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CURRICULUM VITAE

Anthony D. Cate, Ph.D.

Contact Information

Department of Psychology
509C Life Science
Roanoke College
Salem, VA 24153

Phone: 540-375-2474

Email:

ORCID iD:  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0135-1622

Professional Experience

2020 – present Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Roanoke College, Salem, VA

2019 – 2020 Advanced Instructor, Psychology Department
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

2015 – 2020 Affiliated Faculty Member, School of Neuroscience
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

2013 – 2020 Faculty Member, Center for Human-Computer Interaction
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

2011 – 2019 Assistant Professor, Psychology Department
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

2006 – 2011 Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Human Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory
Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System, Martinez, CA.
Dr. David Woods, advisor.

2005 Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

2005 – 2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology and CIHR Group for Action and Perception
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Dr. Melvyn Goodale and Dr. Stefan Köhler, advisors.

Education

2005 Carnegie Mellon University and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, Pittsburgh, PA
Ph.D. in Psychology (certificate in Cognitive Neuroscience).
Thesis committee: Dr. Marlene Behrmann (advisor), Dr. Roberta Klatzky, Dr. Carl Olson.
Thesis title: “The perception of 3D concavities in healthy observers and an agnosic patient.”

2000 Brown University, Providence, RI
Visiting scholar, Department of Neuroscience, laboratory of Dr. David Sheinberg.

1995 Yale University, New Haven, CT
B.A. cum laude with distinction in psychology (specialization in psychobiology).

Diversity and Inclusion

2019 Favorite Faculty Award for practice of Civility
Virginia Tech Student Affairs University-wide teaching award nominated by undergraduate students

Awards and Fellowships

2023 Roanoke College Faculty Summer Research Award
Support for writing high-impact manuscripts

2013 Virginia Tech Institute for Science, Culture and the Environment (ISCE)
Summer Scholars Program Principal Investigator
$19,000 to support proposal development for Validating Mathematical
Ways of Operating with Neural Correlates (Math WONC).

2004 American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Support for research equipment and expenses.

2002-2003 Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition Predoctoral Fellowship
One-year fellowship providing full tuition and stipend.

1999-2002 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
Three-year fellowship providing full tuition and stipend, supported by
the Office of Naval Research.

1999 Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience
Fellowship to attend the two-week training program at the Center for
Cognitive Neuroscience at Dartmouth College.

1998-1999 NINDS Predoctoral Training Grant in the Neuroscience
Two-year fellowship providing full tuition, stipend, and intramural
and extramural training programs (waived second year of support).

Publications

(* indicates graduate student advisee co-author; ** indicates undergraduate student advisee co-author)

Norton, A., Ulrich, C. L., Bell, M. A. & Cate, A. (2018). “Mathematics at Hand.” The Mathematics Educator 27(1): 33–59.

Zhang, S., Cate, A. D., Kang, X., Herron, T. J., Yund, E. W., Bao, S. & Woods, D. L. (2015). “Functional and Anatomical Properties of Human Visual Cortical Fields.” Vision Research 109: 107-121.

Cate, A. D., Herron, T. J., Yund, E. W., Kang, X. & Woods, D. L. (2012). “Intermodal attention modulates visual processing in dorsal and ventral streams.” Neuroimage 63(3):1295-304.

Kang, X., Herron, T. J., Cate, A. D., Yund, E. W. & Woods, D. L.( 2012). “Hemispherically-unified cortical surface mapping of the cerebral hemispheres.” PLoS ONE 7(9):e45582.

O’Neil, E. B., Protzner, A. B., McCormick, C., McLean, D. A., Poppenk, J., Cate A. D., Köhler S. (2012). “Distinct patterns of functional connectivity between perirhinal cortex and other cortical regions in recognition memory and perceptual discrimination.” Cerebral Cortex 22(1):74-85.

Woods, D. L., Herron, T. J., Kang, X., Cate, A. D. & Yund, E. W. (2011). “Phonological processing in human auditory cortical fields.” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 5:42. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00042

Cate, A. D., Goodale, M. A. & Köhler, S. (2011). “The role of apparent size in building- and object-specific regions of ventral visual cortex.” Brain Research 1388: 109-122.

