CURRICULUM VITAE

Graduate Student for Jessica Alquist PhD., Associate Professor, Social Psychology, Texas Tech University

September 2014- Present

• Current research interests involve investigating the role of cognitive processes (such as working memory and goal activation) in self-control. Thesis titled- I forget my diet when I see cake: The role of working memory in goal activation

Researcher and Author for United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation Grant 2016044. 

PIs: Uziel Liad, PhD, Roy Baumeister PhD., Jessica Alquist, PhD.

September 2017-Present

• Research involves investigating mediators and moderators for the depleting effect of desire for self-control on self-control tasks

• Designing studies, collecting data, analyzing data, and coordinating with international collaborators

Researcher and Author for Seed Grant for Interdisciplinary Research

PIs: Zachary P. Hohman, PhD. Jessica Alquist, PhD., and Breanna Harris, PhD.

September 2017-Present

• Research involves investigating the role of hormone change in response to uncertain (vs. certain) situations

• Designing stimuli as well as assaying and analyzing changes cortisol and testosterone hormones with a collaborator in the biology department, Breanna Harris, PhD.

Research Manager and Author for a Large Scale Registered Replication for the Ego-Depletion Effect.

PIs: Kathleen Vohs, PhD., & Brandon Schmeichel, PhD.

September 2016-December 2017

• Project was a large scale replication of ego depletion. Results of this 36 lab, 3,000 participant pre-registered replication were presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference 2018.

• Supervised undergraduate and graduate student researchers, implemented a controlled protocol, supervised data entry, and coordinated with data analysts

Lab Manager for Meredith Minear PhD., College of Idaho Cognitive Plasticity Lab

September 2012- May 2013

• Research involved investigation of different methods of “brain training” to increase the efficiency of executive functioning as part of a National Science Foundation Grant

• Administered manipulations and measures, scheduled participants for lab sessions, organized payment, and supervised research assistants

Research Assistant for Candice Morey PhD., Riksuniversiteit Groningen (University of Groningen), The Netherlands

May 2013- June 2013

• Awarded a student research grant from the College of Idaho for materials and expenses related to this international research project. The research involved an examination of the methods participants employ to group and encode visual data.

• Designed the second study in a package, programmed stimuli, scheduled and paid participants, calibrated and used a gaze tracking device, analyzed data, and wrote a section of the paper

Research Assistant for Meredith Minear PhD., College of Idaho

October 2011- May 2013

• Research involved the effect of mindfulness meditation use in elementary schools as part of a multiple year project

• Traveled to Sun Valley, Idaho and collected cognitive data from participants in grades 3 and 5

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• Morey, C.C., Cong, Y., Zheng, Y., Price, M. M., & Morey, R.D. (2015). Explaining repetition-based grouping advantages in visual working memory. Archives of Scientific Psychology, 3, 18-29. doi: 10.1037/arc0000014

• Alquist, J.L., Price, M.M., Hancock, D.W., Talley, A.E., & Cukrowicz, K. (2018). Exposure to negative stereotypes impairs older adults’ self-control. Self and Identity. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2018.1437069

• Core, T.J., Alquist, J.L., Price, M.M., Baumeister, R.F., Tice, D.M. (under review). Life is short, eat dessert first: Uncertainty causes uncontrolled and unemotional eaters to consume more sweets.

• Price, M.M., Alquist, J.L. (in preparation). I forget my diet when I see cake: The role of working memory in goal activation.

• Vohs, K. D., Schmeichel, B. J… Price, M. M., et al. (in preparation). Ego depletion: A registered replication. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN.

• Hurst, A. C. Price, M.M., Alquist, J. L. (in preparation) Don’t Invite Her. She’s Double the Trouble! Women’s Aggression Toward Women with Invested Fathers & High Sociosexuality.

• Price, M.M., Alquist, J.L. (in preparation). Self-control and laptop use in university classrooms.

• Price, M.M. Campbell, C., Flynn, T., & TonNu, K. (in preparation). Early to bed and early to rise: The relationship between sleep hygiene and self-control.

• Price, M.M. Franks, K., Minear, M. (in preparation). Emotion Regulation and Executive Function: Cognitive Tasks with an Emotional Component

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• Price, M.M. & Alquist, J.L. (2017, March). Working memory capacity, goal activation, and self-control behavior. Paper presented the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Meeting 2017, Salt Lake City, UT.

• Price, M.M. Campbell, C., Flynn, T., & TonNu, K. (2017, March). Sleep hygiene habits and state self-control. Student project finalist at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Meeting 2017, Salt Lake City, UT and presented at the Texas Tech Student Research Conference. 

