Elisabeth A. Karuza, PhD Department of Psychology The Pennsylvania State University Phone: 814-863-4721 Email: [email protected]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2018–present Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA EDUCATION AND TRAINING 2014–2018 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychology University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Advisors: Sharon Thompson-Schill, PhD and Danielle Bassett, PhD 2009–2014 PhD, Brain and Cognitive Sciences University of Rochester, Rochester, NY Advisors: Richard Aslin, PhD and Elissa Newport, PhD Dissertation: Learning across Space, Time and Input Modality: Towards an Integrative, Domain-General Account of the Neural Substrates Underlying Visual and Auditory Statistical Learning 2005–2009 BA (with honors), Linguistics Minor: Cognitive Science Georgetown University, Washington, DC Honors Thesis Advisor: Rhonda Friedman, PhD PUBLICATIONS Karuza, E. A., Kahn, A. E., & Bassett, D. S. (2019). Human sensitivity to community structure is robust to topological variation. Complexity, 2019, 1–8. Kahn, A.E., Karuza, E.A., Vettel, J.M., & Bassett, D.S. (2018). Network constraints on learnability of probabilistic motor sequences. Nature Human Behaviour, 2, 936–947. Sizemore A. E., Karuza, E. A., Giusti C., & Bassett, D. S. (2018). Knowledge gaps in the early growth of semantic networks. Nature Human Behaviour, 2, 682–692. Khambhati, A. N., Medaglia, J. D., Karuza, E. A., Thompson-Schill, S. L., & Bassett, D. S. (2018). Subgraphs of functional brain networks identify dynamical constraints of cognitive control. PLoS Computational Biology, 14, e1006234. Medaglia, J.D., Huang, W., Karuza, E.A., Kelkar, A., Thompson-Schill, S.L., Ribeiro, A., & Bassett, D.S. (2018). Functional alignment with anatomical networks is associated with cognitive flexibility. Nature Human Behaviour, 2, 156–164. Karuza, E.A., Emberson, L.L., Roser, M.E., Aslin, R.N., Cole, D., & Fiser, J. (2017). Neural signatures of spatial statistical learning: Characterizing the extraction of structure from complex visual scenes. Journal of Cognitive , 29, 1963–1976. Karuza, E.A., Kahn, A.E., Thompson-Schill, S.L., & Bassett, D.S. (2017). Process reveals 1 structure: How a network is traversed mediates expectations about its architecture. Scientific Reports, 7, 12733. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12876-5 Karuza, E.A., Balewski, Z.Z., Hamilton, R.H., Medaglia, J.D., Tardiff, N., & Thompson- Schill, S.L. (2016). Mapping the parameter space of tDCS and cognitive control via manipulation of current polarity and intensity. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10, 665. Karuza, E. A., Li, P., Weiss, D. J., Bulgarelli, F., Zinszer, B. D., & Aslin, R. N. (2016). Sampling over nonuniform distributions: A neural efficiency account of the primacy effect in statistical learning. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 28, 1484–1500. Karuza, E.A., Thompson-Schill, S.L., & Bassett, D.S. (2016). Local patterns to global architectures: Influences of network on human learning. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 20, 629–640. Karuza, E. A., Farmer, T. A., Fine, A. B., Smith, F. X., & Jaeger, T. F. (2014). On-line measures of prediction in a self-paced statistical learning task. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 725–730. Karuza, E.A.*, Emberson, L.L.*, & Aslin, R.N. (2014). Combining fMRI and behavioral measures to examine the process of human learning. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 109, 193–206. *Co-first authors Karuza, E.A., Newport, E.L., Aslin, R.N., Starling, S.J., Tivarus, M.E., & Bavelier, D. (2013). Neural correlates of statistical learning in a word segmentation ask: An fMRI study. Brain and Language, 127, 46–54. GRANTS AND AWARDS FELLOWSHIPS NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation, September 2010–2013. Fellowship to attend the Mortimer D. Sackler, MD Summer Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, July 2013. Fellowship to attend the Maryland Neuroimaging Center Summer Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, June 