Woods, D. L., Herron, T. J., Cate, A. D., Yund, E. W., Stecker, G. C., Rinne, T. & Kang, X. (2010). “Functional properties of human auditory cortical fields.” Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 4:155. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2010.00155

Cate, A. D. & Behrmann, M. (2010). “Perceiving parts and shapes from concave surfaces.” Attention, Perception & Psychophysics 72(1): 153-167.

O’Neil, E. B., Cate A. D., Köhler S. (2009). “Perirhinal cortex contributes to accuracy in recognition memory and perceptual discriminations.” Journal of Neuroscience 29(26): 8329-34.

Woods, D. L., Stecker, G. C., Rinne, T, Herron, T. J., Cate A. D., Yund, E. W., Liao, I. & Kang, X. (2009). “Functional Maps of Human Auditory Cortex: Effects of Acoustic Features and Attention.” PLoS ONE 4(4): e5183. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005183.

Cate, A. D., Herron, T. J., Yund, E. W., Stecker, G. C., Rinne, T., Kang, X., Petkov, C. I., Disbrow, E. A. & Woods, D. L. (2009). “Auditory attention activates peripheral visual cortex.” PLoS ONE 4(2): e4645. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004645.

Cate, A. & Köhler, S. (2006). “The missing whole in perceptual models of perirhinal cortex.” Trends in Cognitive Science 10(9): 396-7.

Cate, A. & Behrmann, M. (2006). “The unlikely perception of figural shape from 3D concavities.” Visual Cognition 14(1): 78-81.

Cate, A. & Behrmann, M. (2002). “Spatial and temporal influences on extinction in parietal patients.” Neuropsychologia 40:2206-2225.

Manuscripts in Preparation

Cate, A. D. (in preparation). “Modeling Visual Enumeration Using Cumulative Link Regression.”

Roldán, S. M.* & Cate, A. D. (in preparation). “Neural correlates of holistic recognition revealed by internal visual crowding of object photographs.”

Brown, J. M.*, Polys, N. F. & Cate, A. D. (in preparation) “Large Displays Enhance Contour Perception.”

Cate, A. D. (in preparation). “Temporal pole activation for stereo-defined 3D concave structure.”

Conference Talks

Cate, A. (2024). “Human perception of clusters in Gaussian-distributed fields of dots.” Central Virginia Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Blacksburg, VA.

Cate, A. D. & Brown, J.M.* (2019). “Large physical size and viewing distance enhance contour integration.” Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, St. Pete Beach, FL.

Cate, A. D. (2019). “Modeling Visual Enumeration Using Cumulative Link Regression.” Computational and Mathematical Models in Vision (MODVIS), St. Pete Beach, FL.

Cate, A. D. (2019). “You can’t play 20 questions with an algorithm and win: how to break deep networks productively.” Algorithms That Make You Think workshop, Blacksburg, VA.

Cate, A. D., Cooper, L.**, Devulapalli, R. **, Flynn, T. **, Hiles, D. ** & Quinn, T. ** (2017). “Numeracy neuroimaging: cortical surface-based meta-analysis.” Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.

Cate, A. & Behrmann, M. (2005). “The unlikely perception of figural shape from 3D concavities” OPAM (Object Perception and Memory), a satellite conference of the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting.

Cate, A. & Behrmann, M. (2004). “3D depth influences holistic perception processes in healthy subjects and a prosopagnosic patient” Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting.

Cate, A. & Sheinberg, D. (2001). “Different visual processing of objects and scenes” Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting.

Conference Presentations

Cate, A. D. (2023). “Identification of dot clusters in a Gaussian-distributed field: the range of human perception and a comparison with spectral graph clustering.” Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Cate, A. D. (2021). “The figural shape of 3D concave regions activates temporopolar cortex.” Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, St. Pete Beach, FL.

Muralidharan, P.* & Cate, A. D. (2018). “Perceptual organization in Parkinson’s disease: A behavioral investigation of basal ganglia dysfunction.” Object Perception and Memory conference (OPAM), New Orleans, LA.

Cate, A. D., Cooper, L.**, Devulapalli, R. **, Flynn, T. **, Hiles, D. ** & Quinn, T. ** (2017). “Visual aspects of numeracy neuroimaging: cortical surface-based meta-analysis.” Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, St. Pete Beach, FL.

