James P. Morris, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, The University of Virginia
PO Box 400400, Charlottesville, VA 22904
102 Gilmer Hall
434-924-1167
[email protected]
http://uvasocialneuroscience.com
Updated 7/13/2015
Professional Experience
2009-Present
University of Virginia
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology
2007-2009
Yale University
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (K99 Award)
2003-2007
Duke University
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (NIH NRSA)
Education
Ph.D.
Stony Brook University, 2003
Department of Psychology (Biopsychology Area)
M.A.
Stony Brook University, 2000
Department of Psychology (Biopsychology Area)
B.A.
University of Cincinnati, 1997
Psychology, Summa Cum Laude with High Honors
Honors and Awards
2013
2012
2011
2010
2007
2005
2005
2000
1997
1997
1997
1997
1996
International Society for Autism Research, Best Clinical Empirical Paper of 2013
Associate, University Academy of Teaching, University of Virginia
Mead Honored Professor, University of Virginia
Faculty for the International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course
NIMH Pathway to Independence Career Development Award
Cure Autism Now, Young Investigator Award
National Research Service Award, Postdoctoral Fellowship
Departmental Travel Award, Stony Brook University
Summa Cum Laude Graduate, University of Cincinnati
High Departmental Honors, University of Cincinnati
Phi Beta Kappa Inductee, University of Cincinnati
Arthur G. Bills Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research
Psi Chi Outstanding Undergraduate Award
Research Support
Awarded
Examining an epigenetic marker of social perception (2012 – 20015). National Science Foundation (PIs:
JP Morris and JJ Connelly; 1228522). $675,905 total costs.
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The neurobiological bases of loving relationships (2014 – 2015). The John Fetzer Institute, Inc. (PI: JP
Morris). $110,000 total costs.
Neuroimaging of social perception. (2009 – 2012). The National Institutes of Health (PI: JP Morris;
R00MH079617). $746,977 total costs.
Neuroimaging of social perception (2007 – 2009). The National Institutues of Health (PI: JP Morris;
K99079617). $160,000 total costs
Functional neuroimaging studies of social perception in autism spectrum disorder (2005 – 2007). Cure
Autism Now Young Investigator Award (PI: JP Morris) $40,000 total costs
Imaging the social brain (2005 – 2007). The National Institutes of Health (PI: JP Morris; F32MH07367).
Pending
14/17 – Adolescent brain and cognitive development study – US: Research Project. The National
Institutes of Health (PIs: B King-Casas and J Kim-Spoon, Virginia Tech University; Sub-Contract PI: JP
Morris).
OXTR methylation and social perception. The National Science Foundation (PIs: JP Morris and JJ
Connelly).
Characterizing neural and genetic variability within the broad autism phenotype.. The Hartwell
Foundation. (PI: JP Morris)
Publications
Impact (Hindex = 15; i10index = 18)
The papers below have been cited over 1800 times (as of July 2015; Google Scholar)
*Indicates graduate student, postdoc, or post-bac trainee working in my laboratory at
UVA
§ Authors
contributed equally to work
Peer Reviewed Articles (Since Appointment to UVA)
*Lancaster, K., Carter, C.S, Nazarloo, H.P., Karaoli, T., Lillard, T.S., *Jack, A., Davis, J.M., Morris, J.P.
§, and Connelly, J.J. § (2015). Plasma oxytocin predicts individual variability in social cognition.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 1-7.
*Puglia, M.H, Lillard, T.S., Morris, J.P. §, and Connelly, J.J. § (2015). Epigenetic modification of the
oxytocin receptor gene influences the perception of anger and fear in the human brain.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112 (11), 3308-3313.
Connelly, J.J. and Morris, J.P. (2015). Epigenetics of social behavior. The Oxford Handbook of Cultural
Neuroscience. In Press.
*Jack, A. and Morris, J.P. (2014). Neocerebellar contributions to social perception dysfunction in
adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 10, 77-92.
