Katherine R. Mickley Steinmetz

Department of Psychology Boston College

McGuinn Hall Room 512 140 Commonwealth Ave. Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

(617) 552-1476 Email: katherine.mickley@bc.edu

EDUCATION

2008-2011 Boston College, Ph.D., Psychology, specialization in Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

2006-2008 Boston College, M.A. (non-terminal), Psychology, specialization in Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

2002-2006 Allegheny College, B.S., Neuroscience and Psychology, summa cum laude

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2012-present Assistant Professor, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC 2011-2012 Visiting Lecturer, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA Spring 2011 Adjunct Teaching Appointment, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2011-present Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Jessica Payne (University of Notre Dame) and Dr. Elizabeth Kensinger (Boston College) Projects: The effect of stress on memory for emotional information The role of cortisol in emotional memory under stress Electrophysiological correlates of emotional memory

2006-2011 Ph.D. research with Dr. Elizabeth Kensinger, Boston College

Dissertation title: Understanding emotional memory trade-offs: Considering the effect of trait anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder

Thesis title: Characteristics of emotional memories in younger and older adults

Other projects: Neural processes associated with encoding emotional information

2005-2006 Undergraduate senior thesis, Allegheny College Thesis title: An electrophysiological comparison of the retrieval of words

in emotional and non-emotional contexts

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2004 Chester Summer Scholar (Undergraduate Research Internship), Case Western

Reserve University Project: Investigations into the effects of glucose, amino acid, and

intralipid infusion on glucose tolerance in very low birth weight premature infants

2003 Undergraduate research assistant with Dr. Dean Dluzen, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Projects: Investigations in estrogen and tamoxifen as modulators of striatal dopaminergic neurotoxicity

RESEARCH GRANTS and TRAINING FELLOWSHIPS

2010 Psi Chi Graduate Student Research Grant: Emotional memory trade-offs as a

function of trait anxiety and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 2008 Graduate Student Association's Research Expense Grant 2007-2010 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship for

cognitive, neural, and behavioral sciences 2007 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellowship in Psychology (awarded

by declined in favor of NDSEG)

HONORS and AWARDS Teaching 2009 Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Award, Boston College Research and Scholarship 2011 Donald and Helene White Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in the Social

Sciences, Boston College 2006 Herbert Klions Faculty Award (for an outstanding paper in psychology and for

significant contribution to the department), Allegheny College 2006 Neuroscience Faculty Prize (awarded annually to the student (or students) writing

the best senior project in Neuroscience), Allegheny College 2006 Phi Beta Kappa nomination, Allegheny College 2005 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for academic merit in science, math and

engineering 2005 William Edgar Porter Prize, given to the student in the junior class who attained

the highest average in scholarship, Allegheny College 2005 Outstanding Junior Major Prize in Neuroscience, Allegheny College

Neuroscience Dept. 2005 Glenn W. Thompson Outstanding Junior Major Prize (for Psychology), Allegheny

College

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Travel Fellowships 2008 Travel award to the Uniformed Serviced University Amygdala, Stress and PTSD

Conference, Bethesda, MD

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Course Organizer and Instructor Spring 2012 PSYCH 322 Emotion, Cognition, and The Brain

Wellesley College Fall 2011 PSYC 219 Biological Psychology Wellesley College Spring 2011 PSYCH 1501 General Psychology Emmanuel College

Course rating (avg. across categories): 3.52 (out of 4) [29 respondents, 83%] Course Satisfaction Rating: 3.7 (out of 4)

Spring 2010 PS375 The Psychology and Neuroscience of Human Memory

Boston College Course rating (avg. across categories): 4.57 (out of 5) [18 respondents, 89%] Instructor rating: 4.31 (out of 5)

Spring 2009 PS375 Human Memory (co-instructor)

Boston College Course rating (avg. across categories): 4.50 (out of 5) [33 respondents, 89%] Instructor rating: 4.23 (out of 5)

Guest Lecturer Spring 2011 Cognitive Psychology (Boston College, Dr. Scott Slotnick) Lectures on Language Fall 2010 Introduction to Psychology as a Natural Science (Boston College, Dr. Gene

Heyman) Lectures on Memory Spring 2009- Psychology of Trauma (Boston College, Dr. David Smith) Spring 2010 Lectures on the neuroscience of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Spring 2006 Psychology and Philosophy (Allegheny College, Dr. Alexander Dale) Lecture on cognitive neuroscience and event-related potentials (ERP) Teaching Assistantships Spring 2011 PS272 Cognitive Psychology (Boston College, Dr. Scott Slotnick) Fall 2010 PS110 Introduction to Psychology as a Natural Science (Boston College, Dr.