Roldán, S. M.*, Obertello, O.** & Cate, A. D. (2017). “Eye Movements during Emotional Scene Processing: Exploring the Role of Visual Perception in Intrusive Mental Imagery.” Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, St. Pete Beach, FL.

Muralidharan, P.* & Cate, A. D. (2017). “fMRI investigation of part-whole contingencies using 2-D shapes: A partial least squares analysis.” Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Roldán, S. M.* & Cate, A. D. (2016). “Identifying Distinctive Features in Object Recognition.” Object Perception and Memory conference (OPAM), Boston, MA.

Cate, A. D. & Hartman, M.** (2016). “Empty space is less crowded: stereo-defined 3D letters exhibit less crowding when they are concave than when they are convex.” Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, St. Pete Beach, FL.

Brown, J. M.* & Cate, A. D. (2016). “Physical Size and Spatiotopic Cues Modulate Inverted Face Representation.” Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY.

Muralidharan, P.* & Cate, A. D. (2016). “Perceptual Organization in Parkinson’s disease: The Role of the Basal ganglia in Shape-Based Object Recognition and Emotion Perception.” Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, St. Pete Beach, FL.

Roldán, S. M.* & Cate, A. D. (2016). “Identifying Distinctive Features in Object Recognition.” Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, St. Pete Beach, FL.

Cate, A. D. & Roldán, S. M.* (2015). “Concurrent fMRI analysis of part-whole structure and subjective object norms for items from the BOSS (Bank of Standardized Stimuli) data set.” Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, St. Pete Beach, FL.

Roldán, S. M.* & Cate, A. D. (2015). “Neural correlates of holistic and configural visual object processing.” Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting, , Honolulu, HI.

Bell, M. A., Norton, A., Ulrich, C., Cate, A. & Patton, L. (2015) “Mathematical Ways of Operating: An EEG Study with 6th Graders.” SRDC (Society for Research in Child Development) Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Cate, A. D., Brown, J. M.* & Roldán, S. M.* (2014). “Human cortical visual pathways for the perception of figural shapes that violate Gestalt principles: fMRI of 3D concave shape from stereopsis.” Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2014, Washington, D.C.

Brown, J. M.* & Cate, A., (2014). “Effects of physical size on visual contour integration and global-local judgments of hierarchical forms.” Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2014, Washington, D.C.

Roldán, S. M.* & Cate, A. D., (2014). “Neural correlates of holistic and configural visual object processing.” Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2014, Washington, D.C.

Smith D.**, Cate, A. & Koffarnus, M. (2014). “Mindfulness meditation alters subjective experience of time.” Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2014, Washington, D.C.

Cate, A. D. Rosen, A.**, Bell, M. A., Ulrich, C. L., Roldán, S. M.* & Norton, A. (2014) “Mathematical Ways of Operating: an fMRI Study with 12-year-old participants.” Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting, Hamburg, Germany.

Cate, A. D. & Tzur, L.** (2013) “Spatial grouping and visual enumeration performance: signal detection analysis.” Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting 2013, Toronto, Canada.

Roldán, S.*, Liu, M.**, DeRoma, J.**, Cate, A. (2013) “Identifying parts and wholes in real-world objects: an application of critical spacing.” Object Perception and Memory conference (OPAM), Toronto, ON, Canada.

Smith, D.**, Chung, H., Ragan, E., Self, J., North, C. & Cate, A. (2013). “Semantic memory for kinesthetic learning in large-scale visual displays.” Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.

Liu, H.** & Cate, A. (2013). “Hierarchical Neural Network Brain Simulation of Object Recognition.” Central Virginia Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.

Cate, A. D., Herron, T. J. & Woods, D. L. (2012) “Divergence Modeling: an Information Theoretic Method for Analyzing Perceptual Representations via Stimulus Similarity.” Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting 2012.

Cate, A. D., Herron, T. J., Kang, X. & Woods, D. L. (2012). “Cortical surface-based meta-analysis of human visuotopic regions from published stereotaxic coordinates.” Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting 2012.

Herron, T. J., Cate, A., Kang, X. & Woods, D. L. (2011). “VAMCA: A toolbox for the visualization and meta-analysis of functional organization of the cortex using an anatomical database.” 4th World Congress on Neuroinformatics.

Cate, A. D., Kang, X., Herron, T. J. & Woods, D. L. (2011). “Part/whole integration of 2D shapes in the hippocampus and the basal ganglia.” Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting.

