Resume

• 2008

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Cognitive Psychology

  Binghamton University

• 2005

  Master of Science (M.S.)

  Cognitive Psychology

  Binghamton University

• 2001

  Geek Psychologist

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  Research Design

  Experimental Design

  Science

  Cognitive Psychology

  Scientific Presentation

  Literature Reviews

  Quantitative Research

  Research Methods

  Scientific Writing

  Statistics

  Behavioral Science

  Social Sciences

  SPSS

  Neuroscience

  Psychology

  University Teaching

  Experimentation

  Statistical Data Analysis

  Cognitive Neuroscience

  Academic Advising

  An ERP investigation into the strategic regulation of the fluency heuristic during recognition memory.

  An ERP investigation into the strategic regulation of the fluency heuristic during recognition memory.

  Inferential processes in subjective reports of recollection.

  Source memory for unidentified test items.

  Enhanced processing fluency leads to biases in source memory.

  Processing fluency affects subjective claims of recollection

  Brian

  Kurilla

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Binghamton University

  Wingate University

  Self-Employed

  Assisted faculty with preparation of course materials and grading of student exams \nand assignments.\n\nUndergraduate courses for which I served as a teaching assistant:\n(1) Lab in General Psychology \t\t\t \n(2) Research Methods \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t \n(3) Statistical Analysis & Design \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t \n(4) Lab in Cognition \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n(5) Social Psychology\n\nGraduate courses for which I served as a teaching assistant: \n(1) Graduate Statistics & Design I\n(2) Graduate Statistics & Design II

  Binghamton University

  Self-Employed

  Raleigh-Durham

  North Carolina Area

  Conducted Program Evaluation Research as part of two federally funded projects – (1) First in the World (FITW) Program; & (2) Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) Grant Program.\n\nDesigned quasi-experimental studies to evaluate effectiveness of programs designed to improve educational outcomes for minority and under-represented students.\n\nCarried out and interpreted multivariate statistical analyses.\n\nProvided statistical consultation services to members of the Center for Applied Research at Central Piedmont Community College.\n\nGuided and advised Institutional Research teams through the process of data collection and data analysis.

  Applied Research and Statistics Consultant

  Collaborated with colleagues to publish scholarly research in peer-reviewed

  scientific journals.\n\nCollaborated with colleagues to prepare grant proposals for submission to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF)\n\nAnalyzed and interpreted psychophysiological data gathered through \nelectroencephalography (EEG).\n\nPresented research at scientific conferences and at regular departmental and laboratory meetings.

  Post Doctoral Fellow

  Urbana-Champaign

  Illinois Area

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Charlotte

  North Carolina Area

  Collaborated with undergraduate students to conduct original quantitative \nresearch related to human memory and cognition.\n\nTaught undergraduate courses in cognitive science

  including but not limited to the following: (1) Cognitive Psychology; (2) Sensation & Perception; (3) Learning & Memory; and (4) Physiological Psychology.\n\nCreated course materials

  such as power point slides for lectures.\n\nGraded student exams and assignments.\n\nMentored undergraduate psychology majors.\n\nSupervised local chapter of Psi Chi

  The International Honors Society in Psychology.\n\nServed alongside other faculty and administrators on university committees.

  Assistant Professor of Psychology

  Wingate University

  Medal honoring Academic Excellence in the study of Psychology

  Departmental Graduate Scholars Fellowship

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

  Psychology

  Marywood University