EDUCATION - University of Houston



Madeleine GorgesThe University of Houston, Department of Psychology126 Heyne Building, Houston, TX 77204-5022509-421-0618 ? mvwarner@uh.eduEDUCATIONUniversity of Houston, Houston, TX Expected graduation May 2017Ph.D. in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 3.95 GPATitle of dissertation: TBDUniversity of Houston, Houston, TX December 2015M.A. in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 3.95 GPATitle of thesis: “Priming with Real Art Images”University of Washington, Seattle, WA Spring, Summer, Fall 2012Psychology coursework (non-degree) and research, 3.96 GPARelevant courses: Fundamentals of Psychology Research, Understanding Statistics in Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Psychology of Music, Second Language LearningTrinity University, San Antonio, TX May 2011B. A., Spanish and Art, 3.90 GPA, Summa Cum Laude, Dean's List for 6 semestersRelevant courses: Principles of Psychology, Introduction to Neuroscience, Neuroscience Laboratory, Psychology of Sensation and PerceptionUniversidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina Fall 2009Studio art and Argentine art history and culture classesAWARDS AND HONORSUniversity of Houston’s University Presidential Graduate Fellowship, August 2013 - August 2015University of Houston’s Department of Psychology Scholarship, August 2013 – August 2015University of Houston’s Recruitment Award, August 2013- August 2014Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Alternate (Spain), April 2011Trinity University's Virginia Joiner Award for Outstanding Student in Spanish, May 2011Sigma Delta Pi (National Hispanic Honor Society), April 2010 - May 2011Blue Key National Honor Society, November 2009 - May 2011University Scholar (top 15 students in class), May 2008, May 2009, May 2010Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society member and scholarship recipient, September 2009 - May 2009Trinity University's Baker-Duncan Fine Arts Scholarship, August 2007 - May 2011Trinity University's Murchison Scholarship, August 2007 - May 2011PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPSCognitive Neuroscience Society, 2014, 2016Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts (Division 10 of the American PsychologicalAssociation), 2015, 2016Psychonomic Society, 2015CONFERENCESGorges, M. V. Z., & Hernandez, A. E. (2015). Is an Apple Related to a Melting Clock? The Relationship between Creativity and Priming when Viewing Fine Art. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL. Warner, M., Wagner, V., Woods, E., Beilock, S., Hernandez, A. Expert and non-expert athletes differ in processing of auditory stimuli. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society’s annual conference, Boston, MA.Attendance at the International Symposium for Bilingualism, New Brunswick, NJ, 2015PUBLICATIONSBradley, K., Gorges, M. V. Z., Vaughn, K., & Hernandez, A. (In Preparation). Individual differences in imagery-based foreign vocabulary learning. For submission to Neuropsychologia’s special issue on language learning. Gorges, M. V. Z. & Hernandez, A. (In Preparation). Is an Apple Related to a Melting Clock? The Relationship between Creativity and Priming when Viewing Fine Art.RESEARCH EXPERIENCEGraduate Student, Laboratory for the Neural Basis of Bilingualism, University of HoustonHouston, TX, August 2013 – present? Master’s Thesis:- Designed an experiment, created it in E-Prime, completed IRB approval process, collected data from 74 participants in three months, and analyzed the data using R. ? Collaboration with Dr. David Eagleman and his laboratory at Baylor Medical Center (in progress)- Analyzed of online data from grapheme-color synesthetes, including using Matlab.? Collaboration with ESL International company: Testing reliability of ESL proficiency measures- Ran participants on auditory and written language proficiency tasks.? Collaboration with the University of Illinois in Chicago- Created E-Prime task for an fMRI experiment about bilingual children’s perception of poetry.? Train and mentor 6 research assistantsResearch Assistant, Cognition & Cortical Dynamics Laboratory, University of WashingtonSeattle, WA, August 2012 - December 2012? Traced the putamen and caudate brain structures on MRI scans for Dr. Prat's autism research? Ran about six participants per week through behavioral tasksResearch Assistant, Cognitive Neuroscience of Language Laboratory, University of WashingtonSeattle, WA, May 2012 - December 2012? Set up equipment and participants' electrode caps for Dr. Osterhout's EEG studies? Created scripts for data analysis? Converted raw data into descriptive statistics ? Created and formatted tables in Excel for manuscript? Participated in reading groupField Research on Mexican Migration, International Studies, Trinity UniversitySan Antonio, TX, August 2010 - December 2010? Assisted in designing study questions and methods for Dr. Katsuo Nishikawa? Gathered data by orally administering questionnaires to Mexican immigrants? Results published in a book by Russell Sage in the fall of 2013PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEBilingual Customer Care Assistant, Columbia Valley Community HealthWenatchee, WA, October 2011 - March 2012 and December 2012-July 2013? Answered about 100 calls per day in the call center? Facilitated communication between providers, nurses, and other clinics regarding coordination of patient care? Checked-in patients at walk-in clinic and at main reception? Verified insurance coverage and accepted paymentsSpanish tutor San Antonio, TX, November 2010 - May 2011? Researched Spanish teaching methods? Designed curriculum for a ten-year-old student? Taught private Spanish lessonsInforme Hispano Reporter and PhotographerWenatchee, WA, June 2008 - August 2010? Interviewed Spanish-speaking community members? Wrote articles based on the interviews for the Spanish-language newspaper? Photographed local events that involved members of the Latino communitySKILLSLanguages? Native English speaker? Fluent in SpanishComputer skills? Training with AFNI fMRI analysis software? Training with SAS? Training with SPSS? Experience with R? Experience with MatLab? Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite? Advanced with Microsoft OfficeLEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTVolunteer in the Metropolitan Volunteer Program, University of Houston, August 2014 to presentHandbell Choir Member, First United Methodist Church, Wenatchee, WA, September 2002 – June 2013Vice President (2010-2011)/Member, Trinity University's ?Venga! Spanish Club, January 2008 - May 2011Historian, Trinity University's International Club, August 2010 - May 2011Volunteer, Graffiti Wipeout, San Antonio, TX, October 2007- May 2011Spanish Tutor, Trinity University's Service Learning, San Antonio, TX, September 2010 - May 2011PROFESSIONAL REFERENCESDr. Arturo Hernandez, Professor and DirectorDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience ProgramDepartment of Psychology126 Heyne BuildingUniversity of HoustonHouston, TX 77204-5022Phone: 713-743-8828E-mail: aehernandez@uh.eduDr. Hanako YoshidaDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience ProgramDepartment of Psychology126 Heyne BuildingUniversity of HoustonHouston, TX 77204-5022Phone: 713-743-1077E-mail:yoshida@uh.eduDr. Lee OsterhoutGraduate Program in Neurobiology & BehaviorDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of WashingtonSeattle, WA 98195Phone: 206-543-4177E-mail: losterho@uw.edu ................
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