Brian Kurilla

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Brian P. Kurilla

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Biography

Wingate University - Psychology


Resume

  • 2008

    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

    Cognitive Psychology

    Binghamton University

  • 2005

    Master of Science (M.S.)

    Cognitive Psychology

    Binghamton University

  • 2001

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    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

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