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
- Reeder, P.A., Newport, E.L., & Aslin, R.N. (accepted). From shared contexts to syntactic categories: The role of distributional information in learning linguistic form-classes. [email for a copy]
- Qian, T., Reeder, P.A., Aslin, R.N., Tenenbaum, J.B., & Newport, E.L. (2012). Exploring the role of representation in models of grammatical category acquisition. In N. Miyake, D. Peebles, & R.P. Cooper (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 881-886). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. [pdf]
- 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 Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University of Rochester.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 Unpublished Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Cornell University.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., Tenenbaum, J.B., & Newport, E.L. (in prep). Exploring the role of representation in generative and discriminative models of linguistic category acquisition.
- Reeder, P.A., Newport, E.L., & Aslin, R.N. (in prep). Form-class categorization in 6-10 year old children.
- Reeder, P.A., Bavelier, D., Newport, E.L. & Aslin, R.N. (in prep). Learning-rate differences in expert players of first-person-shooter video games.
- Christiansen, M.H. & Reeder, P.A. (in prep). Brains, genes, and language acquisition.
Conference Talks & Posters
- Qian, T., Reeder, P.A., Aslin, R.N., Tenenbaum, J.B., & Newport, E.L. (2012, August). Exploring the role of representation in models of grammatical category acquisition. A talk presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Sapporo, Japan.
- 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. 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
| 2012-now | Postdoctoral Fellow NIH Learning, Development & Biology Training Grant Aslin-Newport Lab, Rochester Baby Lab University of Rochester |
| 2010-2012 | Senior Instructor and Postdoctoral Researcher 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
| BCS 172: Development of Mind and Brain | Summer 2009 (enrollment: 10) Spring 2012 (enrollment: 78) |
| BCS 259 - Language Development | Spring 2011 (enrollment:57) Spring 2012 (enrollment: 68) |
| BCS 310 - Senior Seminar | Fall 2010 (enrollment: 18) Fall 2011 (enrollment: 30) Fall 2012 (enrollment: 23) |
| PSY 259W - Upper Level Writing for Language Development | Spring 2011 (enrollment: 2) Spring 2012 (enrollment: 5) |
| BCS 152 - Psychology of Language | Fall 2010 (enrollment: 120) |
| BCS 265 - Language and the Brain | Spring 2009 (enrollment: 30) |
Guest Lecturer
| BCS 152 - Psychology of Language Topic: Constraints on learning and language acquisition |
Fall 2012 |
| NSC 531 - Integrative Neuroscience (Graduate-level seminar) Topic: Language and the Brain |
Spring 2012 |
| BCS 111 - Cognitive Psychology Topics: Language Acquisition; Language Learnability |
Spring 2010; 2011; 2012 |
| BCS 172 - Development of Mind and Brain Topic: Research Methods |
Spring 2007 |
Teaching Assistant
| BCS 183 - Animal Minds | Fall 2007 |
| BCS 172 - Development of Mind and Brain | Spring 2007 |
| BCS 172 - Development of Mind and Brain | Spring 2006 |
| Psych 436 - Language Acquisition (at Cornell University) | Spring 2004 |
Mentoring of undergraduate research 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."
Pedagogy Training
- “Future Faculty Workshop: Innovative Teaching Practices Workshop.” Attended sessions on Inquiry Based Learning and Social Networking Technologies in the Classroom. (Spring 2010)
- "Future Faculty Workshop: Learner Centered Teaching.” (Fall 2011)
- "Mentoring Workshop: Tales from the Front." (Spring 2012)
- "So You've Been Given A New Course to Teach: Now What?" (Summer 2012)
- “Future Faculty Workshop: Assessing Learning Throughout the Semester.” (Summer 2012)
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)
- T.A. Ryan Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research, Cornell University (Spring 2004)
- 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 PsychologyCognitive Science
Cognitive Science Society annual conference
PLoS ONE
Past and Present Professional Memberships
Association for Psychological ScienceAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
Cognitive Science Society
Society for Language Development
Society for Research in Child Development
Psi Chi
Departmental Service
- University of Rochester Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences Graduate Student recruiting coordinator (2008, 2009)
- Undergraduate advisor for 15 students in the Brain & Cognitive Sciences major (2010-present)
- Undergraduate independent study advisor in the Brain & Cognitive Sciences department (2010)
Community Outreach
- Invited speaker at the Rochester Museum and Science Center's "Women in Science" camp for 9-11 year old girls
- Invited faculty at Sigma Delta Tau Faculty Tea
- Lifetime member and volunteer in Alpha Phi Omega, a national community service fraternity
- Volunteer at Foodlink, a local Feeding America foodbank
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