*Smith E.D., *Englander, Z.A., Lillard, A.S., and Morris, J.P. (2013). Cortical mechanisms of pretense
observation. Social Neuroscience, 356-368
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*Beckes, L., Coan, J.A., and Morris, J.P. (2013) Implicit conditioning of faces via the social regulation
of emotion: ERP evidence of early attentional biases for security conditioned faces.
Psychophysiology, 734-742.
*Earls, H.A., *Englander, Z.A., and Morris, J.P. (2013). Perception of race-related features modulates
neural activity associated with action observation and imitation. Neuroreport, 410-413.
*Ng, B.W., Morris, J.P., and Oishi, S. (2013). Cultural Neuroscience: The current state of affairs.
Psychological Inquiry, 24, 1-5.
*Jack, A., Connelly, J.J. §, and Morris, J.P. § (2012). DNA methylation of the oxytocin receptor gene
predicts the neural response to ambiguous social stimuli. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience,
6:280.
*Lerner, M.D., McPartland, J., and Morris, J.P. (2012). Multimodal emotion processing in autism
spectrum disorders: An event-related potential study. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 1121
*Englander, Z.A., Haidt, J., and Morris, J.P. (2012). Neural basis of positive social emotions
demonstrated through inter-subject synchronization of cortical activity during free-viewing. PLoS
One.e39384
*Jack, A, *Englander, Z.A., and Morris, J.P. (2011). Subcortical contributions to effective connectivity
in brain networks supporting imitation. Neuropsychologia, 49, 3689-3698.
Zucker, N, Green, S.R., Morris, J.P., Kragel, P., Pelphrey, K.A., Bulik, C.M., and LaBar, K.S. (2011).
Hemodynamic signals of mixed messages during a social exchange. Neuroreport, 22, 413-418.
Heyda, R.D., Green, S.R., Wyk, B.C., Morris, J.P. and Pelphrey, K.A. (2010). Brain mechanisms for
representing what another person sees. Neuroimage, 50, 693-700.
Pelphrey, K.A., Lopez, J., and Morris, J.P. (2009). Developmental continuity and change in responses to
social and nonsocial categories in human extrastriate cortex. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience,
3:25.
Perlman, S.B., Morris, J.P., Vander Wyk, B.C., Green, S.R., Doyle, J.L., and Pelphrey, K.P. (2009).
Individual differences in personality predict how people look at faces. PLoS ONE, 4, 1-6.
Haidt, J. and Morris, J.P (2009). Finding the self in self-transcendent emotions. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciencnes, 106, 7687-7688.
Peer Reviewed Articles (Prior to Appointment at UVa)
Morris, J.P., Green, S., Marion, I., and McCarthy, G. (2008). Guided saccades modulate face- and bodysensitive activation in the occipitotemporal cortex during social perception. Brain and Cognition,
3, 16-25.
Morris, J.P., Pelphey, K.A., and McCarthy, G. (2007). Face processing without awareness in the right
fusiform gyrus. Neuropsychologia, 45, 3087-3091.
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Morris, J.P., Pelphrey, K.A., and McCarthy, G. (2007). Perceived causality influences brain activation
evoked by biological motion. Social Neuroscience, 3, 16-25.
Pelphrey, K.A., Morris, J.P, McCarthy, G., and LaBar, K.S. (2007) Perception of dynamic changes in
facial affect and identity in autism. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2, 140-149.
Morris, J.P., and McCarthy, G. (2007). Guided saccades modulate object and face-specific activity in the
right fusiform gyrus. Human Brain Mapping. 28, 691-702.
Morris, J.P., Pelphrey, K.A., and McCarthy, G. (2007). Controlled scanpath variation alters fusiform
face activation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 2, 31-38.
Pelphrey, K.A., and Morris, J.P. (2006). Brain mechanisms for interpreting the actions of others from
biological motion cues. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15, 136-140.
Morris, J.P., Pelphey, K.A., and McCarthy, G. (2006). Occipitotemporal activation evoked by the
perception of human bodies is modulated by the presence or absence of the face.
