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Dusana Rybarova

CURRICULUM VITAE

Permanent address: Present address: Clementisova 9 321 N. Fremont Ave # 209 977 01 Brezno 857 19 Tucson, AZ Slovak Republic e-mail: [email protected]

Education: 2002- Ph.D. student, Cognitive Psychology-Cognitive Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA 1999-2002 Ph.D. (ABD), Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic 1994-1999 MA., Clinical Psychology, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic 1999 State exam, Pedagogy, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic 1990-1994 Jan Chalupka High School, specialization in Computer Programming, Brezno, Slovak Republic

Publications: Articles in books: Rybarova, D. (2002). SLI, Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Explanations. In Fava, E. (Ed.), Linguistic Theory, Speech and Language Pathology, Speech Therapy. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, vol. 227. John Benjamins, Amsterdam-Philadelphia. Rybarova, D. (2001). Fodor’s Theory of Modularity. In Rybar, J. (Ed.), Epistemology and Cognitive Science. Iris, Bratislava. Articles in Proceedings from Conferences: Rybarova, D. (2001). Modularity of Language. Acta Aphasiologica. Brno. Rybarova, D. (2001). Modularity and Connectionism. In Kelemen, J., Kvasnicka, V., Pospichal, J. (Eds.), Cognition and Artificial Life. Salezian University, Department of Computer Science, Opava. Rybarova, D. (1999). Modularity of Mind, Modularity of Brain. In Gal, E., Kvasnicka, V. (Eds.), Cognitive Science I.. ChTF STU, Bratislava. Published Lectures: Rybarova, D. (2001). Modular Architecture of Mind. Comenius University Cognitive Science Lectures. http://www.math.chtf.stuba.sk.

Conference Presentations: 2002 Priming Effects and Aphasia, III. Czech-Slovak Aphasiological Seminar, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. 2001 Modularity of Language, II. Czech-Slovak Aphasiological Seminar, Brno, Czech Republic. 2001 Modularity and Connectionism, Czech-Slovak Conference on Cognition and Artificial Life, Smolenice, Slovak Republic. 2000 SLI and Modularity, Linguistic Theory, Speech Pathology and Speech Therapy, Padua, Italy. 1999 Modularity of Mind, Modularity of Brain, Cognitive Sciences I., Bratislava, Slovak Republic.

Teaching Experience: Spring 2003 Teaching Assistant, Sensation and Perception, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA Spring 2001 Lecturer, Selected Issues in Cognitive Science, Society for Higher Learning (an elite educational support organization offering stipends and courses for graduate students in Central and Eastern Europe), Bratislava, Slovak Republic Fall 1999 Lecturer, Introduction to Cognitive Science, Society for Higher Learning, Bratislava Slovak Republic

Stipends and Awards: 2001-2002 Fulbright Visiting Researcher, University of Arizona, 10 months 1999 Sasakawa Peace Foundation, MA. thesis support grant, 6 months 1998-1999 Socrates stipend at University of Bremen, Germany, 6 months 1998 1. prize in the student essay competition, Department of Psychology, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia 1996-1999 Stipend in the Society for Higher Learning (an elite educational support organization offering stipends and courses for graduate students in Central and Eastern Europe) 1996 1. prize in the student essay competition, Department of Psychology, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia 1995 German Language Summer School, Bremen, Germany, 1 month

Language Abilities: Slovak - native language Fluent English Fluent German Fluent Czech Fair Russian

Translations: 1999 3 articles, anthology „Philosophy of Mind“, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava. (in press)

Further Educational Activities: 1998 Augmentative and Alternative Communication, course, Department of Speech and Hearing, Bratislava, Slovakia 1997 Aphasiology, course, Department of Speech and Hearing, Bratislava, Slovakia 1997 Piagetian Theory in Clinical Practice, course, Department of Speech and Hearing, Bratislava, Slovakia 1996 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, training, Trencin, Slovakia