Gene Heyman)

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Spring 2008 PS375 Human Memory (Boston College, Dr. Elizabeth Kensinger) Courses Prepared to Teach Affective Neuroscience • Biological Psychology • Brain and Behavior • Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior • Cognitive Neuroscience • Cognitive Processes • Human Memory and Cognition • Health Psychology • Introductory Psychology • Introductory & Intermediate Statistics • Learning • Motivation and Emotion • Psychopharmacology • Sensation and Perception • Systems of Neuroscience • Research Design and Data Analysis  Mentoring 2007-2011 Advisor to the Boston College Psi Chi Chapter 2010-2011 Boston College McNair Graduate Mentorship Program (matches graduate student

mentors with undergraduate students from low income, first generation, or underrepresented backgrounds)

2011-2012 Supervisor for undergraduate research assistants Sondra Corgan (Notre Dame) Matthew Hall (Emmanuel College) Chris Stare (Notre Dame) Lauren Skogsholm (Boston College) 2010-2011 Supervisor for two Senior thesis projects

Lauren Skogsholm, topic: Attention, reward and working memory (primary advisor) Michael O’Hara, topic: The effect of jury instructions on perception of eyewitness testimony (co-advisor)

Supervisor for undergraduate and graduate research assistants Carolyn Humber Jessica Perry Lauren Skogsholm Sara Towsley

2009-2010 Supervisor for two Honors Senior thesis projects

Amy Peters, topic: How depression and anxiety influence directed forgetting (co-advisor) Jennifer Chen, topic: Effects of sleep on emotional memory (second reader)

Supervisor for undergraduate research assistants Joana Bueno Carolyn Humber Michael O’Hara

Research mentor to a high school student Jessica Oglesby (Ossining High school, Westchester, New York)

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2008- 2009 Supervisor for Senior thesis project Katherine Schmidt, topic: Emotion’s effects on memory for spatial and temporal details (second reader)

Supervisor for undergraduate research assistant Elizabeth Choi

2007-2008 Supervisor for undergraduate research assistants Elizabeth Choi Jonathan Romiti

2004-2008 Peer Writing Tutor, Allegheny College, tutored students from a variety of different disciplines in writing and literary analysis

Teaching Training Courses 2009 GRAD 980 “Preparing to Teach a Psychology Course,” University of New

Hampshire Workshops and Seminars 2011 “Outside the Classroom - Experiential Learning as Ignatian Pedagogy” 2010 “Telling Stories in the Classroom to Teach the Whole Person” Boston College Full Day Workshop on Teaching Association for Psychological Science (APS) Teaching Workshop “Designing Rubrics for Teaching, Grading, and Assessment” “Getting the Most Out of Course Evaluations” 2009 “Writing a Syllabus” “Questions, concerns & Comments: Teaching success in the first

semester” “Techniques for Leading Discussion”

“E-teaching” “Learning Styles: Yours and Your Students’” “Democratic Pedagogy and Technology in the Classroom” “Getting the Most Out of Teaching Evaluations”

2008 “Questions, Concerns & Comments: Teaching success in the first Semester”

2007 “Grading” “Leading Class Discussions”

Boston College Full Day Workshop on Teaching (Sessions Included: First Day Tips, Academic Integrity, The Art and Craft of Teaching)

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS and HONOR SOCIETIES

Professional Memberships Association for Psychological Science Charles River Association for Memory Cognitive Neuroscience Society Eastern Psychological Association Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Organization for Human Brain Mapping Society for Neuroscience Social and Affective Neuroscience Society Women in Cognitive Science Honor Societies Lambda Sigma, Sophomore Honor Society Phi Beta Kappa, National Honor Society Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology

PROFESSIONAL and DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE 2007–present Founder of Boston College Brain Awareness Group, organized graduate and

undergraduate outreach activities at Boston College. Coordinated educational visits to local elementary schools and senior centers