Neuropsychologia, 44, 1919-1927.
Morris, J.P., Pelphrey, K.A., and McCarthy, G. (2005). Regional brain activation evoked by approaching
virtual characters on a virtual walk, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, 1744-1752.
Pelphrey, K.A., Morris, J.P., Michelich, C.R., Allison, T., and McCarthy G. (2005) Functional anatomy
of biological motion perception in posterior temporal cortex: An fMRI study of eye, mouth, and
hand movements. Cerebral Cortex , 15, 1866-1876.
Pelphrey, K.A., Morris, J.P., and McCarthy, G. (2005). Neural basis of eye gaze processing deficits in
autism. Brain, 128, 1038-1048
Pelphrey, K.A., Adolphs, R., and Morris, J.P. (2004). Neuroanatomical substrates of social cognition
dysfunction in autism. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 10,
259-271.
Pelphrey, K.A., Morris, J.P., and McCarthy G. (2004). Grasping the intentions of others: The context of
a perceived action influences activity in the superior temporal sulcus during social perception.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 10, 1706-1716.
Morris, J.P., Squires, N.K., Taber, C.S., and Lodge, M. (2003). The activation of political attitudes: A
psychophysiological examination of the hot cognition hypothesis. Political Psychology. 24: 727745.
Articles Under Review
Garman, H.D., Spaulding, C., Mikami, A.Y., Morris, J.P., and Lerner, M.D. (Under Review). Wanting it
too much: The unexpected effect of social motivation on facial emotion recognition.
Lee, S.M., Gao, T., Green, S.R., Morris, J.P., Shultz, S., and McCarthy, G. (Under Review). Biological
motion is sufficient but not necessary to engage the posterior superior temporal sulcus.
Earls, H.A., and Morris J.P. Group membership expectancies impact early visual processing of faces.
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Puglia, M.H., and Morris, J.P. (Under Review). Sub-clinical autistic traits are reflected by compensatory
neural activity during perception of biological motion.
Conference Abstracts
Puglia, M.H., Connelly, J.J., and Morris, J.P. (2015). Epigenetic and neural correlates of the broad autism
phenotype. International Meeting for Autism Research.
Ng., B.W., Oishi, S., and Morris, J.P. (2015). Neural mechanisms underlying the effects of residential
mobility on social perception. Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Puglia, M.H., Jack, A., Connelly, J.J., and Morris, J.P. (2014). DNA methylation and genetic variation
interact at the oxytocin receptor to modulate brain activity associated with perception of emotional face
expressions. Social and Affective Neuroscience Society.
Lancaster, K., Carter, C.S., Nazarloo, H.P., Jack, A., Connelly, J.J., and Morris, J.P. (2014). Peripheral
oxytocin predicts individual variability in the perception of animacy. Social and Affective Neuroscience
Society.
Santander, T., Connelly, J.J., and Morris, J.P. (2014). Teasing apart social perception and epigenetic
variability with multivariate pattern analyses. Social and Affective Neuroscience Society. (SANS Poster Award
Winner)
Lancaster, K., Morris, J.P., and Connelly, JJ. (2014). Epigenetic implications for social
neuroendocrinology. SPSP Social Neuroendocrinology Pre-Meeting
Jack, A., Pelphrey, K.A., Morris, J.P, and Connelly, JJ. (2014) DNA Methylation of the Oxytocin
Receptor Gene As a Predictor of Social Brain Function in Families with ASD. IMFAR, Forthcoming
Connelly, J.J., Morris, J.P., Jacob, S., Bales, K.L., and Carter, C.S. (2013). Individual differences in
oxytocin receptor DNA methylation are related to indices of social behavior in humans and voles. World
Congress on Neurophysical Hormones.
Morris, J.P. (2013) Epigenetic variability in oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) is associated with neural
endophenotypes of social perception. International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium.
Ng., B.W., and Morris, J.P. (2013). The effects of identity denial on emotional accuracy toward cultural
insiders and outsiders. International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium.
