Curriculum Vitae pdf [last updated Oct 2011]
Education
| 2010 | Ph.D., Brain & Cognitive Sciences University of Rochester Dissertation title: Distributional Cues to Grammatical Categorization: Acquiring Categories in a Miniature Artificial Grammar |
| 2009 | M.A., Brain & Cognitive Sciences University of Rochester |
| 2004 | B.A., Psychology, Summa Cum Laude Cornell University Thesis title: Language Language Learnability and the Evolution of Word Order Universals: Insights from Artificial Grammar Learning |
| 2004 | B.A., Computer Science Cornell University |
Papers and Publications
- Reeder, P.A., Newport, E.L., & Aslin, R.N. (in review). From shared contexts to syntactic categories: The role of distributional information in learning linguistic form-classes. [email for a copy]
- Reeder, P.A., Newport, E.L., & Aslin, R.N. (2010). Novel words in novel contexts: The role of distributional information in form-class category learning. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. [pdf]
- Reeder, P.A.. (2010). Distributional cues to grammatical categorization: Acquiring categories in a miniature artificial grammar. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University of Rochester. [email for a copy]
- Reeder, P.A., Newport, E.L., & Aslin, R.N. (2009). The Role of Distributional Information in Linguistic Category Formation. Proceedings of the 31st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. [pdf]
- Reeder, P.A. (2004). Language Learnability and the Evolution of Word Order Universals: Insights from Artificial Grammar Learning. Unpublished Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Cornell University. (T.A. Ryan award winner for best undergraduate honors thesis in Psychology.) [email for a copy]
Papers in prep:
- Reeder, P.A., Newport, E.L., & Aslin, R.N. (in prep). Learning subcategories from distributional information.
- Schuler, K., Reeder, P.A., Newport, E.L., & Aslin, R.N. (in prep). The effects of uneven frequency information in linguistic category formation.
- Qian, T., Reeder, P.A., Aslin, R.N., & Newport, E.L. (in prep). Bigrams, to infinity, and beyond: Comparing discriminative and generative models for linguistic categorization.
Posters and Presentations
- Reeder, P.A., Newport, E.L., & Aslin, R.N. (2010, August). Novel words in novel contexts: The role of distributional information in form-class category learning. A poster presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Portland, OR. [pdf]
- Reeder, P.A., Newport, E.L., & Aslin, R.N. The Role of Distributional Information in Linguistic Category Formation. A talk presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Amsterdam, August 2009.
- Degen, J., Reeder, P., Carbary, K. M. & Tanenhaus, M. K. Using a novel experimental paradigm to investigate the processing of scalar implicatures. A poster presented at the CUNY Sentence Processing Conference, UC Davis, March 2009. [poster pdf available from first author]
- Degen, J., Reeder, P., Carbary, K. M. & Tanenhaus, M. K. Using a novel experimental paradigm to investigate the processing of scalar implicatures. A talk presented at XPRAG 2009, Lyon, Spring 2009. [poster pdf available from first author]
- Reeder, P.A. The Role of Distributional Information in Grammatical Categorization. BCS Lunch talk, University of Rochester, February 2009.
- Reeder, P.A. Language Learnability and the Evolution of Word Order Universals: Insights from Artificial Grammar Learning. Poster presented at the Psi Chi Honors Thesis Presentation, Cornell University, Spring 2004.
Research Experience
| 2010-now | Postdoctoral Researcher/Senior Instructor PI's: Elissa Newport, Richard Aslin, Daphne Bavelier Aslin-Newport Lab, Brain & Vision Lab University of Rochester |
| 2005-2010 | Graduate Research Student Advisor: Elissa Newport Aslin-Newport Lab University of Rochester |
| 2004 | Independent Honors Research Advisor: Morten Christiansen Cognitive Neuroscience Lab Cornell University |
| 2003-2005 | Undergraduate Research Assistant Supervisor: Morten Christiansen Cognitive Neuroscience Lab Cornell University |
| 2002-2003 | Undergraduate Research Assistant Supervisor: Barbara Lust Cornell Language Acquisition Lab Cornell University |
Teaching Experience
All of the following are undergraduate-level courses at the University of Rochester, unless stated otherwise.
Sole Instructor
| Spring 2012 | BCS 172 - Development of Mind and Brain (enrollment: ~120) |
| Spring 2012 | BCS 259 - Language Development (enrollment: ~60) |
| Fall 2011 | BCS 310 - Senior Seminar (enrollment: 30) |
| Spring 2011 | PSY 259W - Language Development Upper Level Writing Section (enrollment: 2) |
| Spring 2011 | BCS 259 - Language Development (enrollment: 57) |
| Fall 2010 | BCS 310 - Senior Seminar (enrollment: 18) |
| Fall 2010 | BCS 152 - Psychology of Language (enrollment: 120) |
| Summer 2009 | BCS 172 - Development of Mind and Brain (enrollment: 10) |
| Spring 2009 | BCS 265 - Language and the Brain (enrollment: 30) |
Guest Lecturer
| Spring 2011 | BCS 111 - Cognitive Psychology. Topic: Language learning. |
| Spring 2010 | BCS 111 - Cognitive Psychology. Topic: Language learning. |
| Spring 2007 | BCS 172 - Development of Mind and Brain. Topic: Research methods. |
Teaching Assistant
| Fall 2007 | BCS 183 - Animal Minds |
| Spring 2007 | BCS 172 - Development of Mind and Brain |
| Spring 2006 | BCS 172 - Development of Mind and Brain |
| Spring 2004 | Psych 436 - Language Acquisition (Cornell University) |
Teacher Training
- “Future Faculty Workshop: Innovative Teaching Practices Workshop.” Attended sessions on Inquiry Based Learning and Social Networking Technologies in the Classroom. (Spring 2010: University of Rochester)
Advising of Undergraduate Independent Study Projects
- Kathryn Schuler (Spring 2010: University of Rochester), "The effects of ragged distributional information on category learning."
- Ann Nordmeyer (Summer 2010: University of Rochester), "Form-class category learning in 7-10-year-olds."
Honors and Awards
- Robert J. Glushko and Pamela Samuelson Foundation Student Travel Grant to the 31st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society in Amsterdam (Summer 2009: $500)
- T.A. Ryan Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research, Cornell University (Spring 2004: $250)
- Distinguished Service Key from Alpha Phi Omega, Cornell University (Spring 2004)
- Deans List, Cornell University (2003-2004)
- Inducted into Psi Chi, Cornell University (Spring 2003)
Professional Service and Affiliations
Ad Hoc Reviewing
- Applied Cognitive Psychology (in collaboration with advisor)
- Cognitive Science
- Cognitive Science Society annual conference
- PLoS ONE (in collaboration with advisor)
Mentoring Experience
- Undergraduate advisor for 8 students in the Brain & Cognitive Sciences major (2010-present)
- Undergraduate Independent Study advisor in the Brain & Cognitive Sciences department (2010)
Past and Present Professional Memberships
- Association for Psychological Science
- Cognitive Science Society
- Society for Language Development
- Society for Research in Child Development
Other Service
- University of Rochester Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences graduate student recruiting co-coordinator (2008, 2009)
- University of Rochester graduation volunteer
- Lifetime member and volunteer in Alpha Phi Omega
- Regular volunteer at Foodlink, a local Feeding America foodbank
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