Reed, B., Yund, W., Cate, A., Hink, R. F., Turken, A., Herron, T. J. & Woods, D. L. (2011). “Age effects on components of visual feature conjunction measured with the California Cognitive Assessment Battery.” International Neuropsychology Society Annual Meeting.

Cate, A. D., Herron, T. J. & Woods, D. L. (2010). “Divergence modeling: Analyzing perceptual representations via stimulus similarity and information theory.” Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.

Cate, A. D., Kang, X., Herron, T. J., Yund, E. W. & Woods, D. L. (2010). “Shape dimensions, perceptual organization and intermodal selective attention: anterior extrastriate fMRI.” Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting.

Cate, A. D., Kang, X., Herron, T. J. & Woods, D. L. (2010). “fMR adaptation of parts and wholes in visual cortex.” Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting.

Woods, D. L., Cate, A. D., Herron, T. J., Yund, E. W. & Kang, X. (2009). “Phonological processing in human auditory cortex.” Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.

Cate, A. D., Herron, T. J., Kang, X., Yund, E. W. & Woods, D. L. (2009). “Sensory and attention-dependent regions in human extrastriate visual cortex.” Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting.

Cate, A. D., X. J. Kang, T. J. Herron & D. L. Woods (2009). “Event-related fMRI of integral and separable dimensions in simple visual objects.” Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting.

O’Neil, E. Cate, A., Poppenk, J. & Köhler, S. (2009). “Distinct patterns of functional connectivity between perirhinal cortex and other cortical regions in recognition memory and perceptual discrimination.” Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting.

Kang, X.., Herron, T., Turken, A. Cate, A., Woods, D. (2008). “Anisotropic diffusion properties near the cortical surface.” Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting.

Cate, A. D., Herron, T.J., Kang, X.., Yund, E.W. & Woods, D. L. (2008). “Separating the effects of intermodal selective attention, auditory distraction and stimulus type on visual fMRI activations.” Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting.

Woods, D. L., Stecker, G. C., Rinne, T. J., Cate, A. D., Liao, I., Herron, T. J., Kang, X. & Yund, E. W. (2008). “Stimulus and attention effects on sound activations in human auditory cortex.” Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting.

O’Neil, E., Cate, A. & Köhler, S. (2008). “Perirhinal cortex activity is related to accuracy in recognition memory and on perceptual discriminations.” Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting.

Cate, A., Herron, T.J., Kang, X.., Yund, E.W. & Woods, D. L. (2007). “Modulation of occipital cortex representing the peripheral visual field by auditory attention.” Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting.

Cate, A., Goodale, M. & Köhler, S. (2006). “The influence of perceived size/distance on object and place ROIs.” Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting.

Cate, A. & Behrmann, M. (2002). “Image complexity determines degree of viewpoint dependence.” Vision sciences Society Annual Meeting.

Cate, A. & Behrmann, M. (2001). “Different processes for enumerating elements of objects and scenes.” OPAM.

Cate, A. & Behrmann, M. (2000). “The role of competition between specific features of targets and masks in the attentional blink.” OPAM.

Cate, A. & Behrmann, M. (2000). “Spatial gradients of attention and the time course of extinction.” Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting.

Graduate and Undergraduate Student Conference Presentations

Brown, J. M.*, Roth, Z., Cate, A. D., Silson, E., Merriam, E. & Baker, C. I. (2017). “Stimulus Properties Effect Population Receptive Responses Measured using fMRI.” NIH Summer Research Program Poster Day, Bethesda, MD.

Devulapalli, R.** & Cooper, L.** (2017). “Visual aspects of numeracy neuroimaging: cortical surface-based meta-analysis.” Virginia Tech Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Conference, Blacksburg, VA.

Dones, A. J.**, Cate, A. (2016). “Functional connectivity maps for hole perception, an fMRI analysis.” Virginia Tech Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Conference, Blacksburg, VA.

Roldan, S.*, Liu, M.**, DeRoma, J.**, Cate, A. (2014). “Identifying parts and wholes in real-world objects: an application of critical spacing.” 13th Annual Graduate Research Symposium at the College of William and Mary. Williamsburg, VA.

Liu, H.** & Cate, A. (2013) “Hierarchical Neural Network Brain Simulation of Visual Object Recognition.” ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference, Winston-Salem, NC.

