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Education
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2015
Ph D, Cognitive Psychology
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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2012
MA, Cognitive Psychology
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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2005
BA, Psychology
Kent State University
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Awards and Honors
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April 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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October 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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April 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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Past History
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2022
Youngstown State University
Assistant Professor
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2017
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Assistant Professor
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2015
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?"
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."
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."
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?"
Learning & Motivation, volume 71
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2020
"Retrieval shifts in spatial skill acquisition are collective rather than item-specific."
Memory and Cognition, volume 47, issue 7, p. 1344-1358
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2020
"Louder = Larger = Clearer: Examining the Consistency of Metamemory Illusions"
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."
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."
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?"
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."
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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