Morris, J.P., Jack, A., and Connelly, J.J. (2013). DNA methylation of the oxytocin receptor gene is
associated with cortical and subcortical contributions to emotional face perception. Cognitive
Neuroscience Society Conference.
Wills, J., and Morris, J.P. (2013) Priming religion erases preferences for groups: An N400 study. Social
and Affective Neuroscience Conference.
Ng., Brandon and Morris, J.P. (2013) Asian American identity and emotional sensitivity to majority and
minority group members. Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Lerner, M.D., Morris, J.P., and McPartland, J.C. (2012). Processing of emotional faces and voices in
Autism Spectrum Disorders: ERP correlates and interaction with social knowledge. Society for
Psychophysiology.
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Morris, J.P., Jack, A., and Connelly, J.J. (2012). Epigenetic variability in oxytocin receptor gene
(OXTR) is associated with neural endophenotypes of social perception. Social and Affective Neuroscience
Conference.
Jack, A., and Morris, J.P. (2012). Effective connectivity between superior temporal sulcus and
neocerebellum is associated with social function in youth with autism. Social and Affective Neuroscience
Conference.
Earls, H., and Morris, J.P. (2012). An event related potential analysis of mixed-race group membership.
Social and Affective Neuroscience Conference.
Jack, A., Connelly, J.J., and Morris, J.P. (2012). Allele specific DNA methylation of oxytocin receptor
gene predicts brain response to ambiguous social stimuli. Cognitive Neuroscience Society.
Earls, H., Varvaris, M., and Morris, J.P. (2012). The effects of race and trait information on ratings of
dating desirability: A behavioral and event-related potential investigation. Society for Personality and
Social Psychology.
Morris, J.P., Cronk, M., Englander, Z.A., Lillard, T.S., Karaoli, T., and Connelly, J.J. (2011). Epigenetic
variability in oxytocin receptor gene is associated with neural endophenotypes of social perception.
Society for Neuroscience.
Jack, A. and Morris, J.P. (2011). Subcortical Contributions to Effective and Anatomical Connectivity In
Brain Networks Supporting Imitation has been accepted as a Oral presentation at the International
Meeting for Autism Research. IMFAR
Lerner, M.D., and Morris, J.P (2011). Multimodal emotion processing in high-functioning autism: An
event-related potential (ERP) study. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Earls, H., Englander, Z.A., and Morris, J.P. (2011). Neural correlates of action observation and imitation
of in-group and out-group members. Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Englander, Z.A., Haidt, J., and Morris, J.P. (2010). Neural basis of self-transcendent emotions revealed
through inter-subject synchronization of cortical activity during free-viewing. Poster, Society for
Neuroscience.
Smith, E.D., Englander, Z.A., Lillard, A.S., and Morris, J.P. (2010). This is your brain on pretense:
Neural correlates of pretense observation. Poster, Society for Neuroscience.
Morris, J.P. and McCarthy, G. (2008). Face and body responses in human occipitotemporal cortex: A
comparison of fMRI findings and ERPs recorded from scalp and subdural electrodes. Slide Talk, Society
for Neuroscience.
Zucker, N., LaBar, K., Losh, M., Bulk C., Piven, J., Merwin R., Morris, J.P, & Pelphrey, K. (2007)
Commonalities in anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorders: Investigation of social cognitive
endophenotypes. Poster, Neural Systems of Social Behavior Conference.
Morris, J.P. (2007) The role of the superior temporal sulcus in understanding the actions of others.
Symposia, Cognitive Neuroscience Society.
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Morris, J.P., Green, S.R., Marion, B., & McCarthy, G. (2007) Guided saccades modulate face- and bodyspecific responses in the occipitotemporal cortex during social perception. Poster, Cognitive Neuroscience
Society.
Morris, J.P., & McCarthy, G. (2006). Controlled scanpath variation modulates face-specific activity in
the fusiform gyrus. Slide Talk, Society for Neuroscience.
