Curriculum Vita DENISE L. EVERT

CONTACT INFORMATION Department of Psychology Office: (518) 580-5303 Skidmore College Fax: (518) 580-5319 815 North Broadway E-mail: [email protected] Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY Associate Chair, Psychology Department (June 2016 – Present) Associate Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience (June 2003 – Present) Chair, Psychology Department (July 2008 – June 2012) Director, Neuroscience Program (June 2002 – May 2004) Chair, Neuroscience Steering Committee (Sept 2001 – May 2002) Assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience (Sept 1997 - May 2003)

Harvard Medical School and Brockton/West Roxbury Veterans Affairs Medical Center, MA Research Fellow/Post-Doctoral Fellow - Neuropsychology (June 1996 - Aug 1997)

Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Veterans Affairs Medical Center, MA Post-Doctoral Trainee - Neuropsychology of Alcoholism (June 1995 - May 1996) Graduate Research Assistant, Neuropsychology Lab (June 1993 – June 1995)

Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA Undergraduate Research Assistant, Perception Lab (Jan 1989 – June 1989)

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Psychology (Neuropsychology of Attention), Princeton University (June 1993 - June 1995) M.A. in Psychology (Attention and Perception), Princeton University (Sept. 1991 - June 1993) M.A. in Psychology (Attention and Perception), Wesleyan University (Sept 1989 - June 1991) B.A. in Experimental Psychology, Gettysburg College (Sept 1985 - May 1989)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (Skidmore College, Fall 1997 – Present)

Introductory Level: Introduction to Psychological Science Colloquium in Psychological Science Neuroscience: Mind and Behavior (with Lab) Liberal Studies: The Human Experience/ Human Dilemmas Creative Minds (First-Year Scribner Seminar) Introduction to Neuroscience/Psychology Research

Intermediate Level: Introduction to Biopsychology Neuropsychology Integrative Seminar in Neuroscience Research Creativity and the Brain

Advanced Level: Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience Cognitive Neuroscience: Left Brain/Right Brain Neuropsychology of Perception & Attention Research Independent Study in Psychology/Neuroscience Senior Seminar in Psychology Senior Research in Psychology I and II Page 1 of 11

ACADEMIC GRANTS, HONORS, AWARDS, and FELLOWSHIPS

• Skidmore Summer Faculty/Student Collaborative Research Grants (2007, 2011, 2013, 2014) • Teaching Load Modification Grant from the Skidmore-Union SUN Network: Supporting Women Faculty in STEM Disciplines (2010 2-credit release; 2012 4-credit release) • Post-Tenure Faculty Development Grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Upstate New York Four-College Consortium Grant to Support Faculty Career Enhancement (Spring, 2007). Awarded supplementary funds to support full-year sabbatical. • Ad Hoc Research Grant, Skidmore College (Spring, 2002) • Periclean Honor Society (Fall, 2000): Nominated as a professor who has made a difference in students’ Skidmore experience. • Faculty Development Grant, Skidmore College (Fall, 1997) • Nelson Butters Award for Scholarship in Neuropsychology (1997), 6th Annual Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society Meeting, Boston, MA. • National Research Service Award training grant (1995-1996), Boston University School of Medicine. • University Fellowship (1991-1992), Princeton University. • Graduated Cum Laude (1989), Gettysburg College. • Psi Chi Award (1989): Given to a senior Psychology major who shows promise in the field of psychological endeavor, Gettysburg College.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES (*Skidmore College students; †undergraduates from other institutions)

*Schapiro, R., Evert, D. L., & Müllensiefen, D. (July, 2016). Investigating autobiographical memory recall in dementia and healthy older adults following exposure to familiar music. 14th International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition. San Francisco, CA.

*Coffel, M., & Evert, D. L. (November, 2015). Listening to the big picture: The effects of music-induced arousal on creativity and perceptual scope. Neuroscience of Creativity. Chicago, IL.

