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I'm Paula Beall, a doctoral candidate in Experimental Psychology with a minor in Neuroscience. I was initially drawn to UNT's Cognitive Neuroscience Lab because I thought it was exciting to be able to actually watch a person's brain waves (ERPs) at the exact millisecond they performed some cognitive task. I began working in the lab when I started my degree almost five years ago. For my own research program I am interested in the neuro-cognitive and perceptual aspects of emotion. I have been doing a series of studies on facial expression recognition that have served as a springboard for my dissertation. In doing these experiments, I've been slowly building a small face bank of facial expressions posed by both males and females. I'm supposed to list my hobbies here… did I mention I'm working on my dissertation? I'm also supposed to list my favorite links, but these are the only sites I ever visit anymore. Did I mention I'm working on my dissertation? EDUCATION: Ph.D. 1997 - May 2001 University of North Texas, Denton, Texas Major: Experimental Psychology, Human Cognition Minor: Neuroscience Qualifying Exams completed Dissertation Advisor: Andrew Herbert, Ph.D. B.A. 1987 – 1992 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas Major: Psychology Cum Laude Honor’s Thesis: Unconscious Stereotype Activation PUBLICATIONS: Beall, P. M., Herbert, A. M. & Neumann, C. (2000). The Stroop effect with words and facial expressions. Manuscript in preparation. Herbert, A. M., & Beall, P. M. (2000). Symmetry or asymmetry detection, that is the question. Manuscript in preparation. Beall, P. M., Klinger, M. R., & Herbert, A. M. (2000). Unconscious stereotype activation. Manuscript in preparation. Herbert, A. M., Beall, P. M. & Faubert, J. (2000). Depth from a motion illusion. Manuscript in preparation. PRESENTATIONS: Beall, P. M. & Herbert, A. M. (2001). Practice effects in symmetry detection: Learning to see asymmetry. Submitted to the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Society, April 2001, Houston, TX. Beall, P. M. & Herbert, A. M. (2001). A Stroop analog task: Words and facial expressions. Submitted to the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May, 2001, Sarasota, FL. Herbert, A. M. & Beall, P. M. (2001). Practice effects in symmetry detection. Submitted to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology, May, 2001, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Couvadelli, B. V., Nelson, P. A., Beall, P. M., & Price, P. Influence of the level of English spoken in the home: Academic achievement and placement in special education status of Hispanic children. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychology, January, 2000, New Orleans, LA. Herbert, A. M. & Beall, P. M. (2000). Event-related potentials during bilateral symmetry detection. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology, May, 2000, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. (Published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 41 (4), S219). Klinger, M. R. & Beall, P. M. (1992). Conscious and unconscious effects of stereotype activation. Presented at annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, 64th, Chicago, IL. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Senior Research Assistant, 1999 – present Behavioral and electrophysiological studies of symmetry perception. Tasks include: Coordinating research projects, development of experimental designs, programming experimental tasks, data collection, data management, data analysis, and supervision of undergraduate research assistants. Supervisor: Andrew Herbert, Ph.D. Research Assistant, Spring 1998 Behavioral studies of facial expression recognition. Tasks include: Cordinating research projects, development of experimental designs, data collection, data management, and data analysis. Supervisor: Jeffery Clarke, Ph.D. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Instructor of Record Quantitative Methods in Psychology: 3610, Spring 2000 Junior level undergraduate course in statistics. Instructor of Record Quantitative Methods in Psychology: 3610, Fall 1999 Junior level undergraduate course in statistics. Introduction to Psychology: 1650, Spring 1999 Introduction to physiological psychology, memory, learning and perception. Introduction to Psychology: 1650, Fall 1998 Introduction to physiological psychology, memory, learning and perception. Teaching Assistant Advanced Quantitative Methods in Psychology: 5700, Fall 1999 Lab instructor at graduate level for statistical analyses and design. Advanced Research Design: 5030, Spring 1999 Lab instructor at graduate level statistical analyses and design. Advanced Research Design: 5030, Summer 1999 Lab instructor at graduate level statistical analyses and design. Advanced Quantitative Methods in Psychology: 5700, Summer 1998 Lab instructor at graduate statistical analyses and design. Advanced Quantitative Methods in Psychology: 5700, Fall 1998 Lab instructor at graduate level analyses and design. Other Experience Teaching of Psychology: 6200, Spring 1998 Course taken in preparation of becoming a Teaching Fellow/ Instructor of Record. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP: American Psychological Association: Division 2, Teaching of Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience Society Society for Physiological Research Southwestern Psychological Association Vision Sciences Society Chronicle of Higher Ed's job site (weekly) APS's job site APA's job site |