Carter, E.J., Morris, J.P., & Pelphrey, K.A. (2006). The development of functional specificity for the
perception of faces, bodies, and places during middle childhood. Slide Talk, Society for Neuroscience.
Morris, J.P., Pelphrey, K.A., & McCarthy, G. (2006). Examining the influence of perceived agency on
brain activation evoked by biological motion. Poster, Organization for Human Brain Mapping.
Morris, J.P., & McCarthy, G. (2006). Guided saccades modulate object and face-specific activity in the
right fusiform gyrus. Poster, Cognitive Neuroscience Society.
Morris, J.P., Pelphrey, K.A., & McCarthy, G. (2005). Occipitotemporal activation evoked by the
perception of human bodies is inhibited by the presence of the face. Slide Talk, Society for Neuroscience
Diaz, M.T., Morris, J.P., Vives, K., Spencer, D.D., & McCarthy, G. (2005). Face and object processing
in the fusiform gyrus: A comparison of intracranial ERP recordings and functional MRI. Slide Talk,
Society for Neuroscience.
Collins, E.G., Morris, J.P., and Pelphrey, K.A. (2005) Functional neuroimaging of audiovisual speech
perception in autism. Poster, International Meeting of Autism Research.
Morris, J.P., Pelphrey, K.A., and McCarthy, G. (2005) Unconscious face processing evokes activity in
the right anterior fusiform gyrus. Poster, Cognitive Neuroscience Society.
Pelphrey, K.A., Morris, J.P., McCarthy, G., and LaBar, K. (2005) Perception of dynamic changes in
facial expressions of emotion in autism. Poster, Cognitive Neuroscience Society.
Morris, J.P., Pelphrey, K.A., and McCarthy, G. (2004). Approaching strangers on a virtual walk: An
fMRI study of social perception. Slide Talk, Society for Neuroscience
Morris, J.P., Landau, A., McCarthy, M., and Bentin, S. (2004). Scalp-recorded N-170 is influenced by
the context of a perceived gaze shift. Poster, Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Pelphrey, K.A., Morris, J.P., McCarthy, G. (2004). Grasping the intentions of others: The context of a
perceived action influences activity in the superior temporal sulcus. Poster, Cognitive Neuroscience
Society
Berry, S., Morris, J.P., and Squires, N.K. (2004). Enhanced N400 to shifts in word valence. Poster,
Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Morris, J.P. & Squires, N.K. (2003). Event-related potentials reflect automatic evaluative processing
during a grammatical classification task. Poster, Society for Psychophysiological Research
Azizian, A., Pierre-Louis, J., Morris, J.P., and Squires, N.K. (2000). Haven’t I seen your face before:
Event related potentials in face recognition. Poster, Society for Psychophysiological Research
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Morris, J.P., Harvaky, L.A., Azizian, A., Carrion, R., Brennan, S.E., and Squires, N.K. (2000). Evoked
potential measures of syntactic and semantic processing. Poster, Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Morris, J.P. & Howe, S.R. (1997). How do naïve participants interpret graphs of statistical interactions?