*Coffel, M., *Schapiro, R., & Evert, D. L. (August, 2015). Listening to the big picture: The effects of music-induced arousal on creativity and perceptual scope. Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Nashville, TN.

*Schapiro, R., & Evert, D. L. (August, 2015). Where words fail, music speaks: Emotional music and autobiographical memories for individuals with dementia. Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Nashville, TN.

*Coffel, M., *Schapiro, R., & Evert, D. L. (March, 2015). Listening to the big picture: The effects of music-induced arousal on creativity and perceptual scope. 22nd Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference. San Francisco, CA.

*Coffel, M., *Schapiro, R., & Evert, D. L. (August, 2013). Hemispheric specialization, self-relevant stimuli, & gender mediate emotional Stroop effects. New York Six Consortium Undergraduate Research Conference. St. Lawrence, NY.

*Coffel, M., *Schapiro, R., & Evert, D. L. (March, 2013). Valence based hemispheric specialization for emotional processing in a modified Stroop task. 21st Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference. Boston, MA.

Evert, D. L., & *Bauer, M. (November, 2009). Distracter conflict and intensity mediate the negativity bias in a face-word emotional Stroop task. 50th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Boston, MA.

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Evert, D. L., *Tanzer, A., & *Stanchina, M., & *Coombs, G. (November, 2007). Hemispheric specialization, presentation format, and current concern mediate emotional Stroop effects. Annual Society for Neuroscience Conference. San Diego, CA.

Evert, D. L., & *Zigelbaum, A. (October, 2006). The impact of slow effects on hemispheric asymmetries in an emotional Stroop task. Annual Society for Neuroscience Conference. Atlanta, GA.

Evert, D. L., *Gutner, C. A., & *Purtell, K. (May, 2006). Valence-based support for verbally categorizing emotional stimuli in lateralized face/word Stroop tasks. 18th Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science.

Anderson-Hanley, C., Evert, D. L., *Hurley, S., *Page, K., *Osmond, K., *Oppenheim, B. S., Miller, P., & Sponzo, R. (2004, February). Neuropsychological effects of hormonal treatments for cancer: A pilot study. 32nd Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Baltimore, MD.

*Bookhout, C.M., Evert, D. L., & *Gutner, C. (2003, May). Valence-based facilitation effects for emotional processing on a lateralized STROOP task. 7th Annual Conference of N.E.U.R.O.N (North East Undergraduate Research Organization for Neuroscience). Wheaton College, Norton, MA.

Evert, D. L., Goodwin, G., & Stavnezer, A. J. (2002, January). Presentation of an introductory level neuroscience course with interactive lab. 24th Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology. St. Petersburg Beach, FL.

*Bates, M., †Lieban, A., & Evert, D. L. (2001, March). Exposure duration differentially affects hemispheric asymmetries for global and local processing. 15th National Conference of Undergraduate Research. Lexington, KY.

Evert, D. L., *Kmen, M., *Valderrama, M., *Michaelson, N., & †Richardson, S. (2000, June). Exposure duration differentially affects hemispheric asymmetries for global and local processing. 12th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society. Miami, FL.

Evert, D. L., McGlinchey-Berroth, R., Verfaellie, M., & Milberg, W. P. (1999, June). Right hemisphere specialization for selective attention apparent with increased task demands. 11th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society. Denver, CO.

*Sarmiento, I. A., *Valderrama, N., & Evert, D. L. (1999, April). Hemispheric asymmetries for global and local processing as a function of stimulus exposure duration. 13th National Conference of Undergraduate Research. Rochester, NY.

Evert, D. L., McGlinchey-Berroth, R., Verfaellie, M., & Milberg, W. P. (1997, June). Cerebral specialization for selective attention: Effects of task demands, aging, and Alzheimer’s disease. 6th Annual Scientific Symposium and Poster Session of the Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society. Boston, MA.

Evert, D. L., McGlinchey-Berroth, R., Verfaellie, M., & Milberg, W. P. (1997, March). Cerebral specialization for selective attention: Effects of task demands and aging. 5th Annual Research Day of the Consolidated Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA.

