Ph.D. committee member, 2011 [current]Atkin, D.Masters committee member, 2011 [current]Liu, Y. Second Year Project examining committee member, 2010Kuzmicova, A. Visiting student co-supervisory, 2010-2011Supervised Theses:LeFevre, J. (1985). A model <strong>of</strong> the use <strong>of</strong> instruction and example information on a simpleinductive-reasoning task. Unpublished masters thesis, University <strong>of</strong> Alberta, Edmonton.Shillington, J.M. (1984). Aspects <strong>of</strong> music sight-reading investigated using a visual detectiontask. Unpublished honours thesis, University <strong>of</strong> Alberta, Edmonton.Gabrys, G. L. (1986). The transfer <strong>of</strong> conceptual knowledge in procedural tasks. Unpublishedhonours thesis, University <strong>of</strong> Alberta, Edmonton.Twilley, L. (1987). Subject-text interaction variables in a regression model <strong>of</strong> reading.Unpublished honours thesis, University <strong>of</strong> Alberta, Edmonton.LeFevre, J. (1988). Working memory as a source <strong>of</strong> individual differences in reading skill.Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University <strong>of</strong> Alberta, Edmonton.Twilley, L. (1996). Homograph meaning resolution. Unpublished doctoral dissertation,University <strong>of</strong> Alberta, Edmonton.Macquistan , A.D. (1996). Space-based and object-based attention in a spatial cuing task.Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University <strong>of</strong> Alberta, Edmonton.Kotovych, M. (1999). Identification in literature: Role <strong>of</strong> conversational processes andnarratorial technique. Unpublished honours thesis, University <strong>of</strong> Alberta, Edmonton.Glover, S. (2001). Effects <strong>of</strong> Contextual Perturbations on Natural and Pantomimed Movements.Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University <strong>of</strong> Alberta, Edmonton.O’Reilly, T. (2001). Practice Makes Perfect or Practice Makes Permanent? The Effects <strong>of</strong>Practice on the Transfer <strong>of</strong> Prior Experience. Unpublished doctoral dissertation,University <strong>of</strong> Alberta, Edmonton.Schneider, D. W. (2003). Situation models <strong>of</strong> text and pictures in working memory. Unpublishedhonours thesis, University <strong>of</strong> Alberta, Edmonton.Mullins, B. (2006). The effects <strong>of</strong> extended temporal gaps on reading <strong>of</strong> literary narratives.Unpublished second-year research project, University <strong>of</strong> Alberta, Edmonton.Tan, S. (2010). The SNARC effect as a tool to examine crosstalk during numerical processing ina PRP paradigm. Unpublished masters thesis, University <strong>of</strong> Alberta, Edmonton.Duffels, B. (2010). The stages <strong>of</strong> processing <strong>of</strong> one’s environment.Unpublished masters thesis,University <strong>of</strong> Alberta, Edmonton.Mullins, B. (2010). Producing a message <strong>of</strong> comparison: Evidence for relational schemas inspeech production, Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University <strong>of</strong> Alberta, Edmonton.Undergraduate Teaching Experience:Introductory <strong>Psychology</strong>20August 2011
August 2011Statistical Methods in <strong>Psychology</strong>Learning and MemoryMemory and AttentionGeneral Experimental <strong>Psychology</strong> (includes laboratory)<strong>Psychology</strong> <strong>of</strong> LanguageResearch Methods in Cognition (includes laboratory)Cognitive <strong>Psychology</strong>Graduate Teaching Experience:Graduate Seminar on the <strong>Psychology</strong> <strong>of</strong> ReadingGraduate Seminar on Visual Information ProcessingGraduate Seminar on Parallel Distributed ProcessingGraduate Seminar on Reaction TimeMemory and CognitionPr<strong>of</strong>essional and Ethical IssuesGraduate Seminar on Scientific InferenceGrants and Awards:National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow, 1976-1979.Reading and Following Procedural Directions, Natural Sciences and Engineering ResearchCouncil <strong>of</strong> Canada Operating Grant, 1982-1985, $39,980.Basic and Complex Processes in Reading, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council<strong>of</strong> Canada Operating Grant, 1985-1988, $43,870.The Role <strong>of</strong> Knowledge in Basic and Complex Information Processing, Natural Sciences andEngineering Research Council <strong>of</strong> Canada Operating Grant, 1988-1991, $60,000.A Rational Analysis <strong>of</strong> Cognitive Processes, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council<strong>of</strong> Canada Operating Grant, 1991-1994, $105,000.Cognitive Processes in the Reception <strong>of</strong> Literature, University <strong>of</strong> Alberta Support for theAdvancement <strong>of</strong> Scholarship Grant to Marisa Bortolussi and <strong>Peter</strong> <strong>Dixon</strong>, 1992.Cognitive Processes in the Reception <strong>of</strong> Literature, Social Science and Humanities ResearchCouncil <strong>of</strong> Canada Operating Grant to Marisa Bortolussi and <strong>Peter</strong> <strong>Dixon</strong>, 1993-1997,$35,000.Principles <strong>of</strong> Cognitive Process and Structure, Natural Sciences and Engineering ResearchCouncil <strong>of</strong> Canada Research Grant, 1994-1998, $110,000.Psychonarratology: Conceptual and Empirical Foundations, Social Science and HumanitiesResearch Council <strong>of</strong> Canada Operating Grant to Marisa Bortolussi and <strong>Peter</strong> <strong>Dixon</strong>,1997-2001, $49,000.Referential Memory in Comprehension, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council <strong>of</strong>Canada Research Grant, 1998-2002, $123,200.21
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