<p><strong>C U R R I C U L M&nbsp;V I T A E </strong></p><p><strong>REGINA PAXTON GAZES, Ph.D. </strong></p><p><strong>POSITION </strong></p><p><strong>CONTACT INFORMATION </strong></p><p>Post Doctoral Fellow in Primate Research Zoo Atlanta Atlanta, GA <br>Zoo Atlanta 800 Cherokee Avenue Atlanta GA, 30315 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Advisor, Tara Stoinski, Ph.D. </li><li style="flex:1">Phone: 404-624-5633 </li></ul><p>E-mail: [email protected] </p><p><a href="/goto?url=http://www.psychology.emory.edu/lcpc/reginapaxton.html" target="_blank">www.psychology.emory.edu/lcpc/reginapaxton.html </a></p><p><strong>EDUCATION </strong></p><p><strong>Post Doctoral Fellow in Primate Research Zoo Atlanta </strong><br><strong>Advisor: Tara Stoinski. </strong><br><strong>Ph.D. Psychology, 2012 Emory University </strong></p><p>Thesis: Evolution of social cognition and the neurocognitive basis of transitive inference in </p><p>monkeys; <strong>Advisor: Robert&nbsp;Hampton. </strong>Committee </p><p>Members: Jocelyn Bachevalier, Mark Wilson, Harold Gouzoules, Philippe Rochat. </p><p><strong>M.A. Psychology, 2007 Emory University </strong></p><p>Thesis: Tests of Planning and the Bischof-Kohler Hypothesis in Rhesus Monkeys (<em>Macaca mulatta</em>); </p><p><strong>Advisor: Robert&nbsp;Hampton. </strong><br><strong>B.S. Animal Behavior, 2004 with honors Bucknell University </strong></p><p>Honors Thesis: Familiar versus unfamiliar concept formation in brown capuchin monkeys (<em>Cebus </em></p><p><em>apella</em>); <strong>Advisor: Peter&nbsp;Judge </strong></p><p><strong>PUBLICATIONS </strong></p><p>.</p><p><strong>Gazes, R. Paxton, </strong>Brown, E.K., Basile, B.M., Hampton, R.R. 2012. Automated cognitive testing of monkeys in social groups yields results comparable to individual laboratory </p><p>based testing. <em>Animal Cognition. 16, </em>445-458. doi: 10.1007/s10071-012-0585-8<em>. </em></p><p>.</p><p><strong>Gazes, R. Paxton, </strong>Chee, N., &amp; Hampton, R.R. 2012. Cognitive mechanisms for transitive inference performance in rhesus monkeys: Measuring the influence of associative </p><p>strength and inferred order. <em>Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. 38, </em>331-345. </p><p>.</p><p><strong>Paxton, R., </strong>Basile, B.M., Adachi, I., Suzuki, W.A., Wilson, M.E., &amp; Hampton, R.R. 2010. Rhesus monkeys (<em>Macaca mulatta) </em>rapidly learn to select dominant individuals in videos </p><p>of artificial social interactions. <em>Journal of Comparative Psychology. 124</em>, 395-401. </p><p>.</p><p><strong>Paxton, R., </strong>&amp; Hampton, R.R. 2009. Tests of planning and the Bischof-Kohler hypothesis </p><p>in rhesus macaques (<em>Macaca mulatta). Behavioural Processes. 80, </em>238-248. </p><p><strong>MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION </strong></p><p>.</p><p><strong>Gazes, R. Paxton, </strong>Templer, V.L , Hampton, R.R. Transfer of ordinality between transitive inference and simultaneous chaining suggests a common representation in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) </p><p>..</p><p><strong>Gazes, R. Paxton, </strong>Hampton, R.R., Lourenco, S.F. Transitive inference of social dominance relationships by human infants. </p><p><strong>Gazes, R. Paxton, </strong>Lazareva, O.F., Bergene, C.N., Hampton, R.R. Effects of spatial training on transitive inference performance in humans and rhesus monkeys </p><p><strong>INVITED TALKS </strong></p><p>.</p><p><strong>Paxton, R. </strong>Hampton, R.R. 2010, August. Animal logicians; Reasoning to avoid conflicts. Emory University department of psychology annual research festival, Atlanta, GA. </p><p>.</p><p><strong>Paxton, R., </strong>Hampton, R.R. 2010, April. Memory in the service of social cognition. The 102 Annual&nbsp;Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, </p><p>nd </p><p>GA. </p><p>..