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Education
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2015
Ph D, Cognitive Psychology
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Aging and Task Representation Updating."
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2012
MA, Cognitive Psychology
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Metacognitive Age Differences in Strategy Shift: Retrieval Avoidance or General Shift Reluctance?"
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2005
BA, Psychology
Kent State University
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Awards and Honors
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2021
Texas A&M University-Commerce
CLASS Award
Awarded to faculty who have excelled in the areas of teaching, research, and service. Nominations made by the department head.
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2020
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Chuck Arize Junior Faculty Award
The Junior Faculty Award recognizes faculty members from A&M-Commerce who exhibit professional excellence. Professors are nominated by department heads or deans based on exceptional teaching evaluations, research, publications and more. 15 awards are given annually. Nominations are made by each department.
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2019
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Presidential GAR Initiative
Awarded based on proposed research and provided funds for a graduate research assistant for the upcoming year.
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Professional Positions
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2022 -
Youngstown State University
Assistant Professor
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2017 - 2022
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Assistant Professor
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2015 - 2017
Case Western Reserve University
Post-Doctoral Researcher
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Intellectual Contributions
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2023
"Higher Judgments of Learning for Emotional Words: Processing Fluency or Memory Beliefs?"
B. Pierce, J. McCain, A. Stevens, D. Frank
Cognition and Emotion, volume 4, p. 714-730
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2023
"A discriminant function analysis of NFL combine predictors on NFL player success."
D. Frank, M. King, C. Dennard, B. Mcnamara
Journal of Expertise, volume 6, issue 2, p. 130-163
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2021
"How do task characteristics affect learning and performance? The roles of simultaneous, interactive, and continuous tasks."
D. Frank, B. Macnamara
Psychological Research, volume 85, p. 2364–2397
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2020
"The role of individual differences in risk learning: Who learns to place optimal wagers?"
D. Frank, H. Demaree, B. Macnamara
Learning & Motivation, volume 71
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2020
"Retrieval shifts in spatial skill acquisition are collective rather than item-specific."
D. Frank, B. Macnamara
Memory and Cognition, volume 47, issue 7, p. 1344-1358
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2020
"Louder = Larger = Clearer: Examining the Consistency of Metamemory Illusions"
B. Kuhlmann, D. Frank, D. Danner
Zeitschrift für Psychologie, volume 228, issue 4, p. 296-300
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2018
"How do task characteristics affect learning and performance? The roles of variably mapped and dynamic tasks."
B. Macnamara, D. Frank
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, volume 44, issue 5, p. 764-778
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2017
"More than just beliefs: Experience and beliefs jointly contribute to volume effects on metacognitive judgments."
D. Frank, B. Kuhlmann
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, volume 40, issue 10, p. 680-693
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2017
"Does the acquisition of spatial skill involve a shift from algorithm to memory retrieval?"
D. Frank, B. Macnamara
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, volume 43, issue 12, p. 1845-1856
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2017
"Deliberate practice and the deliberate practice view."
B. Macnamara, D. Hambrick, D. Frank, M. King, A. Burgoyne, E. Meinz
Psychology Press, Routledge
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Professional Service
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2023 - present
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
Memory and Cognition -
2023 - present
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications -
2022 - present
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
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