In progress, Ph.D., Cognition and Perception
University of Iowa, Dept. of Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Bob McMurray

2005, B.S., Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Honors in Research
University of Rochester, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

speech perception, spoken word recognition, language processing, speech development, unsupervised learning, computational modeling, event-related potential techniques, eye-tracking techniques

2005-present, Graduate Research Assistant
University of Iowa, Dept. of Psychology
Mechanisms of Audio-visual Categorization Lab, Dr. Bob McMurray

2004, Research Assistant
NASA Ames Research Center, Human Information Processing Research Branch
Visual Perception Lab, Dr. Lee Stone and Dr. Brent Beutter

2003-2005, Research Assistant
University of Rochester, Dept. of Brain & Cognitive Sciences
Language Processing Lab, Dr. Michael Tanenhaus

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2008, Best Student Paper in Speech Communication - Second Prize
Acoustical Society of America

2008, Computational Modeling Prize in Perception & Action
Cognitive Science Society

2007, J. R. Simon Early Scholarship Potential Award
University of Iowa, Dept. of Psychology

2006, Best Student Paper in Speech Communication - First Prize
Acoustical Society of America

2001, Bausch & Lomb Science Award
University of Rochester

2001, Rush Rhees Scholarship
University of Rochester

"Listeners' use of multiple acoustic cues in speech"
University of Iowa Student Government Research Grant, 2006

Travel Funds Awards, 2006, 2007, 2008
University of Iowa Graduate Student Senate

Scholarly Presentation Awards, 2006, 2007
University of Iowa Student Government

Instructor, Introduction to Developmental Science, 2008
University of Iowa, Dept. of Psychology

Co-Instructor, Evaluating Psychological Research (Research Methods), 2006, 2008
University of Iowa, Dept. of Psychology

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Elementary Psychology, 2007
University of Iowa, Dept. of Psychology

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Experimental Psychology II, 2006
University of Iowa, Dept. of Psychology

Cognitive Science Society, 2008-present
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2007-present
Acoustical Society of America, 2006-present
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 2006-present
Vision Sciences Society, 2005-2006

2006, ERP Boot Camp, University of California, Davis
2004, NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program, Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA

Co-organizer, 12th Midcontinental Workshop in Phonology, October 2006
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Graduate Resources Committee, 2007-2009
University of Iowa, Dept. of Psychology

Faculty Meeting Representative, 2006-2007
University of Iowa, Dept. of Psychology