</p><p><strong>Paxton, R. </strong>2011. Integrating Research with K-12 Education. Georgia Science Teacher’s </p><p>Association Conference. February 17&nbsp;2011. </p><p>th </p><p><strong>Paxton, R. </strong>2008. Member of Panel on Sustainability and Climate Change, Conference on </p><p>th </p><p>Teaching about the United Nations. April 18&nbsp;, 2008, Atlanta, GA. </p><p><strong>TALKS </strong></p><p>.</p><p><strong>Gazes, R. P., </strong>Diamond, R<strong>., </strong>Hampton, R.R., Stoinski, T.S. 2013, March. Spatial magnitude </p><p>congruity in apes (<em>Pongo pygmaeus, P. abelli, </em>and <em>Gorilla gorilla</em>) and monkeys (<em>Macaca </em></p><p><em>mulatta</em>). Annual Conference on Comparative Cognition 2012, Melbourne Beach, FL. </p><p>.</p><p><strong>Paxton, R. </strong>Hampton, R.R. 2012, March. Cognitive mechanisms underlying transitive inference performance in rhesus macaques (<em>Macaca mulatta</em>). The 104&nbsp;Annual Meeting </p><p>nd </p><p>of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Savannah GA. </p><p><strong>POSTER PRESENTATIONS </strong></p><p>.</p><p><strong>Gazes, R. Paxton</strong>, and Hampton, R.R. 2012, August. Mechanisms underlying transitive inference performance in rhesus macaques (<em>Macaca mulatta)</em>. 120&nbsp;Annual Convention of </p><p>th </p><p>the American Psychological Society, Orlando, FL. </p><p>REGINA PAXTON GAZES </p><p>2</p><p>CURRICULUM VITAE </p><p>......</p><p>Bergene, C., <strong>Gazes, R. Paxton</strong>, Hampton, R.R., &amp; Lazareva O.F. 2013, March. Using reinforcement based models of transitive inference to simulate primate data. International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, FL </p><p><strong>Paxton, R</strong>., and Hampton, R.R. 2012, March. Contributions of associative value and spatial representations to transitive inference performance in rhesus monkeys (<em>Macaca mulatta)</em>. Annual Conference on Comparative Cognition 2012, Melbourne Beach, FL. </p><p><strong>Paxton, R., </strong>Brown, E.K., Basile, B.M., Hampton, R.R. 2011, July. Automated cognitive test performance by monkeys in laboratory and large semi-natural social groups. Behaviour 2011, Bloomington, IN. </p><p><strong>Paxton, R., </strong>Chee, N.W., Hampton, R.R. 2011, March. What cognitive methods underlie transitive inference performance in monkeys? Annual Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach FL. </p><p><strong>Paxton, R., </strong>Hampton, R.R. 2011, February. Do rhesus monkeys (<em>Macaca mulatta) </em>learn dominance hierarchies by transitive inference? Center for Translational Social Neuroscience Opening Kickoff, Atlanta, GA. </p><p><strong>Paxton, R., </strong>Hampton, R.R. 2010, March. Rhesus monkeys (<em>Macaca mulatta) </em>demonstrate the cognitive capacities necessary for learning dominance hierarchies by transitive inference. Annual Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach FL. </p><p>..</p><p><strong>Paxton, R., </strong>Hampton, R.R. 2009, June. Tests of future planning in rhesus monkeys (<em>Macaca mulatta). </em>The Primate Mind Conference. Erice, Italy. </p><p><strong>Paxton, R., </strong>Hampton, R.R. 2009, March. Choice by mutual exclusivity in rhesus macaques (<em>Macaca mulatta). </em>Annual Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach FL. </p><p>..</p><p><strong>Paxton, R, </strong>Hampton, R. 2008, March. Tests of the Bischof-Köhler hypothesis in rhesus monkeys (<em>Macaca mulatta). </em>Annual Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach FL. </p><p>Adachi I, Suzuki W, Basile B, <strong>Paxton R</strong>, Hampton R. 2007, March. Assessment of social dominance concept formation using videos of artificial social interactions in rhesus macaque monkeys&nbsp;(<em>Macaca mulatta</em>). Annual Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach FL. </p><p>..