Poster, American Psychological Society
Huha, E.M., Raudenbush, B., Reilley, S.P., Morris, J.P. & Frank, R.A. (1997). Finicky or fasting? The
relationship between food neophobia and eating disorders. Poster, American Psychological Society
Reilley, S.P., Raudenbush, B. Morris, J.P., & Frank, R.A. (1997). Measuring approach to novelty with
the Food Attitudes & Activity Attitudes Surveys: Reliability and validity issues. Poster, Society for the
Study of Ingestive Behavior
Invited Talks
2014, April
2014, May
2014, April
2014, April
2013, December
2013, May
2012, November
2012, April
2011, May
2010, October
2010, April
2010, March
2010, February
2008, May
2008, February
2008, January
2007, May
2007, October
2007, February
2007, January
2006, December
2006, December
2006, December
2006, March
2005, September
University of Florida, Department of Psychology
LIFE, University of Virginia
Mary Washington University PsiChi Colloquium
International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium, Ann Arbor, MI
Institute on Aging, University of Florida
International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium, Evanston, IL
Virginia Tech University, Department of Psychology
Social and Affective Neuroscience Society
Max Planck School on the Life Course, University of Michigan
University of Virginia, Neuroscience Graduate Program Colloquium
University of Virginia, Student’s Choice Colloquium Speaker
University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce
University of Virginia, Graduate Student Recruitment Colloquium
University of Virginia, Departmental Colloquium
Pennsylvania State University, Departmental Colloquium
University of Oregon, Departmental Colloquium
Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Colloquium
Stony Brook University, Departmental Colloquium
Temple University, Departmental Colloquium
University of Denver, Departmental Colloquium
Dartmouth College, Departmental Colloquium
University of Pittsburgh, Departmental Colloquium
University of California Berkeley, Departmental Colloquium
Duke University, Social Psychology Seminar
Duke University, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Editorial Service
Ad hoc reviewer
Cerebral Cortex
Neuroimage
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Brain and Cognition
Human Brain Mapping
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
PNAS
Neuropsychologia
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Social Neuroscience
Journal of Cognition and Development
Cortex
Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Psychological Bulletin
Journal of Visualized Experiments
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Brain
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Journal of Cognitive Development
PLOS One
Frontiers in Genetics
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Biological Psychiatry
Professional Memberships
Society for Experimental Social Psychology
Society for Neuroscience
International Society for Autism Research
Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Social and Affective Neuroscience Society
International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium
LIFE Research School
Dissertation Committees
2014
2013
2012
2012
2012
Kathleen Schmidt, Social Psychology
Holly Earls, Cognitive Psychology, chair
Allison Jack, Developmental Psychology, chair
Matthew Lerner, Clinical Psychology
Hillary Schaefer, Clinical Psychology
Undergraduate Honors Theses
2015
2014
2014
2014
2013
2012
2011
2011
2010
Jenna Van Dyck (Double Hoo Award Winner)
George Knasay (Harrison Award Winner)
Jay Varella
Stewart Walker
Julian Wills (Harrison Award Winner)
Anna Slage
Alexander Dagley
Mark Varvaris
Carolyn White
Graduate Students
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20092009-2012
200920092009-2012
2010-
Katie Lancaster, Social, primary advisor
Meghan McDermott, Cognitive, primary advisor
Tyler Santander, Cognitive, co-advisor
Brandon Ng, Social, primary advisor
Kaitlyn Booske, Social, primary advisor
Holly Earls, Cognitive, primary advisor
Allison Jack, Developmental, primary advisor
Eric Smith, Developmental, collaborator
Matt Motyl, Social, collaborator
Matt Lerner, Developmental, collaborator and committee member
Hillary Schaefer, Clinical, committee member
University and Department Service
2014-2015
2014-2015
2014-2015
Department Colloquium Committee, Chair
Department Steering Committee, member
Human Subjects Committee, member
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2013-2014
2013-2014
2013-2014
2012-2013
2011-2012
2011-2012
2010-2011
2010-2011
2010-2011
2009-2010
2009-2010
Human Subjects Committee, member
Department Steering Committee, member
Department Computer Committee, member
University Academy of Teaching, associate
Department Colloquium Committee, Chair
Department Steering Committee, member
Social Lunch Coordinator (Spring Semester)
Human Subjects Committee, member
Department Colloquium Committee, member
Human Subjects Committee, member
Human Neuroscience Working group, member
Teaching Experience
Stony Brook University
Statistical Methods in Psychology
Research Methods and Writing in Psychology
Summer 01, Spring 02, Fall 02
Summer 02, Summer 03
Duke University
Social Neuroscience Seminar
Spring 06, Fall 06, Fall 08
University of Virginia
Social Neuroscience Undergraduate Seminar
Social Neuroscience Graduate Seminar
Research Methods and Data Analysis
Spring 09, Fall 10, Spring 2014, Spring 2015
Fall 11
Spring 10, Spring 11, Spring 12, Spring 13,
Fall 13, Fall 14
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