Office: Department of Psychology Home: 902 Elmwood Av #3

JULIA F. (Julie) COLHOUN [email protected]

Office: Department of Psychology Home: 902 Elmwood Av #3 Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60202 2029 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208 847-467-1360

Education Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology, Expected 2010 M.A., Cognitive Psychology, 2008 Northwestern University, Evanston IL Advisor: Dedre Gentner

B.A., Philosophy; Minor: English, May 1987 Colgate University, Hamilton NY

Fellowships Multi-Disciplinary Program in Education Sciences Training Grant, Northwestern University (2005-present) Cognitive Science Fellowship, Northwestern University (2004-2005)

Research Interests Comparison & analogy, causal reasoning, learning.

Teaching Teaching assistant, Introduction to Research Methods. Spring 2005. Instructor: David Smith. Teaching assistant, Perception. Winter, 2005. Instructor: Satoru Suzuki.

Publications Colhoun, J., Gentner, D., & Loewenstein, J. (2008 – forthcoming). Learning Abstract Principles through Principle-Case Comparison. Paper presented at the 30th Annual Convention of the Cognitive Science Society. Washington, D.C. July, 2008. Gentner, D., & Colhoun, J. (In press). Analogical Processes in Human Thinking and Learning. In A. von Müller & E. Pöppel (Series Eds.) & B. Glatzeder, V. Goel, & A. von Müller (Vol. Eds.), On Thinking: Vol. 2. Towards a Theory of Thinking. Springer Science. Jameson, J., Gentner, D., Day, S., Christie, S., Colhoun, J., & Bartels, D. (2005). Clarifying the Role of Alignability in Similarity Comparisons. Paper presented at the 27th Annual Convention of the Cognitive Science Society. Stressa, Italy.

Presentations & Posters Colhoun, J., & Gentner, D. (2008, July). Drawing Inferences from Causal Analogies. Poster to be presented at the 30th Annual Convention of the Cognitive Science Society. Washington, D.C. July, 2008. Colhoun, J., Christie, S., & Gentner, D. (2007, April). Structure Mapping in Learning and Conceptual Change: Learning Hard Words. Talk presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. [ Symposium: What Learning Is: A Psychological Perspective on Early Childhood] Colhoun, J., Gentner, D., & Loewenstein, J.L. (2006, June). Effects of comparison on learning new principles. Poster presented at the 2006 Institute for Education Sciences National Research Conference. Washington, D.C. Colhoun, J., Gentner, D., & Loewenstein, J.L. (2006, May). Effects of comparison on the learning of principles. Poster presented at the 2006 Midwestern Psychological Association Conference. Chicago, IL. Colhoun, J., Gentner, D., & Loewenstein, J.L. (2006, April). Learning from principles and cases: Effects of comparison. Talk presented at the 2006 Northwestern University and University of Chicago Graduate Psychology Symposium. Chicago, IL.

University & Community Service Volunteer Coordinator. Cognitive Psychology Recruiting Committee, Northwestern University. February, 2006. Volunteer Consultant. Psychology website redesign project, Northwestern University. Fall, 2007.

Professional Affiliations Cognitive Science Society Midwestern Psychological Association