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• Price, M.M., Alquist, J. L., Campbell, J.C., Tonnu, K. & Flynn, T. (2018, March) The reciprocal relationship between sleep and self-control. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting 2018, Atlanta, GA. Access online: https://osf.io/g3uw2/

• Hurst, A., Price, M.M., Alquist, J.L. (2018, March) Don’t Invite Her. She’s Double the Trouble! Women’s Aggression Toward Women with Invested Fathers & High Sociosexuality. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting 2018, Atlanta, GA.

• Sarwar, M., Price, M.M., Richards, J. (2017, November) Patterns of electronic cigarette use in college students. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, San Diego, CA.

• Price, M.M. & Alquist, J.L. (2017, January). I forget my diet when I see cake: The role of working memory in goal activation. Poster awarded First Place in the student poster competition at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting 2017, San Antonio, TX. Access online: https://osf.io/97s4e/

• Price, M.M. & Alquist, J.L. Hurst, A.C. (2017, January). The great laptop debate: Laptop use and automaticity in university classrooms. Poster presented at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology Preconference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting 2017, San Antonio, TX and the Society of Teaching Psychology Conference at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Meeting 2017, Salt Lake City, UT. Access online: https://osf.io/8w38p/

• Alquist, J.L., & Price, M.M. (2017, January). Consequences make self-regulation less effortful. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting 2017, San Antonio, TX.

• Price, M.M., Alquist, J.L., Hancock, D.W., Talley, A.E., & Cukrowicz, K. (2016, March). The effects of age-related stigma on self-control. Poster awarded First Place at the 15th Annual Graduate Student Research Poster Competition, Lubbock, TX, and presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting 2016, San Diego, CA. Access online: https://osf.io/wr9xk/

• Price, M. M. & Brewer, L. E. (2015, February). Social media and self-control. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting 2015, Long Beach, CA. Access online: https://osf.io/xs9ed/

• Price, M.M., Minear, M.E., & Franks, K. (2014, February) Emotion regulation and executive function: Cognitive tasks with an emotional component. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting 2014, Austin, TX and oral presentation at the College of Idaho Student Research Conference, Caldwell, ID. Access online: https://osf.io/e6dgk/

• Price, M.M. Morey, C.C., Cong, Y., Zheng, Y., Morey, R.D. (2014, May) Explaining repetition-based grouping advantages in visual working memory. Poster presented at the College of Idaho Student Research Conference, Caldwell, ID. Access online: https://osf.io/v72dt/

• Minear, M., Brasher, M., Moore, A., Price, M.M. & Sukeena, J. (2013, November). Attempting to improve attention through executive function training. Poster presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, Ontario.

• Minear, M., Brasher, F., Brasher, M. Price, M.M. Franks, K. (2013, February) Who watches the Daily Show? Optimism, cynicism and need for cognition in frequent viewers of political satire. Poster presented at the meeting for Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA. Access online: https://osf.io/gqb4d/

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Special Needs Team Cheerleading Coach

May 2009-May 2010

• Enabled communication and fear management in athletes with Down’s Syndrome and autism through the use of patient instruction

• Improved the coping mechanisms of athletes outside of practice by encouraging goal setting and regular evaluations of progress

Frank Church Alternative High School Incentives Program Boise, ID Intern

March 2011- January 2012 

• Developed a system of organization by which data could be readily accessed by organizing haphazard documents into a database

• Quantified data through charts and reports to be utilized in non-profit grant applications, proposals to the school board and high school administration, and presentations to potential donors

• Increased the number of program participants by streamlining a disorganized process

United States Attorney’s Office Boise, ID Extern

May 2012- August 2012 

• Consulted with management to review, propose and implement changes to the Office Emergency Plan

• Assisted in the reorganization of archived case files

• Cooperated with United States Assistant Attorneys and paralegals to prepare and distribute discovery

• Researched and explored relevant cases of mortgage fraud

• Groundwork Teaching Workshop Mentor, Texas Tech Teaching, Learning, Professional Development & Career Center. May 2017

• Graduate Student Council Representative, Texas Tech, Academic Year 2017-2018

• Texas Tech University Undergraduate Research Conference Session Reviewer, Texas Tech, April 2016, April 2017

• Graduate Student Recruitment Coordinator, Texas Tech, Academic Year 2015-2016

• Social Area Brown Bag Meeting Coordinator, Texas Tech, Academic Year 2016-2017

• Head Coordinator for Red Cross Blood Drives, The College of Idaho, Fall 2011-Spring 2014

• Student Research Conference Planning Committee, The College of Idaho, Academic Year 2013-2014

• Faculty Search Committee Student Member, The College of Idaho, Academic Year 2013-2014

• Vice President Omicron Delta Kappa Academic Honor Society- The College of Idaho, Academic Year 2013-2014

• Secretary for PSI CHI, College of Idaho Chapter, Spring 2013-Spring 2014