Liu, H.** & Cate, A. (2013) “Hierarchical temporal memory simulation using OOD and MVC.” National Undergraduate Research Conference, La Crosse, WI.

Liu, M.**, Roldán, S.* & Cate, A. (2013) “Holistic and Configural Processing in Real-World Objects Using Isolation Field & Crowding.” Virginia Tech MAOP Summer Research Institute, Blacksburg, VA.

Smith, D.**, Cate, A. & North, C. (2012) Spatial and semantic memory for kinesthetic learning in large-scale interactive displays.” Virginia Tech Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, Blacksburg, VA.

Invited Talks

11/2/2017 Virginia Tech, Department of Mathematics Education
“Numeracy neuroimaging: cortical surface-based meta-analysis.”

8/24/2017 Virginia Tech, Psychology Department, Developmental Science
and Biological Psychology Research Symposium Keynote Address
“The Fate of Visual Object Information.”

4/21/2017 Virginia Tech, Center for Human-Computer
Interaction/Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology
“Resurrecting the Gigapixel Display: Can embodied cognition be small?”

2/7/2014 University of Virginia, Department of Psychology.
“Straightening out human visual cortex function with meta-analysis.”

7/25/2007 University of California at Davis, Center for Mind and Brain.
“Segmentation, inflation and sulcal alignment with FreeSurfer.”

Public Talks

10/24/2019 Moss Center for the Arts, Virginia Tech.
DATAFORM exhibition

Gallery talk

2/22/2014 Center for the Arts, Virginia Tech
Landscape: Another Dimension exhibition

“‘My Take’ Talk: Jacco Olivier”

Teaching

Courses:

AI versus Human Intelligence.  Roanoke College INQ-277-CN.
Intensive learning term course (13 days, 3 hrs/day).  Wrote and developed hands-on, code-based generative AI lessons for non-programmers.
May 2024

Cognitive Psychology.  Roanoke College PSYC 241.
Psychology major sophomore-level course. Created hands-on neuroimaging meta-analysis project with extensive step-by-step manual.
Fall 2021 – Spring 2024, four semesters.

Research Practicum.  Roanoke College PSYC 306.
One-on-one advisor for lab research.
Spring 2024, one semester.

Independent Study.  Roanoke College PSYC 406.
One-on-one advisor for independent lab research.
Fall 2023 – Spring 2024, two semesters.

Honors Project Advising. Roanoke College PSYC 496.
One-on-one advisor for Honors in the Major research project.
Spring 2023, one semester.

Neuroscience of Free Will. Roanoke College INQ-260PY.
Undergraduate Inquiry course.
I had the privilege of teaching this new course for the first time. Readings include important philosophy of mind essays and extend to include diverse fields not traditionally included in the academic study of free will, e.g., “locked in” syndrome, neuroimaging, drug addiction.
Fall 2021 – Spring 2023, four sections in three semesters.

Psychology and the Media. Roanoke College INQ-260PY.
Undergraduate Inquiry course.
This course focuses on practice finding popular and scientific sources of research, evaluating and comparing them critically, and on how to give persuasive oral and written presentations to support or refute conclusions from research studies.
Spring 2021, two sections in one semester.

Research Methods in Psychology. Roanoke College PSYC 202.
Mandatory course for psychology majors.
Students learn a survey of the primary behavioral research methods and the theory behind them, with a focus on what distinguishes valid from invalid studies. Students practice critical evaluation of published research, perform public speaking, and prepare practice research presentations.
Spring 2021 – Fall 2022, three sections in two semesters.

Research Seminar: Cognitive. Roanoke College PSYC 410.
Mandatory capstone applied research methods course for psychology majors.
Students design, conduct, and present independent research studies in small groups. Studies focus on current topics and methods in contemporary cognitive psychology.
Spring 2023, one semester.

Cognitive Neuroscience of Decision Making. Virginia Tech PSYC 4364.
Undergraduate senior seminar.
Created curriculum and methods for publishing e-book based on student work.
Spring 2019 – Spring 2020.

Cognitive Psychology. Virginia Tech PSYC 4114.
Senior undergraduate level lecture course.
Fall semesters 2011 – 2019.