</p><p><strong>Paxton R, </strong>Judge PG. 2006, March. Capuchin monkeys (<em>Cebus apella</em>) categorize images of familiar individuals but not unfamiliar individuals. Presented at the Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach FL. </p><p><strong>Paxton R</strong>, Judge PG, &amp; Talarico LR. 2004, June. Differential matching of familiar and unfamiliar conspecific faces by capuchin monkeys <em>(Cebus apella</em>). Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Madison WI. </p><p>REGINA PAXTON GAZES </p><p>3</p><p>CURRICULUM VITAE </p><p>.</p><p><strong>Paxton R</strong>, Judge PG, &amp; Talarico LR. 2004, April. Capuchin monkeys (<em>Cebus apella</em>) distinguish between images of familiar and unfamiliar conspecifics. Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Washington, DC. </p><p><strong>FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS </strong></p><p>.</p><p><strong>American Psychological Association </strong>Division of Experimental Psychology New </p><p>Investigator Award in Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 2013 </p><p><strong>American Psychological Association </strong>Interdivisional Mentoring Award, 2012 <strong>Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology </strong>graduate student travel award, 2012 <strong>Deans Teaching Fellowship </strong>Emory University 2011-2012. </p><p>....</p><p><strong>PRISM (</strong>Problems and Research to Integrate Science and Mathematics) <strong>Graduate Teaching Fellowship </strong>Emory University, 2008-2009. Funded by the GK-12 program of </p><p>the <strong>National Science Foundation</strong>. </p><p>..</p><p><strong>Center for Behavioral Neuroscience Graduate Scholar, </strong>2005- 2010. <strong>Emory University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Graduate Fellow</strong>, 2005-2011. </p><p><strong>TEACHING EXPERIENCE </strong></p><p>.</p><p><strong>Zoo Atlanta</strong>- Research methods and training workshop series, 2013. </p><p>.</p><p><strong>Emory University- </strong>Psych 385/NBB 370<em>- </em>Advanced Methods for Cognitive Testing, Fall 2011- Instructor of Record. </p><p>.</p><p><strong>Emory University- </strong>Lead Teaching Assistant, PSYCH 200WR Experimental Methods and PSYCH 230 Applied Statistics for Psychology. Professors Nancy Bliwise and Phil Wolffe, Fall 2009-Spring 2010. </p><p>....</p><p><strong>Dekalb Early College Academy-&nbsp;</strong>PRISM (Problems and Research to Integrate Science </p><p>and Mathematics) fellow in High School biology, 2008-2009. <strong>Emory University </strong>- Teaching Assistant, PSYC 325 Primate Social Psychology. Professor Frans deWaal, Spring 2008. </p><p><strong>Emory University </strong>-Teaching Assistant, PSYC 200WR Experimental Methods. Professor Nancy Bliwise, Fall 2007. </p><p><strong>Emory University </strong>-Teaching Assistant, PSYC 230 Applied Statistics for Psychology. Professor Nancy Bliwise, Spring 2007. </p><p>REGINA PAXTON GAZES </p><p>4</p><p>CURRICULUM VITAE </p><p>.</p><p><strong>Greenwich Academy</strong>- Upper school chemistry and biology teacher, Greenwich CT, 2004-2005. </p><p><strong>TEACHING DEVELOPMENT </strong></p><p>...</p><p>Georgia Institute of Technology Center for Advancement of Teaching and Learning Workshop in Interactive Teaching. June 2013. </p><p>Vision, Change, and the Case Study Approach; An Education Workshop. July 2011. Bloomington IN. </p><p>Problem Based Learning Facilitation Instructor. Emory Problems and Research to Integrate Science and Mathematics (PRISM) Summer Institute, June 2011. </p><p>..</p><p>PRISM Summer Institute in Problem Based Learning. Emory University, June 2008. Teaching Assistant Training and Teaching Opportunity (TATTO). Emory University, Fall 2006. </p><p>.</p><p>Roots &amp; Shoots University Science Education Training Summit. Dr. Jane Goodall. University of Connecticut, May 2006. </p><p><strong>MENTORSHIP EXPERIENCE </strong></p><p><strong>Zoo Atlanta </strong></p><p>.