M., Simpson, E., Stone, B., *Williams, G., & Domizi, D. P. (in preparation). The role of peer mentoring in teaching assistant development. Journal of Faculty Development. Research Papers and Posters Presented at Professional Meetings Simpson, E., Paukner, A., Ferrari, P., & Suomi, S. J. (2012, August). Infant monkey imitators and non- imitators differ in their visual attention and memory during face-to-face interactions. Paper to be submitted to be presented at Mirror Neurons: New Frontiers 20 Years After Their Discovery, Erice, Sicily, Italy. Paukner, A., Simpson, E., *Bower, S. B., & Suomi, S. J. (2012, June). Investigating facial processing in infant rhesus macaques using eye tracking technology. Paper submitted to be presented at the 35th Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Sacramento, California. Simpson, E., Paukner, A., Sclafani, V., *Bower, S. B., Suomi, S. J., & Ferrari, P. F. (2012, May). Functions of the mirror neuron system in infant and adult monkeys. Paper to be presented at Functions and Development of the Mirror Neuron System Research Program Project Grant Annual Meeting, College Park, Maryland. Simpson, E., Paukner, A., Suomi, S. J., & Ferrari, P. F. (2012, May). Visual attention and person recognition during neonatal imitation in infant monkeys. Poster to be presented at Functions and Development of the Mirror Neuron System Research Program Project Grant Annual Meeting, College Park, Maryland. Paukner, A., Simpson, E., Ferrari, P. F., & Suomi, S. J. (2012, May). Does visual attention at eyes and mouth correlate with performance in a neonatal imitation task? A preliminary analysis. Poster to be presented at Functions and Development of the Mirror Neuron System Research Program Project Grant Annual Meeting, College Park, Maryland. Sclafani, V., Simpson, E., Suomi, S. J., & Ferrari, P. F. (2012, May). Development of reaching- grasping behavior in infant macaques (Macaca mulatta). Poster to be presented at Functions and Development of the Mirror Neuron System Research Program Project Grant Annual Meeting, College Park, Maryland. Jakobsen, K. V., *Mertins, H., *Wilson, E., & Dunay, B., & Simpson, E. (2012, May). How general is attention capture for faces? Pop out effect may occur for human faces, but not nonhuman animal faces. Poster accepted for presentation at the Association for Psychological Sciences 24th Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois. Simpson, E., Varga, K., Frick, J., & Fragaszy, D. (2011, April). Developmental changes in animal face discrimination. Poster presented at Society for Research in Child Development Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. *Farmer, S., *Wheaton, J., Simpson, E., & Frick, J. (2011, March). Dont trust him! Fertile females have enhanced detection of males trustworthiness. Paper presented at 34th Annual Convention of the Behavioral Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. *Briggs, L., Simpson, E., & Frick, J. (2011, March). All roads lead to Rome: Sex differences in the routes for recognizing facial expressions. Paper presented at 34th Annual Convention of the Behavioral Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. *Knight, W., Simpson, E., Frick, J. (2011, March). Does social exclusion improve facial identity recognition? Poster presented at 34th Annual Convention of the Behavioral Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.