2008 Symposium Moderator: “Emotion: Perception, Learning, and Decisions” (With

Jill Waring) – Society For Neuroscience, Washington D.C. 2006-2007 Colloquium Planning Committee at Boston College 2005-2006 Founder of Allegheny Neuroscience Club, organized programs in professional

development, community outreach and peer mentoring Ad Hoc Reviewer: Applied Cognitive Psychology (2008); Behavior Research Methods (2010); Emotion (2008, 2010); Learning and Memory (2008); Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (2009); Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition (2010), Psychological Research (2012), Psychonomic Bulletin & review (2012)

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SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

* Signifies undergraduate student or research assistant In Press and Submitted Manuscripts Mickley Steinmetz, K.R. & Kensinger, E. A. (submitted). The effects of attention and post-

stimulus elaboration on the emotion-induced memory trade-off. Memory and Cognition. Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts Mickley Steinmetz, K.R., *Schmidt, K. A., *Zucker, H. R. & Kensinger, E.A. (in press). The

effect of emotional arousal and retention delay on subsequent-memory effects. Cognitive Neuroscience.

Mickley Steinmetz, K.R., Scott, L.A., Smith, D., & Kensinger, E.A. (2012). The effects of

trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the emotion-induced memory trade-off. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 6, 1-11.

Mickley Steinmetz, K.R. & *Atapattu, R.K. (2010). Meeting the challenge of preparing

undergraduates for careers in cognitive neuroscience. The Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education (JUNE), 9, A36-42.

Mickley Steinmetz, K.R., *Muscatell, K. A. & Kensinger, E.A. (2010). The effect of

valence on younger and older adults’ attention in a rapid serial visual presentation task. Psychology and Aging, 25, 239-245.

Mickley Steinmetz, K. R., Addis, D. R. & Kensinger, E. A. (2010). The effect of

arousal on the emotional memory network depends on valence. NeuroImage, 53, 318-324.

Mickley Steinmetz, K.R. & Kensinger, E.A. (2009). The effects of valence and arousal on the neural activity leading to subsequent memory. Psychophysiology, 46, 1190-99.

Mickley, K.R. & Kensinger, E.A. (2009). Phenomenological characteristics of emotional memories in younger and older adults. Memory, 17, 528-543.

Mickley, K.R. & Kensinger, E.A. (2008). Emotional Valence Influences the Neural

Correlates Associated with Remembering and Knowing. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 8(2), 143-152.

D’Astous, M., Mickley, K.R., Dluzen, D.E. (2005) Differential protective properties of

estradiol and tamoxifen against methamphetamine-induced nigrostriatal dopaminergic toxicity in mice. Neuroendocrinology, 82(2):111-20.

Dluzen, D.E., & Mickley, K.R. (2005). Gender differences in modulatory effects of

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tamoxifen upon the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 80(1): 27-33.

Mickley, K.R., & Dluzen, D.E. (2004). Dose-response effects of estrogen and tamoxifen

upon methamphetamine-induced behavioral responses and neurotoxicity of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system in female mice. Neuroendocrinology, 79(6), 305-316.

Book Chapters Mickley Steinmetz, K.R. & Kensinger, E.A. (2010). Emotion’s effects on attention and

memory: Relevance to posttraumatic stress disorder. In L. C. Eklund & A. S. Nyman (Eds.), Learning and Memory Developments and Intellectual Disabilities. New York: Nova.

Books Mickley Steinmetz, K.R. & Kensinger, E.A. (2010). How Does Emotion Affect Attention and

Memory?: Attentional Capture, Tunnel Memory, and the Implications for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. New York: Nova.

SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS

* Signifies undergraduate student or research assistant

Mattingly, S.,* Kensinger, E.A., Wirth, M., Mickley Steinmetz, K.R., Cunningham, T., Chambers, A., Payne, J. (2012). The Impact of Stress and Cortisol on Tradeoff Effects in Long-Term Memory. Association for Psychological Science. Chicago, IL.

Mickley Steinmetz, K.R., Addis, D.R., Kensinger, E.A. (2011). How does emotional

processing lead to increased memory confidence?: A fMRI examination at encoding. The Society for Neuroscience Conference, Washington, D.C.

Mickley Steinmetz, K.R., (2011). Human neuroscience research methods in the classroom and the undergraduate laboratory. The Society for Neuroscience Conference, Washington, D.C.

Mickley Steinmetz, K. R. & Kensinger, E. A. (2011). Volitional control of attention: overcoming emotion-induced memory trade-offs. 5th International Conference on Memory (ICOM5), York, England.

Mickley Steinmetz, K. R. & Kensinger, E. A. (2011). Emotional Memory Trade-offs In

Individuals with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Rotman Research Institute Conference (“Neuroscience of Emotion and Emotion Related Disorders”), Toronto, Canada.

