Yin-Yin (Sarah) Tan 1015 9th Avenue Houghton Michigan 49931 (906) 487-2624 (906)275-9436 (Cell) [email protected]

Education Ph.D., Applied Cognitive Sciences & Human Factors, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, GPA: 4.0/4.0, April 2016. Dissertation: East-West Cultural Differences in visual Attention Tasks: Identifying Multiple Mechanisms and Developing a Predictive Model M.B.A., Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, GPA: 3.96/4.0, 2012 M.A., Political Science, National Chung-Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan, 2003. Thesis: Empowerment Theory and Voting Behavior: The 2001 County Magistrate/City Mayoral and Legislative Yuan Elections in Taiwan B.A., Public Administration, National Open University, Chiayi, Taiwan, 2002

Employment Education Assessment Specialist, Pavlis Honors College, MTU (Feb. 2020 ~ Present) ● Evaluate Pavlis Honors College students’ Honors Abilities and self-authorship ● Assess IDEA Hubs innovative projects and working groups ● Managing the NASA funded project: Engineering Technology Scholars - Improving Retention and Student Success (ETS-IMPRESS) Affiliated Research Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences, MTU (May. 2018 ~ Present) ● Co-PI, Model of Individual Rider Comfort Using Cognitive and Physiological Measures, sponsored by Ford Motor Company (May 2018 ~ May 2019) ● Postdoctoral Researcher, Explainable AI Program (Apr. 2018 ~ Present) ● Project evaluator, Innovative GenCyber Learning Experience For K-12 Teachers Through Storytelling + Teaching + Gaming + DoingGen (Apr. 2019, Mar. 2020) ● Project evaluator, Innovative GenCyber Learning Experience For High School Students Through Storytelling + Teaching + Gaming + Doing(Apr. 2019 ~ Mar. 2020) Postdoc Researcher & Adjunct Lecturer, Cognitive Psychology (PSY 4010), Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences, MTU (Aug. 2017 ~ Apr. 2018) Project Manager, Travel & Tourism Bureau, Taichung City Government, Taiwan, (Oct. 2016 ~ June. 2017) ● Hold major responsibility for research and development in Tourism marketing

● Serve as an editorial reviewer for governmental published books and brochures in English version ● Internationally advertise the 2018 World Flora Exposition in Taichung, Taiwan Section Chief, Policy Marketing Section, Department of Information, Taichung County Government, Taiwan (Nov. 2002 ~ Aug. 2010) ● Promote policies and regulations for the public and the minority via multi-media ● Cooperate with a variety of media, such as TV stations, radio stations, newspapers, magazines, and internet companies to advertise policies and activities of the Taichung County Government ● Publish Taichung County Government’s bimonthly magazine, “Shan-Hai-Tun” and various government reports ● Organize events, activities, and press conferences to promote Taichung County’s industries, tourism and culture. Major Events include Musical Instruments Festival and Mazu International Festival

Professional, Teaching, & Academic Experiences Research Co-Principal Investigator, Model of Individual Rider Comfort Using Cognitive and Physiological Measures, sponsored by Ford Motor Company (May, 2018 ~ Present) Project Evaluator, Innovative GenCyber Summer Camp for K12 Teachers & for High School Students, sponsored by National Science Fundation, (Apr. 2019 ~ Mar. 2020) Primary Course Instructor, Psychology and Law (PSY 4220) & Cognitive Psychology, Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences, MTU (Jan. 2015 ~ Apr. 2015 & Aug. 2017 ~ Dec. 2017) Book Pre-Revision Reviewer, Psychology and Law: Research and Practice, Sage Publications Inc. (Oct. 2017) GTA (Graduate Teaching Assistant), Applied Cognitive Sciences & Human Factors, MTU (Jan. 2014 ~ Apr. 2014 & Jan. 2015 ~ Apr. 2015). Graduate teaching assistant to Experimental Methods and Statistics II (PSY 3001) & Advanced Statistics Analysis & Design II (PSY 5220) GRA (Graduate Research Assistant), Applied Cognitive Sciences & Human Factors, MTU (Sep. 2012 ~ Dec. 2014). Research Supported by the US Air Force National Laboratory using the Psychology Experiment Building Language (PEBL), a software platform for creating psychology experiments, and R software Guest Instructor, National Taiwan University of Sports (Jan. 2008 ~ Jun. 2010) Developer of 10-20 extensive government publications/reports for the education and information of Taichung residents and officials meant to educate and communicate government policy and programs to citizens. (2002 ~2010) Group Study Exchange Program sponsored by the District 3460, Rotary International, Taiwan (May ~ Jun. 2007, District 6220, Rotary International, Wisconsin& Michigan, USA)

Honor, Membership and Leadership Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology, Member (Dec. 2015 ~ Present)

President of the MTU Taiwanese Students & Scholars Association (May 2013 ~ Apr. 2016) MTU Graduate Student Government Presenting Travel Grants Recipient (Fall, 2014) Student Chair & Organizer, The Upper Peninsula Interdisciplinary Student Research Conference, MTU (Apr. 2014) 2011 MTU LeaderShape Institute Graduate (Jan. 3~8, 2011) VP of Communication and Representative of Graduate School Government, MBA Association, School of Business & Economics, MTU (Sep. 2010 ~ Dec. 2012) Section Chief, Policy Marketing Section, Department of Information, Taichung County Government, Taichung, Taiwan (2002~2010)