Evert, D. L., & Oscar-Berman, M. (1996, June). Attentional selection in abstinent alcoholics: A test of two hypotheses. 5th Annual Scientific Symposium and Poster Session of the Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society. Boston, MA.

Evert, D. L., & Kinchla, R. A. (1993, April). Weighted information integration: An alternative explanation of "attentional" effects. 64th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association. Washington, D.C.

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Carrasco, M., & Evert, D. L. (1991, November). The effect of target position in a conjunction visual search task. 32nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. San Francisco, CA.

Carrasco, M., & Evert, D. L. (1991, March). A critique on biological gender differences in visual-spatial abilities. 16th National Association for Women in Psychology. Hartford, CT.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS (*Skidmore College student, **Saratoga Springs High School Student)

Evert, D. L., *Bookhout, C., *Coffel, M., *Schapiro, R., & *Coombs, G. Hemispheric specialization for emotional processing and presentation format mediate emotional Stroop effects.

Evert, D. L., & **Biasetti, M. Hemispheric specialization for emotion mediates valence-space compatibility effects.

*Schapiro, R., Evert, D. L., & Müllensiefen, D. Investigating autobiographical memory recall in dementia and healthy older adults following exposure to familiar music.

PUBLICATIONS (*Skidmore College student)

Evert, D. L., Goodwin, G., & Stavnezer, A. J. (2005). Integration of computer technology into an introductory level Neuroscience laboratory. Teaching of Psychology, 32(1), 69-73.

Evert, D. L., McGlinchey-Berroth, R., Verfaellie, M., & Milberg, W. P. (2003). Hemispheric asymmetries for selective attention apparent with increased task demands in healthy participants. Brain and Cognition, 53, 34-41.

Evert, D. L., & *Kmen, M. (2003). Hemispheric asymmetries for global and local processing as a function of stimulus exposure duration. Brain and Cognition, 51(1), 115-142.

Evert, D. L., & Oscar-Berman, M. (2001). Selective attentional processing and the right hemisphere: Effects of aging and alcoholism. Neuropsychology, 15(4), 452-461.

Oscar-Berman, M., Shagrin, B., Evert, D. L., & Epstein, C. (1997). Impairments of brain and behavior: The neurological effects of alcohol. Alcohol Health & Research World, 21(1), 65-75.

Oscar-Berman, M., & Evert, D. L. (1997). Alcohol related neuropsychological disorders. Ninth Special Report to the U.S. Congress on Alcohol and Health, 149-158. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Oscar-Berman, M., & Evert, D. L. (1997). Alcoholic Korsakoff's syndrome. In P. D. Nussbaum (Ed.), Handbook of Neuropsychology and Aging, 201-215. New York: Plenum Press.

Evert, D. L., & Oscar-Berman, M. (1995). Alcohol-related cognitive impairments: An overview of how alcoholism may affect the workings of the brain. Alcohol Health & Research World, 19(2), 89-96.

Kinchla, R. A., Chen, Z., & Evert, D. L. (1995). Pre-cue effects in visual search: Data or resource limited? Perception & Psychophysics, 57(4), 441-450.

Carrasco, M., Evert, D. L., Chang, I., & Katz, S. M. (1995). The eccentricity effect: Target eccentricity affects performance on conjunction searches. Perception & Psychophysics, 57(8), 1241-1261.

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PRESENTATIONS at OTHER INSTITUTIONS

Union College (Spring, 2005, 2006, 2007). Hemispheric specialization of function mediates the influence of unattended information on the processing of attended information. Hosted by Dr. Cay Anderson-Hanley, Psychology Department.

The College of Saint Rose (Spring, 2000). Left brain/right brain and visual attentional processing: What’s the difference? Hosted by The College of Saint Rose Behavioral Neuroscience Research Team.

Gettysburg College (Fall, 1998). Visual attention and the right hemisphere of the brain: What we have learned from neuropsychological patients, functional brain imaging studies, and behavioral studies with non- brain damaged individuals. Hosted by the Psychology department.

COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS

Saratoga Reads Junior (Spring, 2012). A discussion with local 4th, 5th, and 6th graders on Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science, by John Fleischman.

Camp Northwoods (Summer 2008-2011). Got Brains? Workshop for campers grades 1-6th.

Summer Science Institute for Girls (Summer, 2007). The electric brain: Event-related potentials (ERPs) as an alternative lie-detection technique.

The Francis Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery (July, 2006). Neuroscience now: Frontiers in brain research. Co-presentation with Professor Hassan López on the interdisciplinary nature of neuroscience.

Center for Talented Youth (Summer, 2006). Event-related potentials (ERP) and lie detection.

Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) seminar (Summer, 2006). A neuroscience examination of creativity and mental illness: What the brain reveals.

Survey of Liberal Studies for Mature Adults (Fall, 1998). Left brain, right brain: Assessing hemispheric asymmetries.

SKIDMORE COLLEGE PRESENTATIONS

Science and Math Open House for prospective students (Fall 1998-2003, 2005-2006, 2008). Exploring neuroscience: Neuropsychology, perception, and consciousness.

Dean of Studies First-Year Experience Workshop (Fall, 2006). Preparing for exams.

Higher Education Opportunity Program/Academic Opportunity Program Summer Academic Institute Workshop (Summer, 2002, 2005). Neuroscience Now.

Liberal Studies 1: The Human Experience. (Fall 2000). Does our mind set us free: Considering Aristotle, Becker, and Neuroscience?

Junior Admissions Workshop (Spring, 1998). Brain damage and attentional processing: Why won’t you eat the food on the left side of your plate?

Psi Chi Induction Ceremony (Fall, 1997). The neuropsychology of unilateral spatial neglect.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS

Skidmore College: • Just-in-Time Inclusive Hiring (Oct 2010; Jun/Dec, 2014; Jan/Apr, 2015). • Teaching in the Diverse Classroom (May, 2015). • Student Ratings: Evaluating Teaching or Evaluating Gender (April, 2011). Joey Sprague, Professor of Sociology at the University of Kansas. Sponsored by the Skidmore and Union Colleges Network NSF ADVANCE grant. • Making the Most of the Moment: The Art of Getting Your Message Across (March, 2011). Dr. Geraldine Richmond. Sponsored by the Skidmore and Union Colleges Network NSF ADVANCE grant. • Teagle Assessment Workshop (January, 2011). Dan Chambliss from Hamilton College and Scott Brophy from Hobart and William Smith. Sponsored by the Assistant Dean of the Faculty and Director of the First-Year Experience. • How to Enhance Teaching Evaluation Forms (December, 2010). Catherine Ross, Managing Director of Wake Forest University’s Teaching and Learning Center. Sponsored by CAPT and CEPP. • Anti-Harassment Education (February, 2010). Sponsored by the Office of Human Resources. • Stereotype Threat (October, 2009). Valerie Purdie-Vaughns from Columbia University. • Skidmore climate and perceptions regarding institutional support for women in STEM disciplines. (Fall, 2008). Female Associate Professor focus group. Sponsored by the Skidmore and Union Colleges Network NSF ADVANCE grant. • Science Advising (Fall, 2008). Sponsored by the Dean of Studies Office. • LS1: Human Dilemmas (Summer, 2003). Workshop to introduce new LS1 faculty to the new Human Dilemmas curriculum; collaborative workshops on developing classroom activities and assignments. • Academic Writing in the Disciplines Workshop on Writing Standards (Summer, 2000). Sponsored by the CEPP Subcommittee on Academic Writing. Weeklong workshop culminated in the development of a website presenting the conventions, standards, and expectations for writing in the discipline of Psychology.

Other Institutions: • Faculty Search Workshop (May, 2009). Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI), Union College. • Advancing the Department: Workshop for Department and Division Chairs (Summer 2008). Sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges, Albany, NY. • Techniques for Teaching at the College Level (Spring, 1999). Hudson Mohawk Association of Colleges and Universities, Educational Leadership Corps, Union College.