2013. Georgetown Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (GUROP) Summer Fellowship, Georgetown University, Summer 2007, Summer 2008. GUROP Undergraduate Research Assistant Grant, Georgetown University, Fall 2006. HONORS Graduate Student Abstract Merit Award given to the two highest ranked graduate student abstracts, Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Annapolis, MD, November 2011. Senior Honors Thesis in Linguistics investigating the decomposition of derivationally complex polymorphemic words during a single-word reading task, Georgetown University, May 2009. INVITED TALKS International Convention of Psychological Science (symposium), “The networks around us: Topological patterns in the environment drive human learning,” Paris, France, March 2019. Center for Brain, Behavior, and Cognition, “Learning in a complex, changing environment: Insights from our brains and our behavior,” Penn State University, November 2018. 2 Center for Language Science, “Statistical learning at work in a complex and changing environment,” Penn State University, November 2018. Quebec City Statistical Learning Workshop, “Extending statistical learning to encompass sensitivity to broad-scale architectural patterns: A approach,” Quebec City, CA, August 2018. Cognitive Network Science Conference, “Community Structure Based on Shared Visual Features Guides Acquisition of Object Categories,” Indianapolis, IN, June 2017. Princeton Baby Lab, “Network-Based Approaches to Learning,” Princeton University, November 2016. Collaborative Conference on Language, Literature, and Linguistics, “Influences of Underlying Network Architecture on the Learning Process,” Barcelona, Spain, September 2016. Princeton Baby Lab, “Expectation-Based Processing and Learning,” Princeton University, December 2015. Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Talk Series, “Learning Across Space, Time, and Input Modality,” University of Pennsylvania, September 2014. Cognitive Neuroscience Brown Bag, “Statistical Learning in the Brain: What We've Shown, What We Haven't, and How Might We Capture this Process as It Unfolds Over Time?” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, February 2014. BCS Departmental Lunch Talk Series, “Capturing the Process of Learning Using fMRI: Where We Are and Where We’re Headed,” University of Rochester, 2013. BCS Departmental Lunch Talk Series, “Neural Correlates of Statistical Learning in a Word Segmentation Task: An fMRI Study,” University of Rochester, 2012. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS (selected) Karuza, E.A., Bassett, D.S., Bershad, M.*, & Thompson-Schill, S.L., & (2017, Nov). Pushing the boundaries of the learning process: Sensitivity to community structure across input domains. Poster presented at the Psychonomic Society’s Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada. *Undergraduate co-author Karuza, E.A., Kahn, A.E., Thompson-Schill, S.L., & Bassett, D.S. (2016, Nov). Beyond graph topology: Walk structure influences cluster-level surprisal effects in an on-line learning task. Poster presented at the Psychonomic Society’s Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Medaglia, J.D., Huang, W., Karuza, E.A., Thompson-Schill, S.L., & Bassett, D.S. (2016, Sept). Functional flexibility in the structural connectome promotes cognitive flexibility. Poster presented at the Brain Conference: New Insights into Psychiatric Disorders through Computational, Biological, & Developmental Approaches, Copenhagen, Denmark. Karuza, E. A., Farmer, T. A., Fine, A. B., Smith, F. X., & Jaeger, T. F. (2015, June). Predictive relationships strengthen non-adjacent dependency learning: Evidence from a self- paced statistical learning task. Poster presented at the Interdisciplinary Advances in Statistical Learning Conference, San Sebastian, Spain. Karuza, E. A., Farmer, T. A., Fine, A. B., Smith, F. X., & Jaeger, T. F. (2014, July). On-line measures of prediction in a self-paced statistical learning task. Talk presented at the Annual