</p><p>Jasmine Hope, Emory University, SIRE program 2012-2013, NET/Work undergraduate research fellow, 2013-2015 </p><p>.......</p><p>Rebecca Copeland, Georgia Institute of Technology, undergraduate intern, 2013 Chase Kinsley, Auburn University, undergraduate intern, 2013 Amy Cohen, University of Georgia, undergraduate intern, 2013 Ben Milford and Emily Clifton, Georgia State University undergraduate interns, 2013 Lindsay Mahovetz, Georgia State University graduate student intern, 2012-2013 Mason Snuggs, Wheeler High School senior intern, 2012-2013 Arnold Eng, Georgia State Univerity. CBN BRAIN program, summer 2012 </p><p><strong>Emory University </strong></p><p>...</p><p>Tom Hassett, University of Wisconson- River Falls. SURE program, 2011. Janine Cabrera, Emory University. SIRE program, 2010. Nicholas Chee, Emory University. SIRE program, independent study 2008-2010, honors thesis 2010-2011. </p><p>REGINA PAXTON GAZES </p><p>5</p><p>CURRICULUM VITAE </p><p>....</p><p>Jacey Jones, Emory University. Independent study, 2007-2008. Hannah Kinkle , Emory University. SIRE program, 2006-2007. Kendra Williams, Emory University. Directed research program, 2006-2007. Tyrone Dash, Howard University. CBN BRAIN program. Summer 2006. </p><p><strong>UNDERGRADUATE CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS BY MENTEES </strong></p><p>....</p><p>Hope, J., Gazes, R. Paxton, Stoinski, T.S. 2013, August. Spatial-Magnitude Congruity and Attention Shifts in Orangutans. BRAIN Summer Research Institute Poster Session, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. </p><p>Hope, J., Gazes, R. Paxton, Stoinski, T.S. 2013, April. Spatial-Magnitude Congruity in Gorillas and Orangutans. Emory College Undergraduate Research Symposium, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. (<strong>1</strong><sup style="top: -0.21em;"><strong>st </strong></sup><strong>place award</strong>: overall&nbsp;poster presentation, SIRE program) </p><p>Eng, A., Gazes, R. Paxton, Burke, K., Stoinski, T.S. 2012, August. Examining the relationship of feeding ecology and food-related risky decision making. BRAIN Summer Symposium, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. </p><p>Hassett, T., Paxton, R., Hampton, R.R. 2011, August. An Analysis of Dominance Hierarchy Structure and its Correlative Relationship to Social Behaviors in Rhesus Monkeys <em>Macaca mulatta. </em>Emory College&nbsp;Undergraduate Research Symposium, Atlanta, GA. </p><p>.....</p><p>Chee, N.W., Paxton, R. &amp; Hampton, R.R. 2011, April. Cognitive Mechanisms Underlying Inference in Rhesus&nbsp;Monkeys <em>Macaca mulatta</em>. Emory College Undergraduate Research Symposium, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. </p><p>Chee, N.W., Paxton, R. &amp; Hampton, R.R. 2011, April. Cognitive Mechanisms Underlying Inference in Rhesus&nbsp;Monkeys <em>Macaca mulatta</em>. Georgia Undergraduate Research in Psychology Conference, Kennesaw State&nbsp;University, Kennesaw, GA. </p><p>Cabrera, J., Paxton, R., &amp; Hampton, R.R. 2011, April. Patterns of Cognitive Testing Participation in Group-Housed Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Emory College Undergraduate Research Symposium, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. </p><p>Chee, N., Paxton, R. &amp; Hampton, R.R. 2010, April. Transitive Inference and Learning Social Dominance Hierarchies in Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Emory College Undergraduate Research Symposium, Emory University, Atlanta, GA </p><p>Chee, N., Paxton, R. &amp; Hampton, R.R. 2009, July. Using infrared eye tracking to assess the psychological processes underlying choice by exclusion in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Emory College Undergraduate Research Symposium,Emory University, Atlanta, GA (<strong>2</strong><sup style="top: -0.21em;"><strong>nd </strong></sup><strong>place award</strong>, overall poster presentation, SURE program) </p><p>REGINA PAXTON GAZES </p><p>6</p><p>CURRICULUM VITAE </p><p>.....