Sensation & Perception. Virginia Tech PSYC 4074.
Senior undergraduate level lecture course.
Spring semesters 2012 – 2020.

Nervous Systems & Behavior. Virginia Tech PSYC 2064.
Sophomore undergraduate level lecture course.
Spring and Fall semesters 2017 – 2020.

Cognitive Psychology Laboratory. Virginia Tech PSYC 4214.
Senior undergraduate level laboratory.
Created curriculum and supervised teaching assistants.
Fall semesters 2011 – 2019.

Sensation & Perception Laboratory. Virginia Tech PSYC 4274.
Senior undergraduate level laboratory.
Created curriculum and supervised teaching assistants.
Spring semesters 2012 –2020.

The Human Mind. University of Western Ontario PSY130a.
Introductory level lecture course.
Fall 2005.

Course Lectures:

“Sensation and Perception.” Virginia Tech TBMH-5074 Fundamentals of Cognitive & Brain Science (Graduate course; 2 lectures).
3/2020.

“Cognitive Neuroanatomy.” Virginia Tech BMES-5984 SS:Intro Funct Mag Res Imagng (Graduate course; Instructor: Stephen LaConte).
9/1/2015 and 9/11/2014.

“Neuropsychology of Mental Imagery.” University of Western Ontario PSY 324 Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience (Undergraduate course; Instructor: Stefan Köhler).
11/5/2005.

Advising

Academic Advisor for Psychology Majors: Fall 2021 – present

Served as assigned advisor for approximately 25 students per year.

Mid-year Orientation Presenter: Spring 2023

Hosted an introduction to the Psychology major for Roanoke College first-year students.

Service

College:

Academic Integrity Committee; Fall 2022 – present

General Education Committee; 2.5 year term, Spring 2024 – Fall 2026
GEC Secretary; Fall 2024 – present

Morehead Essay reviewer; Spring 2024

Department:

Recorder: note taker of departmental meetings; Fall 2021 – present

Assessment Coordinator; Fall 2022 – present

Peer Review Activities

Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer

Biological Psychology

Brain Research

Developmental Neuropsychology

Emotion

Experimental Brain Research

Human Brain Mapping

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Journal of Neuroscience

Neurocase

Neuroimage

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Scientific Reports

Vision Research

Conference Proceedings Reviewer

IEEE Information Visualization (InfoVis)

 

Undergraduate Students (major in parentheses; honors in italics)

Undergraduate Research Advisor (for academic credit):

Michael Boykin (Psychology) 1/2024 – 5/2024

Ellington Cooke (Psychology) 8/2023 – 5/2024

Molly Willingham (Psychology) 8/2022 – 5/2023

Rithika Surineni (Psychology) 8/2017 – 5/2018

Megan Daniels (Neuroscience) 1/2017 – 5/2017

Olivia Obertello (Health, Nutrition, Foods and Exercise) 1/2017 – 5/2017

Leah Cooper (Psychology) 8/2016 – 5/2017

Rishi Devulapalli (Neuroscience) 8/2016 – 5/2017

  • Undergraduate Research Ambassador, Virginia Tech Office of Undergraduate Research (2017-2020).

Agilay Dones (Business Information Technology, Psychology) 8/2015 – 5/2017

Dale Hiles (Psychology, Sociology) 8/2015 – 5/2017

Taylor Flynn (Biology, Neuroscience) 1/2016 – 5/2016

Timothy Quinn (Psychology) 1/2016 – 5/2016

Christopher Darvishian (Chemistry, Neuroscience) 8/2015 – 5/2016

Alexander Hawk (Biology, Psychology) 1/2015 – 5/2016

Daijreous Poole (Psychology) 9/2014 – 5/2015

Michael Hartman (Psychology) 1/2014 – 5/2015

Trae Drexler (Psychology) 8/2013 – 5/2014

Riley Higgins (Psychology) 8/2013 – 5/2014

Joseph DeRoma IV (Psychology) 5/2013 – 7/2014

Maria Boylan (Psychology) 8/2012 – 5/2013

  • Duke University Brain Imaging and Analysis Center Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship in Functional Neuroimaging (2013-15)
  • Undergraduate Research Award, Virginia Tech Psychology Department (2013).

Lihi Tzur (Chemistry, Psychology) 8/2012 – 5/2013

  • Undergraduate Research Award, Virginia Tech Psychology Department (2013).

