ADAM J. ROCK CURRICULUM VITAE ADAM JOHN ROCK School of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences University of New England, Armidale I. PERSONAL Nationality: Australian. Telephone: + 61 430 473 878 E-mail: [email protected] II. EDUCATION Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, conferred December 2010 by HBA Consulting. Graduate Certificate of Higher Education, conferred April 2009 by Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. Doctor of Philosophy (in Psychology), conferred April 2005 by Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia. Title of thesis: "Constructivism and shamanic states of consciousness: On the antecedents, epistemological structure and ontological foundations of ostensibly shamanic journeying imagery associated with the lower world” The Honours Degree of Bachelor of Arts (in Psychology), conferred April 1997 by Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia. Title of thesis: "The flow of time: The effect of altered states of consciousness on temporal distortion” The Ordinary Degree of Bachelor of Arts, conferred April 1995 by Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia. Majors: Psychology and Sociology. III. SCHOLARSHIPS 1998-2001: Charles Sturt University Postgraduate Research Studentship. 1 ADAM J. ROCK IV. ACADEMIC POSITIONS A. Senior Lecturer in Psychology (equivalent to Associate Professor in the United States), University of New England, 2014-current B. Lecturer (Level B) in Psychology (equivalent to Assistant Professor in the United States), University of New England, 2011-2013 C. Senior Lecturer (equivalent to Associate Professor in the United States), School of Psychology, Deakin University, 2010-2010 D. Lecturer (Level B) (equivalent to Assistant Professor in the United States), School of Psychology, Deakin University, 2006-2009 E. Lecturer (Level B) (equivalent to Assistant Professor in the United States) and Research Manager, School of Rural Health and Research and Evaluation Unit, University of New South Wales, 2003-2005 F. Sessional Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Charles Sturt University, 2002- 2006 Psychology Tutor, Aboriginal Tutorial Assistance Scheme (ATAS), Charles Sturt University, 2000-2001 Casual Academic, Department of Psychology, Charles Sturt University, 1999-2002 V. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching Activity Subject/Unit Years taught Level Lectures Tutorials Coordinator Director Fourth-year Psychology 2016-current 4 √ √ N/A Research Methods and Statistics 2012-2015 2 √ - √ N/A Clinical Research Methods 2013-2014 5 √ √ √ N/A Altered Consciousness 2012-2014 4 √ √ √ N/A Introductory Psychology 1 2013-2014 1 √ - - - Introductory Psychology 2 2012 1 √ - - - Research Methods A 2006-2009 2 √ √ - N/A Research Methods B 2007-2009 3 √ √ - N/A 2010 √ √ √ Research Methods C 2006-2007 4 - √ - N/A Conceptual and Professional Issues in 2007-2009 4 √ - - N/A the Science and Practice of Psychology 2 ADAM J. ROCK Teaching Activity Subject/Unit Years taught Level Lectures Tutorials Coordinator Director Introduction to Psychology A 2006 1 √ √ - N/A 2008 - √ - √ 2009 √ √ - √ Introduction to Psychology B 2006-2007 1 - √ √ N/A 2008, 2009 √ √ - √ Cognitive Psychology A 2006 2 - √ - N/A Cognition 2002, 2004-2005 3 √ √ √ N/A Research Methods and Statistics in 2005 2 √ √ √ N/A Psychology 2000, 2002-2003 - √ - N/A Advanced Research Methods and 2004-2005 3 √ √ √ N/A Statistics in Psychology Foundations of Psychology 1 2005 1 √ - - N/A Population Health and Medicine 2004-2005 4 √ √ √ N/A Behavioural Neuroscience 1 & 2 2001 2 - √ - N/A VI. TEACHING FEEDBACK Table 1. Student evaluation of teaching for PSYC202 Research Methods and Statistics Mode 2012 2013 2014 2015 Eval. N % Eval. N % Eval. N % Eval. N % External 4.7 77 37.9 4.85 112 40.29 4.75 121 39.41 4.7 93 34.40 Internal 4.7 28 50.0 4.74 17 27.87 4.73 9 23.68 4.6 12 33.30 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 PSYC202 4.4 School 4.3 4.2 University 4.1 4 3.9 2012 2013 2014 2015 Figure 1. Comparison of PSYC202, School-level and University-level Teaching Evaluations. 3 ADAM J. ROCK Table 2. Representative qualitative feedback from students Verbatim Student Comments “Another research methods unit with the BEST lecturer EVER!! Very interesting, informative, and just plain BRILLIANT! He made research methods FUN and exciting! The first few slides of each lecture was a great intro which got you motivated to stay for the rest! keep up the great work, I love your motivation!” “Fantastic lecturer! Makes the material fun and interesting (and surprisingly easier to comprehend!)” “Loved the lectures... very entertaining and proved very successful in improving my learning and comprehension of some often very difficult concepts!” “Great lecturer! Very entertaining. Made difficult topics less daunting, more interesting and provided some great examples to enhance understanding. I felt he understood where students are coming from. Approachable, friendly, helpful - really good!” “Best lecturer I've had. He makes the boring lecture content interactive and easy to engage. Fantastic lecturing technique” “Although he is an entertaining character, he is very knowledgeable and really good at teaching and explaining things. His lectures were based on the harder parts of research methods, and I found his teaching helpful in grasping difficult concepts.” “Adam is definitely the most captivating lecturer i have ever had. I have never enjoyed lectures as much as i enjoyed Adam's (despite the dry content of ANOVAs). Fantastic lecturer.. deserves a medal!” “Adam was amazing, very approachable and he made learning fun and explained difficult topics really well. One of the best teachers at Deakin!” “Amazing lecturer. I would go to any of his classes. An eclectic way of teachings. Loved the style of lectures, hilarious, clear, helpful, informative. The best!” VII. TEACHING AWARDS AND/OR NOMINATIONS • UNE Award for Teaching Excellence for Commitment to Enhancing the Quality of Student Learning (2015). • Vice-Chancellor (VC) Scholar nominated academic (2015). • Unit Monitoring Commendation for PSYC202 Research Methods and Statistics (2013, 2015) and PSYC101 Introductory Psychology 1 (2013). These commendations are in recognition of “achieving an outstanding result in terms of high overall student satisfaction and low attrition… The performance of this unit on these variables places it in the top 10% of those taught during the reporting period across the whole University.” • Ranked 5th in Australia for the Unijobs Lecturer of the Year (2014). 4 ADAM J. ROCK VIII. COURSE/CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT Developer of a 4th year psychology unit (PSYC401H - Altering Consciousness) at the University of New England. Director and primary developer of the first-year Psychology program at Deakin University, which consisted of two subjects: Introduction to Psychology A and B. In addition, developed a 12-part first-year Psychology tutorial series delivered in a synchronous virtual environment using an online teaching technology referred to as Elluminate-live! (E-Live!). This led to the formulation of a preliminary 'cyberspatial' pedagogy consisting of effective teaching strategies that were designed to be implemented in an online environment. The aforementioned pedagogy was presented at domestic (Rock, Wilkie, Hooley, & Wig, 2009) and national (Rock, Hooley, & Wilkie, 2009) teaching and learning conferences. IX. RESEARCH SUPERVISION (2012 ONWARDS) Part-time/ Enrolment Completio % of joint Student Name Degree Outcome Full-time Date n Date supervision Bonnie Murphy PhD Full- 2/18 2/21 Ongoing 50% (Clinical time Psychology) Timothy Shurmer HBA Bachelor Full- 2/17 11/17 H1 50% of Arts with time Honours Gerard Dale HBA Bachelor Full- 2/17 11/17 H1 50% of Arts with time Honours Mel Schwass HBA Bachelor Full- 2/17 11/17 H2A 50% of Arts with time Honours Claire McFadden HBA Bachelor Full- 2/17 11/17 H1 50% of Arts with time Honours Ashley Alford MPsych(Clin) Full- 2/16 11/17 Conferre 50% time d Jen Green MPsych(Clin) Full- 2/16 11/17 Conferre 50% time d Ashryn Ostler MPsych(Clin) Full- 2/16 11/17 Conferre 50% time d 5 ADAM J. ROCK Ben Kenny HBSC Bachelor Full- 2/16 11/16 H1 50% of Science with time Honours Helen Stanley HBA Bachelor Part- 2/15 11/16 H1 50% of Arts with time Honours Hannah Wraight HBA Bachelor Part- 2/15 11/16 H2A 50% of Arts with time Honours Kate Brettle HBA Bachelor Full- 2/16 11/16 H2A 50% of Arts with time Honours Michelle Azoum HBA Bachelor Part- 2/15 11/16 H1 50% of Arts with time Honours Soraya Mir B. PSYCH. Full- 2/16 11/16 H1 50% (HONS.) time Tommy Janovsky PhD Full- 2/16 2/19 Ongoing 50% (Clinical time Psychology) Constantinus PhD Full- 3/15 3/18 Ongoing 50% Wahju Prijonggo (Psychology) time Charles McKeith HBA Bachelor Full- 2/15 11/15 H1 50% of Arts with time Honours Sally Blair B. PSYCH. Full- 2/15 11/15 H1 50% (HONS.) time Kate Farrell HBA Bachelor Full- 2/15 N/A Withdre 50% of Arts with time w 1 Honours Alice Hone Master of Full- 2/14 11/15 Conferre 50% Clinical time d Psychology Carmel Wright Master of Full- 2/14 11/15 Conferre 50% Clinical time d Psychology Elena Master of Full- 2/14 11/15 Conferre 50% Mavromoustakso Clinical time d Psychology 1 This student cited stressors in her personal life as the reason for withdrawing from her course. 6 ADAM J. ROCK Darryl Read Master of Full- 2/14 11/15 Conferre 50% Clinical time d Psychology Christopher HBA Bachelor Full- 2/14 11/14 H1 100% Tricker of Arts with time Honours Neville Shackleton B. PSYCH. Full- 2/14 11/14 H2A 100% (HONS.) time Robert Lawson B. PSYCH. Full- 2/14 11/14 H2A 100% (HONS.) time Emma Vine Master of Full- 2/13 11/14 Conferre 100% Clinical time d Psychology Alexandra Master of Full- 2/13 11/14 Conferre 50% Crawford Clinical time d Psychology Benjamin Shields Master of Full- 2/13 11/14 Conferre 50% Clinical time d Psychology Kylie Harris PhD Full- 9/12 31/8/16 Ongoing 70% (Psychology) time Timothy Hatfield B.