</p><p>Chee, N., Paxton, R. &amp; Hampton, R.R. 2009, April. Set organization as a possible method of exclusion learning in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Emory College Undergraduate Research Symposium, Emory University, Atlanta, GA </p><p>Williams, M.W., Basile, B.M., Paxton, R. &amp; Hampton, R.R. 2007, July. Perceptual classification in rhesus macaques. BRAIN Summer Internship Poster Session, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. </p><p>Jones, J.C., Basile, B.M., Paxton, R.L. &amp; Hampton, R.R. 2007, April. Do rhesus monkeys prefer social information or high activity in videos of human interactions? Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium,Emory University, Atlanta, GA. </p><p>Kinkel, H.E., Williams, K. N., Paxton, R., &amp; Hampton, R.R. 2007, April. A test of prospection in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. </p><p>Dash, T.D., Paxton R.L. &amp; Hampton, R.R. 2006, August, Color preferences and side bias in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). BRAIN Summer Symposium, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. </p><p><strong>ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES </strong></p><p>...</p><p>American Psychological Association Committee on Animal Research Ethics Government Relations advocacy training. September 30-October 1&nbsp;2012. </p><p>st </p><p>Ad Hoc Reviewer: Animal Cognition, Behavioral Neuroscience, Biology Letters, Behavioural Processes, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, Animal Behaviour </p><p>Founder and Leader of the Emory University chapter of Roots &amp; Shoots at Mary Lin Elementary School, Atlanta GA. 2006- 2012. </p><p>o</p><p>Trained and led undergraduate, graduate, and post-docs to conduct bi-weekly hands on lessons and service projects relating to science and the environment in local 3 </p><p>rd </p><p>grade classrooms. </p><p>..</p><p>Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Summer Course on Social Cognition, July 2010, Cold Spring Harbor, NY </p><p>Center for Behavioral Neuroscience Brain Awareness Month, 2006, 2007, 2008. o Visit local high school, middle school, and elementary school classrooms to increase understanding of basic neuroscience. </p><p><strong>GRANTS UNDER REVIEW </strong></p><p>.</p><p>Advancing informal STEM learning through independent animal behavior research at zoos. $1,324,188. National Science Foundation Program Division of Research on </p><p>REGINA PAXTON GAZES </p><p>7</p><p>CURRICULUM VITAE </p><p>Learning in Formal and Informal Settings. Submitted January 2013.&nbsp;Co PIs: Tara S. Stoinski, Patricia Marsteller </p><p><strong>SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE </strong></p><p>.</p><p>Wier, K. 2013. Captive Audience. <em>American Psychological Society Monitor. &nbsp; 44(5). </em></p><p><a href="/goto?url=http://www.apa.org/monitor/2013/05/captive-audience.aspx" target="_blank">www.apa.org/monitor/2013/05/captive-audience.aspx </a></p><p><strong>SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS </strong></p><p>..</p><p>American Psychological Association Division 3- Experimental Psychology- 2013-Present American Psychological Association Division 6- Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology- 2013-Present </p><p>.....</p><p>Animal Behavior Society- 2011- Present Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology- 2010- Present Center for Translational Social Neuroscience- 2010-Present Center for Behavioral Neuroscience Member- August 2005- Present Comparative Cognition Society- December 2005-Present </p><p>REGINA PAXTON GAZES </p><p>8</p><p>CURRICULUM VITAE </p>