3 Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Quebec City, Canada. Karuza, E.A., Emberson, L.L., Roser, M.E., Gazzaniga, M., Aslin, R.N., Cole, D., & Fiser, J. (2014, May). Dynamic shifts in connectivity characterize statistical learning of spatial patterns. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete’s Beach, FL. Karuza, E.A., Emberson, L.L., Roser, M.E., Gazzaniga, M., Aslin, R.N., Cole, D., & Fiser, J. (2014, April). Dynamic shifts in connectivity characterize statistical learning of spatial patterns. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA. Karuza, E.A., Li, P., Weiss, D.J., & Aslin, R.N. (2013, Feb). Neural substrates underlying order effects in statistical learning. Poster presented at the Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment Conference, Niagara Falls, Canada. Emberson, L.L., Karuza, E.A., Turk-Browne, N. B., & Aslin, R.N. (2013, Feb). What’s next: Implicit anticipation during statistical learning interferes with task performance. Poster presented at the Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment Conference, Niagara Falls, Canada. Karuza, E.A., Li, P., Weiss, D.J., & Aslin, R.N. (2012, Oct) Neural substrates underlying order effects in statistical learning. Poster presented at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, San Sebastian, Spain. Karuza, E.A., Newport, E.L., Aslin, R.N., Davis, S.J., Tivarus, M.E., & Bavelier, D. (2011, Nov). Neural correlates of statistical learning in a word segmentation task: An fMRI study. Talk presented at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Annapolis, MD. Karuza, E.A. (2008, Sept). Error classification of polymorphemic words as read by a person with phonological alexia. Poster presented at Inquiring at Work, Georgetown University, Washington DC. Karuza, E.A. (2007, Sept). An investigation of visual deficit in patients with pure alexia. Poster presented at Inquiring Minds at Work, Georgetown University, Washington DC. Karuza, E.A. (2006, April). Constructing a database: an investigation into the classification of patients with alexia. Poster presented at Georgetown University Student Research Showcase, Georgetown University, Washington DC. ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE TEACHING Instructor Co-Supervisor PSYCH 256 Cognitive Psychology Penn Undergraduate Research Penn State University Mentoring Program Fall 2018–present University of Pennsylvania Guest Lecturer Summer 2016 PSY 524 Proseminar in Cognitive Instructor (under Sharon Thompson-Schill) Psychology PSYC 399 Cognitive Effects of Brain Penn State University Stimulation Spring 2019 University of Pennsylvania Spring 2015

4 Guest Lecturer (Spring 2010/11, Fall 2011) BCS 111 Foundations of Cognitive University of Rochester Science (Spring 2013/14) Teaching Assistant BCS 259 Language Development BCS 242 Clinical Neuropsychology (Spring 2013) University of Rochester BCS 242 Clinical Neuropsychology Spring 2010/11, Fall 2011 LEADERSHIP/ SERVICE Reviewer Cerebral Cortex Journal of Neurophysiology Proceedings of the National Academy Frontiers in Psychology of Sciences Brain and Cognition Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience Journal of Experimental Psychology: IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging Human Perception and Performance Journal of Neurolinguistics Journal of Neuroscience Co-Founder and Steering Committee Member Professional Development Series: Successful Careers in Psychological Science University of Pennsylvania Fall 2016–Spring 2018 (Chair for 2016 academic year) Co-Founder and Steering Committee Member Networking Program: Council for Women of Penn Psychology University of Pennsylvania Fall 2016–Spring 2018 (Chair for 2016 academic year) Co-Organizer Center for Language Sciences Colloquium Series University of Rochester Fall 2013–Spring 2014 Student Co-Chair Graduate Student Recruitment University of Rochester Spring 2012/13 PAST AND PRESENT PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Cognitive Neuroscience Society Cognitive Science Society International School and Conference on Network Science (Cognitive Satellite) Psychonomic Society Society for the Neurobiology of Language Vision Sciences Society Association for Psychological Science

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