Research Papers and Posters Presented at Professional Meetings (Continued) *Tello, S., *Machemehl, H., *Maddox, K., Simpson, E., & Frick, J. (2011, March). Oh the faces youll see! How infants and adults recognize faces. Poster presented at 34th Annual Convention of the Behavioral Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. *Briggs, L., Simpson, E., & Frick, J. (2011, April). Sex differences in the mechanisms underlying facial expression recognition: Effects of cognitive load and facial mimicry on facial expression recognition. Poster presented at Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Symposium, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. *Machemehl, H., Simpson, E., & Frick, J. (2011, April). Developmental changes in human infants strategies for recognizing human and animal faces. Paper presented at Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Symposium, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. *Jordan, R., Simpson, E., Varga, K., & Frick, J. (2011, April). Childrens directional understanding of arrows. Thesis Roundtable Participant for Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Symposium, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. *Jordan, R., Simpson, E., & Frick, J. (2010, April). How broad are infants' face discrimination abilities in the first year of life? Poster presented at Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Symposium, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. *Cain, B., *Knight, W., *Farmer, S., *Nix, M., Simpson, E., & Frick, J. (2010, March). Individual differences in facial identity discrimination in infancy. Poster presented at 33rd Annual Convention of the Behavioral Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Varga, K., Frick, J., & Simpson, E. (2010, March). Toddlers understanding of socially-shared directional cues. Poster presented at International Conference on Infant Studies, Baltimore, Maryland. Simpson, E., Varga, K., Frick, J., Fragaszy, D. (2009, October). Infant and adult face discrimination beyond primates: Perceptual narrowing of facial identity. Poster presented at Cognitive Development Society Conference, San Antonio, Texas. *Doyague, L., Simpson, E., Varga, K., & Frick, J. (2009, March). Just another face in the crowd? Young infants are surprisingly good at recognizing other species' faces. Paper presented at 32nd Annual Convention of the Behavioral Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. *Bradford, A., Doyague, L., Simpson, E., Varga, K., & Frick, J. (2009, March). Infants dont monkey around when recognizing faces! Poster presented at 32nd Annual Convention of the Behavioral Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. *Doyague, L., Simpson, E., Varga, K., & Frick, J. (2009, April). Facial identity recognition: Perceptual narrowing from infancy through adulthood. Poster presented at Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Symposium, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Simpson, E., Schirmer, A., & Escoffier, N. (2008, April). Are there voice-specific processing mechanisms? Intensity changes recruit more sensory processing resources if associated with vocal as compared to nonvocal sounds. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. Simpson, E., Fragaszy, D., & Schirmer, A. (2008, March). Can humans judge monkey facial expressions? The roles of attention and experience in cross-species emotion perception. Poster presented at Georgia Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Conference, Athens, Georgia. Simpson, E., Kuraoka, K., & Nakamura, K. (2007, August). How to measure emotional arousal in nonverbal moving individuals? An infrared thermographic system can detect emotion-related changes in humans and monkeys viewing digital stimuli. Poster presented at East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute, sponsored by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science & National Science Foundation, Tokyo, Japan. Simpson, E., & King, J. E. (2005, April). Exploration of other minds: Biases in interpretation of nonhumans abilities. Poster presented at Psychology Honors Research Forum, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

Research Papers and Posters Presented at Professional Meetings (Continued) Simpson, E., Collins, M., & Terdal, E. (2004, October). Music and foraging materials as environmental enrichment for captive chimpanzees. Poster presented at Graduate and Professional Student Councils 12th Annual Student Showcase, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Teaching Posters Presented at Professional Meetings Amlung, M., Dengler, M., Simpson, E., Stone, B., *Williams, G., & Domizi, D. P. (2012, August). The role of peer mentoring in psychology teaching assistant development. Poster to be presented at 120th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, Florida. Amlung, M., Dengler, M., Simpson, E., Stone, B., *Williams, G., Suplita, R., & Domizi, D. P. (2011, October). The role of peer mentoring in teaching