Adon Rosen (Psychology) 1/2012 – 5/2014

  • Undergraduate Research Award, Virginia Tech Psychology Department (2014).

 

Research Advisor (in VT Visual Neuroscience Lab):

Anna Gotera (Neuroscience) 1/2017 – 5/2018

Olivia Bridenstine (Neuroscience) 1/2017 – 5/2017

Nureen Sayed (Neuroscience) 1/2017 – 5/2017

Grace Herrick (Neuroscience) 1/2015 – 5/2017

Wayne Stafford (Neuroscience) 1/2015 – 12/2015

B. Taylor Hilton (Psychology) 10/2014 – 5/2015

Amanda Scarangella (Psychology) 8/2013 – 5/2014

 

HHMI Scieneering Advisor:

Huanqing (Quinn) Liu (Computer Science) 8/2012 – 5/2014

  • York University Center for Vision Research Vision Science Summer School (2013).

Douglas Smith (Psychology) 1/2012 – 12/2013

  • Undergraduate Research Award, Virginia Tech Psychology Department (2014).
  • ACC Creativity and Innovation Grant (2013)

 

Summer Internship Advisor (in VT Visual Neuroscience Lab):

Crystal Davis (Biology, New River Community College) 5/2014 – 7/2014

  • Virginia Tech MAOP (Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program) Summer Research Institute.

Meili Liu (Psychology, James Madison University) 5/2013 – 7/2013

  • Virginia Tech MAOP Summer Research Institute.

 

Graduate Students (honors in italics)

Doctoral Advisor:

James M. Brown 8/2013 – 5/2020

Dissertation title: “Is Gloss a cue for Real-World Object Size?”

  • Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research (SIP) at the National Institutes of Health (2016, 2017)

 

Stephanie M. Roldán 8/2012 – 5/2017

Dissertation title: “Eye Movements and Hemodynamic Response during Emotional Scene Processing: Exploring the Role of Visual Perception in Intrusive Mental Imagery.”

  • NIH BRAIN Initiative Summer Course on Models and Neurobiology at the Computational Neurobiology Center at the University of Missouri (2016)
  • Award for Excellence in Scholarship, William & Mary Annual Graduate Research Symposium (2014)

 

Doctoral thesis committee member:

Ransom Campbell 5/2017 – 4/2019

Dissertation title: “Dynamic fluctuations in emotion and space representation: A functional cerebral systems approach to right hemisphere dysfunction”

 

Amnah Eltahir (Biomedical Engineering and Sciences) 6/2016 – 8/2018

 

Paul Hill 12/2014 – 8/2017

Dissertation title: “Weaving the past into an imagined future: Episodic future thinking relies on working memory as a cognitive interface with episodic memory”

 

Xiao Yang 10/2014 – 6/2017

Dissertation title: “Differentiation between the effects of physical and psychosocial stress on a feedback-based learning task”

 

Meagan O’Neill 12/2015 – 12/2016

Dissertation title: “Source Memory Failures: Comparing Source Misattribution to Sources of False Memories”

 

Fang Wang 11/2015 – 12/2016

Dissertation title: “Neural Correlates of Temporal Context Processing”

 

Laura Mills-Smith 12/2013 – 5/2016

Dissertation title: “The Role of Contingency and Ostensive Cues on Infants’ Cognitively Demanding Word-Object Learning”

 

Doctoral preliminary examination committee member:

J. Alex Faunce 4/2019 – 10/2019

Ransom Campbell 5/2015 – 12/2016

Meagan O’Neill 9/2015 – 12/2015

Fang Wang 9/2015 – 11/2015

Paul Hill 4/2014 – 12/2014

Xiao Yang 2/2014 – 10/2014

Laura Mills-Smith 8/2013 – 12/2013

 

Masters advisor:

Padmapriya Muralidharan 8/2014 – 5/2019

Masters thesis title: “Perceptual organization in Parkinson’s Disease: a behavioral investigation of basal ganglia dysfunction”

  • NSF BRAIN Summer School in Computational Sensory-Motor Neuroscience (CoSMo 2018)

 

Masters thesis committee member:

Jefferson Salan 12/2018 – 5/2020

Meagan O’Neill 5/2013 – 4/2015

Fang Wang 5/2013 – 5/2014