ACADEMIC SOCIETIES

Cognitive Neuroscience Society Society for Neuroscience American Psychological Society Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience

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SKIDMORE COMMITTEE WORK

Psychology Department Committees: • Psychology Department Diversity Representative (2014-2015) • Participant Review Board (Chair 2001-2001; 2005-2006; Fall 2013; 2014-2015) • Tenure-Track Faculty Search Committee Cognitive Search (2015-2016) Diversity Search (2014-2015) Clinical Search (2011-2012) Developmental Search, Chair (2009-2010) Clinical Search, Chair (2008-2009) Cognitive Search (2006-2007) Behavioral Neuroscience Search (2004-2005) • Curriculum/Assessment Committee New Psychology Curriculum, Chair (2012-2013) Psychology Program Self-Study, Chair (2009-2010) Member (1997-1999, 2008-2009, 2011-2012) • Budget Committee (1999-2000, 2003-2004, 2008-2012) • Colloquium Committee (2002-2003)

Faculty Committees: • Faculty Advisory Board (2015-Present) • Tenure Review Board (2006-2008) • Committee on Admissions and Student Aid (1999-2002; Chair, Fall 2000)

Other College Committees, Sub-Committees, Task Forces: • Self-Determined Majors Advisory Committee (2014-Present) • Health Professions Advisory Committee (2005-Present) • Neuroscience Steering Committee (2001-2009; Chair, 2001-2004; 2015-Present) • SEE-Beyond Awards Review Committee (Spring, 2013) • Science Planning Group (2001-2004, 2008-2012) • New Neuroscience Major Committee (1999-2001) • Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant advisory committee (1998-1999)

SKIDMORE ADVISING Academic advisor for Psychology and Neuroscience majors (1997 – present) Health Professions Advisory Committee (HPAC) advisor (2006-present) Summer advisor for incoming first-year students (2010, 2013-present)

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COLLABORATIVE RESEACH WITH STUDENTS

Senior Thesis (8 credits):

Renee Schapiro (2014-2015, PS major): Where words fail, music speaks: The effects of emotional music on autobiographical memories in individuals with dementia and in healthy older adults. (Pursuing a Master of Arts at the Music, Mind, and Brain program at Goldsmiths, University of London.)

Mike Coffel (2013-2014, PS/NS double major): The role of music-induced arousal on creativity and global/local attentional processing. (Served as a Research Specialist in the Psychology Department at the University of Pennsylvania. In the fall of 2016 will begin a MSc degree program and Neuroimaging at Kings College London.)

Anna-Mariya Kirova (2013-2014, NS major): The effects of media exposure on recognition of facial expressions. (Intake Coordinator for The Alan and Lorraine Bressler Clinical and Research Program for Autism Spectrum Disorders Program at Massachusetts General Hospital.)

Janna Belser-Ehrlich (2009-2010, NS major): Emotional recognition in traumatic brain injured patients. (Currently a 5th year Ph.D. candidate in the Clinical Psychology/Health Emphasis program at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.)

Sara Miller-Hornick (2009-2010, PS major): The physical and cognitive benefits of social dancing for senior citizens. (Dancer.)

Maggie Bauer (2008-2009, PS/NS double major): Mediating effects of distracter conflict and intensity on the negativity bias in a face-word emotional Stroop task. (Currently a Pre-Doctoral Psychology Intern at the Simms/Mann UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology. Received her Master’s degree in Psychoneuroimmunology and Psychophysiology at UCLA.)

Michele Hargrove (2006-2007, NS major): Hemispheric specialization for visual selective attention: Left hemisphere vs. right hemisphere. (Received a M.A. degree in Adolescence Education: Biology for the State University of New York at New Paltz in 2012. Currently a Performance Manager at Red Ventures in Charlotte, NC.)