assistant development: A pilot study. Poster presented at the 36th Annual POD Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. *Williams, G., Amlung, M., Dengler, M., Simpson, E., Stone, B., Suplita, R., & Domizi, D. P. (2011, March). The role of peer mentoring in psychology teaching assistant development: A pilot study. Poster presented at 34th Annual Convention of the Behavioral Sciences, Athens, Georgia. Colbert-White, E. N., & Simpson, E. (2010, October). A guidebook for tracking learning outcomes over the course of mentored research experience. Poster presented at the 2010 Best Practices Conference: Assessing Teaching and Learning in Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia. Zhou, W., & Simpson, E. (2010, February). Google docs in an out-of-class collaborative writing activity. Poster presented at 22nd Southeastern Conference on Teaching of Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia. Varga, K., & Simpson, E. (2009, March). InterNetActive learning: Enhancing students' knowledge base with web-based activities. Poster presented at 21st Southeastern Conference on Teaching of Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia. Simpson, E., Varga, K., & Crast, J. (2009, March). Bringing animals into the classroom: The use of live video-streaming to demonstrate psychological concepts. Poster presented at 21st Southeastern Conference on Teaching of Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia. Press Coverage of Research and Teaching Dissertation research featured in gradPSYCH Magazine (www.apa.org/gradpsych), Research Roundup Article: They can see ewe. (2010). American Psychological Association. Research and Teaching accomplishments featured in Graduate Spotlight (www.grad.uga.edu), University of Georgia Graduate School, Summer 2010. Featured Graduate Student, Psychology Department Newsletter (http://psychology.uga.edu/newsletter), University of Georgia, Summer 2011 Professional Memberships National Postdoctoral Association, Affiliate Member Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, Associate Member American Psychological Association, Student Affiliate Association for Psychological Science, Student Affiliate American Psychological Association, Division 6 Student Affiliate Society for Research in Child Development International Society on Infant Studies Human Behavior and Evolution Society Cognitive Neuroscience Society Society for the Teaching of Psychology

Teaching Courses, Workshops, and Conferences Attended Society for the Teaching of Psychologys Best Practices in Teaching Psychology: Assessing Teaching and Learning in Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia, 2010 Entering Mentoring Workshop, mentoring undergraduates in research, University of Georgia, 2010 Online Book Discussion Group, Undergraduate Education in Psychology: A Blueprint for the Future of the Discipline, 2009 - 2010 22nd Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia, 2010 17th Georgia Conference on College and University Teaching, Kennesaw, Georgia, 2010 22nd Southeastern Conference on Teaching of Psychology, Kennesaw State University Psychology Department and Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning, Atlanta, Georgia, 2010 Society for the Teaching of Psychologys Third Annual Online Teaching Conference: Teaching Biological Psychology, 2010 Practicum in Teaching Psychology (PSYC 9100), University of Georgia, 2010 Teaching and Diversity (ECHD 8000), University of Georgia, 2009 Using Technology in the College Classroom (EDHI 9040), University of Georgia, 2009 21st Southeastern Conference on Teaching of Psychology, Kennesaw State University Psychology Department and Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning, Atlanta, Georgia, 2009 Society for the Teaching of Psychology Online e-Workshop: Teaching the Millennial Student. Co- sponsored by Ball State University and the Georgia Southern University, 2009 Professional Development Seminar (PSYC 8000), Psychology Department, University of Georgia, 2008 Putting the life in a lecture, Graduate School Workshop, University of Georgia, 2007 Don't Forget the Point! Effective Presentations with (and without) PowerPoint, Graduate School Workshop, University of Georgia, 2007 Graduate Teaching Seminar (GRSC 7770), University of Georgia, 2005 Statistical, Programming, and Computer Skills Courses: two courses on statistics beyond that required; coursework included: Statistics in Psychological Research, Advanced Experimental Psychology, Experimental Design in Psychology, Analysis of Variance, and Using SPSS for Windows as a Statistical Tool Experience: SPSS, HLM7.0 (Statistical analysis software); Tobii Studio (Eye tracker); Presentation, Inquisit (Programs for stimulus presentation and behavioral/physiological data acquisition), The Observer (Behavior coding software); Adobe Photoshop (2-D visual stimuli editing); Adobe Premier (Video editing); ActiView, Psylab (Processing physiological data); Dream Weaver, Nvu (Web- authoring programs); Microsoft Office; Blackboard Vista, WebCT (Course management systems) Taught Research Analysis Laboratory, included SPSS statistics training Leadership Journal Club Discussion Leader, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Spring 2012-present Emerging Leaders Program, University of Georgia Graduate School, Fall 2009-Spring 2010 One of 24 graduate students selected from among 6,947 graduate students at the University of Georgia; Gained insight into professional goals and effective leadership Supervised undergraduate students working in Dr. Janet Fricks Infant Research Laboratory, Summer 2008-present Trained over two dozen students to: recruit and test infant and adult participants, use The Observer program to code behavior, organize data for analysis, analyze data in SPSS, present results in honors thesis, and present papers and posters at local and international conferences

Leadership (Continued) Advised undergraduate students working in Dr. Dorothy Fragaszy's Primate Cognition and Behavior Laboratory, Fall 2005-Fall 2008 Trained students to use Observer program, Microsoft Excel, SPSS, and how to digitize video; Oversaw running of participants by students; Taught students how to present findings in poster presentation Advised undergraduate students working in Dr. Annett Schirmer's Social Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Summer 2005-Spring 2006 Trained students to test participants using electroencephalogram (EEG); Trained students to use iMovie program, Presentation program, and EEG software Recruitment Counselor, University of Arizona, Fall 2004 Advised potential new members during Membership Recruitment Week regarding the national structure of Panhellenic, and the many departments, organizations and resources available to incoming students Vice President of Academic Excellence, Kappa Kappa Gamma, University of Arizona, Fall 2002-Fall 2003 Awarded scholarships to deserving members; Planned faculty appreciation dinner; Tracked members' grades and provided structured periods of support; Presented workshops to the chapter on study strategies Service Academic Service Graduate Student Representative for Behavioral and Brain Sciences Program, University of Georgia, Liaison between faculty and graduate students, Fall 2008-Spring 2011 Graduate Vice President of Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society, University of Georgia, Planned 31st Annual Convention of the Behavioral Sciences; Organized Psychology Department Awards Ceremony; Managed chapter website, Spring 2007-Spring 2008 Paper Reader for the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, Academic Special Programs, University of Georgia, Evaluated research proposals by high school students, Spring 2010 Graduate student reviewer for the 2010 Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) Symposium, University of Georgia, Reviewed research abstracts by undergraduate students; made recommendations for acceptance into conference, Fall 2009-Spring 2010 Judge for the 32nd Annual Convention of the Behavioral Sciences, University of Georgia, Critiqued poster presentations by undergraduate and graduate students; awarded cash prizes, Fall 2009 Reviewed paper and poster presentation submissions for the 31st Annual Convention of the Behavioral Sciences, University of Georgia, Fall 2008 Judge for 30th Annual Convention of the Behavioral Sciences, University of Georgia, Fall 2007 Professional Service Co-reviewer for the journals: Behaviour, Biology Letters, Nature Communications, Journal of Comparative Psychology Reviewer for International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, Spring 2012 Evaluated Sheep Brain Anatomy Tutorial CD for Sinauer Associates, Fall 2008

References Dr. Dorothy Fragaszy (Graduate Research Advisor) Behavior and Brain Sciences Program Chair Department of Psychology University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 30602-3013 706-542-3036, doree@uga.edu

Dr. Janet Frick (Infant Laboratory Director; Graduate Dissertation Committee Member) Associate Department Head Department of Psychology University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 30602-3013 706-542-6790, jfrick@uga.edu Dr. Pier Ferrari (Post-Doctoral Research Advisor) Assistant Professor Department of Neuroscience University of Parma Via Usberti 11/A 43100 Parma, Italy ++39 0521 903947, pierfrancesco.ferrari@unipr.it Dr. Annika Paukner (Post-Doctoral Research Mentor) Research Scientist Laboratory of Comparative Ethology Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health Poolesville, Maryland 20837 301-443-1053, pauknera@mail.nih.gov Dr. Krisztina Varga Jakobsen (Teaching and Research Mentor) Assistant Professor Department of Psychology James Madison University Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801 540-568-4301, vargakx@jmu.edu Dr. Joan Jackson (Teaching Supervisor) Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology Program Department of Psychology University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 30602-3013 706-542-1173, jojackso@uga.edu