Publications Mueller, S. T., & Tan, Y. Y. S. (2019, August) How Many Personality Configurations Exist? Clustering analysis produces a different answer than does factor analysis [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/seeing-what-others-dont/201908/how-many-personality- configurations-exist. Mueller, S. T., Tan, Y. Y. S., & Flint, I. (2019, July). Development and Evaluation of a Model of Human Comfort and Cognitive Ability for Moderate Differences in Thermal Environment. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 395-411). Springer. Tan, Y. Y. S., Mueller, S. T., & Flint, I. (2019, April). Development and Validation of a Model of Individual Rider Comfort. Final Report. Dearborn, MI: Ford Research & Innovation Center. Mueller, S. T., & Tan, Y. Y. S. (2018). Cognitive Perspectives on Opinion Dynamics: the Role of Knowledge in Consensus Formation, Opinion Divergence, and Group Polarization. Journal of Computational Social Science, 1(1), 15-48. Mueller, S. T., Tan, Y. Y., North, H., & Steelman, K. (2018), A minimal model of eye movement applied to visual search and change detection, conference paper of International Conference for Cognitive Modeling (ICCM) at Pennsylvania State University. Tan, Y-Y, "East-West Cultural Differences in Visual Attention Tasks: Identifying Multiple Mechanisms and Developing a Predictive Model", Open Access Dissertation, Michigan Technological University, 2016. http://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/etdr/141 Tan, Y-Y., & Mueller, T.S. (2015), Adapting Cultural Mixture Modeling for Continuous Measures of Knowledge and Memory Fluency, pp 1-14, The Journal of Behavior Research Methods, Published online: 22 October 2015, Springer. DOI 10.3758/s13428-015-0670-4. Mueller, T.S., Tan, Y-Y., North, H., & Steelman, K (2016). A Minimal Model of Eye Movement Applied to Visual Search and Change Detection, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM), August 4-6, 2016. Mueller T.S., Perelman BS, Tan Y-Y, Thanasuan K. (2015), Development of the PEBL Traveling Salesman Problem Computerized Testbed, The Journal of Problem Solving. 8(1), 4, pp 64-90. DOI:

10.7771/1932-6246.1169. Mueller, T.S., Schreifels, D., Tan, Y-Y., Shankar, R., & Gowla, R., A Lightweight Simulation Model of Eye Movement Search Applied to Natural Imagery to Predict Visual Inspection Times, Submitted to The Journal of Behavior Research Methods for publication. Fakhrhosseini, S. M., Landry. S., Tan, Y-Y., Bhattarai, S., & Jeon, M. (2014), If You are Angry, Turn the Music On: Music Can Mitigate Anger Effects on Driving Performance, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI’14), ACM Press, Seattle, Washington, USA, September 17-19, 2014. Wu, C-L., Tan, Y-Y., & Lee, S-H. (2003), Empowerment Theory and Voting Behavior: The 2001 County Magistrate/City Mayoral and Legislative Yuan Elections in Taiwan, The Taiwanese Political Science Review, 7(1), pp 91-156.

Conference Presentations A Minimal Model of Eye Movement Applied to Visual Search and Change Detection, Poster Presentation in the 14th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM), Aug. 2016. Attention to Detail Drives Cross-Cultural Differences in Visual Attentional Tasks, Poster Presentation in the Association for Psychological Science’s (APS) 28th Annual Convention, Chicago, May 2016. Investigating the Mechanisms of Human Visual Attention Cross-Culturally, Poster Presentation in the Graduate Student Government Colloquium, MTU, Feb. 2016. An Investigation of Visual Search Performance among Easterners and Westerners, Poster Presentation in the Psychonomic Society's 56th Annual Meeting, Chicago, Nov. 2015) A Multi-National Norming Study for Executive Function Tests, Oral Presentation in the Society for Computers in Psychology the 45th Annual Meeting, Chicago, Nov. 2015. In Search of Cross-Cultural Differences in Visual Attentional Tasks, Oral Presentation in the Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences Colloquium, MTU, Oct. 2015. Westerners, Not Easterners, Have Global Visual Attentional Advantage in a Global-Local Task, Oral Presentation in the 2015 Midwest Cognitive Science Annual Conference, Michigan, May 2015. Differences of Visual Information Processing between Americans and Taiwanese, Oral Presentation in the Upper Peninsula Interdisciplinary Student Research Conference, Northern Michigan University, Apr. 2015. Cross-Cultural Study of Human Visual Attention between Westerners and Easterners in a Global-Local Task, Oral Presentation in the Graduate Student Government Colloquium, MTU, Feb. 2015. Adapting Cultural Mixture Modeling to Identify Cultural Groups Based on Response Time Patterns, Oral Presentation in the Society for Computers in Psychology the 44th Annual Meeting, Nov. 2014. Identifying Latent Knowledge in a Geographic Paired-Learning Task via Cultural Mixture Modeling, Poster Presentation in the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, May 2014. The Application of Cultural Mixture Model to Cultural Groups with Trained Knowledge, Poster

Presentation in the Upper Peninsula Interdisciplinary Student Research Conference, MTU, Apr. 2014. Modeling shared-knowledge among Cultural Groups Using a Geographic Paired-Learning Task, Oral Presentation on the Department of Cognitive and Learning Science Colloquium, MTU, Apr. 2014. Accessing Cultural Groups via the Measure of Response Time Patterns, Oral Presentation in the 2014 Graduate Student Government Colloquium, MTU, Feb. 2014. Living and Leading with Integrity, Oral Presentation in MBA Association, MTU, Apr. 2011.

Personal Information, Skill, and Hobby Language • Native speaker of Chinese (Mandarin) and Taiwanese • Fluent in English Skill and Hobby • Has cross-cultural exposure • Proficient in EXCEL, SPSS, R Programming Language, & PEBL • Like to play saxophone and piano