Ariella Tanzer (2006-2007, PS major): The lateralization of emotion: Emotional Stroop presentation format and the theory of current concern revisited. (Received a Master’s degree from Leslie University in Expressive Therapy and Mental Health Counseling in 2009. Registered Art Therapist and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Currently a therapist and care manager at Edgewood Center for Children and Families in the San Francisco Bay Area.)

Katherine (Carly) Hughes (2006-2007, PS major): Hemispheric asymmetries for unconscious capture of attention with emotional stimuli in a visual search task. (Currently in a PhD program in neuroepidemiology at Harvard University, started in 2011.)

Aaron Zigelbaum (2005-2006, NS major): The impact of “slow” effects on hemispheric asymmetries in an emotional Stroop task. (Resident in Adult Neurology at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix Arizona. Received his M.D. from University College Dublin in Ireland.)

Kerry Purtell (2005-2006, NS major): Hemispheric specialization for emotional processing mediates interference effects in a face-word Stroop analog task. (Received her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Weill Cornell Medical College in 2015 in pharmacology. Currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.)

Joanna Grossman (2003-2004, NS major, CH minor): Subliminal activation of the right hemisphere’s anomaly detector. (Received her M.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 2008. Board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. Currently a junior faculty member at Emory University in the Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program.) Page 8 of 11

Cassidy Gutner (2003-2004, PS/NS double major): Hemispheric asymmetries for emotional processing in a face-word analog STROOP task. (Received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 2013 from Boston University. Completed her internship in clinical psychology at the UCSD and VA San Diego Healthcare System. Completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Women’s Health Sciences Division at the National Center for PTSD at the VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston University School of Medicine. Currently an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at the Boston University School of Medicine.)

Catherine (Bookhout) Middlebrooks (2002-2003, PS major): Valence-based facilitation effects for emotional processing on a lateralized STROOP task. (Received a Master’s degree in Psychology from Wake Forest University. Yoga instructor and developer of brbyoga.com online, featuring 20 and 30- minute yoga instruction designed for busy and new mothers.

Sarah Boyne (2002-2003, PS major): Hemispheric specialization for emotional processing in young healthy individuals and aged healthy individuals. (Received a Master’s in nursing in 2008 from the University of Southern Maine. A Nurse Practitioner at Mercy Hospital in Portland, Maine since 2008.)

Martha Hilton (2001-2002, NS major): Assessment of hemispheric asymmetries for selective attentional processing on a cued-response time task in participants who do and do not exhibit Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptomatology. (Attended nursing school at Johns Hopkins.)

Mary Bates (2001-2002, BI-PS interdepartmental major): The effect of mood on performance on a lateralized emotional Stroop test. (Received a PhD from Brown University in Neurobiology in 2011. Currently a freelance science writer and blogger based in Boston: http://marybatessciencewriter.com.)

Katherine (Katie) Gifford (2001-2002, PS major): The effects of test anxiety and study effectiveness on reading comprehension. (Received her PsyD in clinical psychology from Florida Institute of Technology; received the Elizabeth B. Wolf Outstanding Clinical Psychology Student award in 2009; Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at Vanderbilt University.)

Niki (Michaelson) Baumer (1999-2000, BI-PS interdepartmental major): The role of local precedence in the differential effects of stimulus exposure duration on demonstrating hemispheric asymmetries for global and local attentional processing. (Received a Master’s in Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2006. Received her M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 2007. Completed her residency in Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2009. Completed a fellowship in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities at Boston Children’s Hospital in 2014. Currently the Co-Director of The Down Syndrome Program at Boston Children’s Hospital; also an Instructor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Board certified in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and Pediatric Neurology.)

Meghan Kmen (1998-1999, PS major): (Psychology major) Stimulus exposure duration affects hemispheric asymmetries for global and local processing of hierarchical letterforms.

Ingrid Sarmiento (1998-1999): (Psychology major) Hemispheric specialization for the perception of emotional facial expressions in non-depressed and depressed populations: Effects of emotional valence and attentional demands. (Received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Clark University in 2012. Currently a Case Manager/Psychologist at the Hill Center for Women at McLean Hospital.)

Micah Alpern (1997-1998): (Psychology major) The specialized role of the right hemisphere in spatial attentional processing as mediated by centrally presented directional pre-cues. (Worked as a research assistant at Princeton University and obtained a Masters of Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University; currently a Senior Product and Design Leader; Director of Product Design at Medallia, San Francisco)

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Summer Collaborative Research • 2016 – Julia Sprenger (PS/NS ’18) • 2014 - Renee Schapiro (PS ’15) and Alexis Wielt (S3M): The Effects of Music on Autobiographical Memory in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients and Healthy Older Adults. • 2013 - Anna-Mariya Kirova (NS ’14) Mike Coffel (PS, NS ’14) and Sara Brandt (PS ’15): The Mechanisms by Which the Processing of Unattended Information Affects Selective Attention for Target Processing. • 2011 - Cara McCabe (PS ’13) and SaraJane Rosenfeld (NS ’13): The Influence of Unattended Information on the Processing of Attended Information in Selective Attention Tasks. • 2007- Garth Coombs (PS ’08): Hemispheric Specialization of Function Mediates the Influence of Unattended Information on Current Task Goals. • 2000-2004 - Co-founder and co-director of the Skidmore/Glens Falls Neuropsychology/Health Psychology research internship (mentored 14 research interns). • 1998, 1999, 2000 - NSF Grant, Research Experience with Undergraduates (REU) research mentor to 6 students.

Laboratory Research-Based Independent Studies (3/4 credits): • Fall 2015 - Zoe Brasher (NS ’16): Concussion and Olfactory Deficits in Undergraduate Students • Fall 2013/Spring 2014 - Sara Brandt (PS ‘14): Music, Creativity, and Global/Local Processing • Fall 2013/Spring 2014 - Renee Schapiro (PS ‘15): Music, Autobiographical Memory, and Alzheimer’s Disease • Fall 2013 - Daniele Guest (PS ‘15): Music, Creativity, and Global/Local Processing • Spring 2013 - Mike Coffel (NS/PS ‘14): Attentional Processing of Unattended Information • Spring 2013 - Renee Schapiro (PS ‘15): Attentional Processing of Unattended Information • Fall 2011/Spring 2012 - SaraJane Rosenfeld (NS ‘13): Attentional Processing and Color Associations • Spring 2010 - Angela Persico (NS ‘11): The Negativity Bias • Fall 2009/Spring 2010 - Seth Rosenthal (PS ‘11): The Negativity Bias • Fall 2006 - Kathrine Shepherd (NS ‘07): Effects of Treadmill Training on Fall Outcomes in Stroke Survivors • Spring 2003 - Cassidy Gutner (PS/NS ‘04): Interference from Unattended Information on a Face/Word Stroop Task • Fall 1999/Spring 2000 - Caroline Fuller (BI-PS ‘00): Facilitation and inhibition effects in global and local attentional processing

Directed Reading Independent Studies (3 credits): • Spring 2012 - Renee Shapiro (PS ‘15): Creativity and the Brain • Spring 2011 - Sara Geiger (PS ‘11): Stress in the Workplace • Spring 2010 - Alicia Wells (PS ‘10): Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Case Study • Summer 2006 - Carolyn Seiden (NS ‘07): Gene Expression in Neurons Associated with Addictive Behaviors and Withdrawal (Thomas Jefferson University) • Spring, 2005 - Gabi Wurzel (NS ‘07): Stress and the Brain • Spring 2004 - Suzanne Murphy (NS ‘04): Effects of Estrogen on Hippocampal-Dependent Cognitive Function in Older Women • Spring 2004 - Phillippa Allebon (NS ‘04): Neuroscience: Vision, Movement, and Somatosensation • Spring 2002 – Emily McConnell (PS ‘02): Art Therapy and the Neuroscience of the Perception and Creation of Art • Spring 2000 - Peter LaRoche (PS ‘00): Antisocial Nature of Violent Offenders • Spring 2000 - Kate Clark (EN ‘00): Parent-Child Relationships Depicted in Works by Henry James • Fall 1999 - Brianna Yamashita (PS ‘00): The Biopsychology of Emotional, Memory, and Musical Processing

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Introductory Laboratory-Based Research Tutorials (1 credit) [new to curriculum in 2002]: • 2015-2016: Julia Kelliher (NS ’18), Stephanie Pappas (NS ’18), Julia Sprenger (NS ’18), Ryan Toma (NS ’18), Zachariah Arnold (NS/PS ’18) • 2014-2015: Caroline Kelberman (PS ‘17), Zoe Berman (PS ‘17), Rachel Goodkind (PS ‘17) • 2013-2014: Sarah Green (PS ‘16), Noah Kernis (NS ‘15), Daphne Preti (PS ‘16), Emily Przysinda (NS ‘15), George Dilthey (PS ‘16) • 2012-2013: Ann-Marie Raphail (NS ‘14), Natalie Segal (PS ‘15), Sarah Green (PS ‘16), Joe Renneberg (PS ‘13) • 2011-2012: Guerry Perez (NS ‘13), Becky Bind (NS ‘13), SaraJane Rosenfeld (NS ‘13) • 2010-2011: Margaret Faso (PS ‘11) • 2009-2010: Angela Persico (NS ‘11), Emily Cowan (NS ‘11), Elizabeth Karp (PS ‘11), Amanda Fleri (PS ‘11) • 2008-2009: Seth Rosenthal (PS ‘11) • 2006-2007: Carrie Wolfson (PS ‘08), Adrian Chapman (NS ‘08), Tiffanie Benway (NS ‘08), Andrew Goldmeier (MB ‘07), Ian Pollock (NS ‘08) • 2005-2006: Maya Rosen (NS ‘07), Benjamin Stein (PS ‘07), Tina Ahmadinejad (NS ‘06), Andrew Bockus (NS ‘08), Sean Nash (NS ‘08), Lisa Krug (NS ‘09), Kay Lyn Williamson (NS ’09), Mike Kaplan (NS ’09), Jennifer Hummel (NS ‘08), Tiffanie Benway (NS ‘08) • 2003-2004: Darren O’Tell (NS ‘04), Kasha Wink (NS ‘05), Jenny Ozan (NS ‘06), Nick Pearson-Wood (PS ‘06), Lou Ann Garafalo (UWW ‘06), Liz Anderson (NS ‘05), Jo Bartell (PS-SO ‘04), Nika Makhmali (NS ‘05), Anil Kabrawala (NS ‘06) • 2002-2003: Cassidy Gutner (PS/NS ‘04), Rachael Beard (PS ‘05), Sarah Hurley (NS ‘04), Miriam Lipstein (PS ‘03)

Educational Leadership Corps Program (Fall 1998 – Spring 1999): Ingrid Sarmiento (PS ’99). Served as a mentor in a program designed to recruit students of color into the profession of academia. Worked on collaborative research and engaged in discussions about professional development.

High School Science Research Students: • 2016-Present: Cody Durr (’17) - Schuylerville High School • 2015-2016: Matt Biasetti (’16) - Saratoga Springs High School • 2014-2015: Tom Possidente (’15) - Saratoga Springs High School • 2009-2012: Sarah Read (’12) - Burnt-Hills/Ballston Lake High School

GRADUATE STUDENT MENTORING

• 2006-2007: Mentor for Deborah Franks’ Master of Arts in Liberal Studies independent study: The Implications of Brain Development and Policies and Practices Affecting Adolescents. • 2006-2007: Second reader for MaryAnn Gulyas’ Master of Arts in Liberal Studies thesis: The Process of Listening to Music: How it Modulates Nervous System Activity and Affects Emotion. • Spring 2005: Master of Arts in Liberal Studies independent study with Christina Sullivan

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