Mickley Steinmetz, K. R., *Schmidt, K. & Kensinger, E. A. (2010). Confidence, encoding

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and emotion: A parametric analysis of the encoding of short and long term retention of emotional information. The Society for Neuroscience Conference, San Diego, CA.

Mickley Steinmetz, K. R., *Atapattu, R. K. (2010). Taking a peak at the human brain:

Helping undergraduates to understand and gain research experience in cognitive neuroscience. The Society for Neuroscience Conference, San Diego, CA.

*Wong, J., Waring, J. D., Mickley Steinmetz, K. R., Murray, B. (2010). Brain awareness week in the Boston College older adult community. The Society for Neuroscience Conference, San Diego, CA.

Mickley Steinmetz, K. R., & Kensinger, E. A. (2010). The effect of trait anxiety on the

emotional memory trade-off. Association for Psychological Science. Boston, MA. *Schmidt, K., Mickley Steinmetz, K. R., & Kensinger, E. A. (2010). The effect of valence

and delay on memory: An fMRI analysis. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting. Montreal, Canada.

Mickley Steinmetz, K.R., Addis, D.R., Kensinger, E.A. (2009). The effective

connectivity of the emotional memory network depends on valence and arousal. The Society for Neuroscience Conference. Chicago, IL.

Mickley Steinmetz, K.R., Waring, J. D., *Apatattu, R., Holland, A. C., Morvan, C. I.,

Murray, B. D. (2009). Boston College Brain Awareness Week: From Schools to Senior Centers. The Society for Neuroscience Conference. Chicago, IL.

Mickley, K. R., & Kensinger, E. A. (2009). Parametric variation during encoding

predicts subsequent memory characteristics. The Organization for Human Brain Mapping Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Mickley, K. R. & Kensinger, E. A. (2008). Neural activity at encoding associated with

vivid memory for negative information and familiarity for positive information. The Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference, Bethesda, MD.

Mickley, K. R. & Kensinger, E. A. (2008). Subsequent memory processes are modulated

by emotional valence and arousal. Talk given at the Society for Neuroscience Conference, Washington, D.C.

Mickley, K. R. & Kensinger, E. A. (2008). Aging and Phenomenological Memory for

Emotional Details. Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA. Mickley, K. R., *Romiti, J. S., & Kensinger, E. A. (2008). Evidence for variation in

attentional capture based on valence and arousal combinations using the RSVP paradigm. Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Mickley, K. R., *Choi, E. S., Kensinger, E. A. (2008). Aging and phenomenological

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memory for emotional details. Conference on Emerging Trends in Behavioral, Affective, Social, and Cognitive Neuroscience, Medford, MA.

Mickley, K. R & Kensinger EA (2007). Neural activity at encoding associated with vivid

memory for negative information and familiarity for positive information. The Society for Neuroscience Conference, San Diego, CA.

Mickley, K.R. & Kensinger, E.A. (2007). Using the memory characteristics

questionnaire to examine how we remember emotional stimuli. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting. New York, NY.

Mickley, K. R., *Muscatell, K., & Kensinger, E. (2007). Using the RSVP Paradigm to

Investigate the Processes Contributing to Emotional Memory. 17th Annual Rotman Research Institute Conference (“Recent Advances in Memory Research”), Toronto, Canada.

Mickley, K. R. & Kensinger, E. A. (2007). How we remember emotional stimuli. New

England Science Symposium, Boston, MA.

Mickley, K. R., Dale, J. A., & Wiseman, A. (2006). Retrieval of words in emotional and non-emotional context: An ERP Analysis. Society For Neuroscience Conference, Atlanta, GA.

INVITED TALKS

2011 Department of Psychology, The University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN Victims of Violence Trauma Center, Cambridge, MA 2010 Aging, Culture and Cognition Group, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Center for Sleep and Cognition, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Department of Psychology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA Honors Program, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT

RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND SKILLS

Eye-tracking – collecting and analyzing eye gaze data according to region of interest and pupil dilation designs Event-related potential (ERP) – use of electroencephalogram (EEG) to analyze electrophysiological brain activity in response to an internal or external stimulus Functional neuroimaging – functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), including region of interest, parametric, and functional connectivity analyses using structural equation modeling (SEM) Hormonal assays – determine level of hormones in saliva using competitive immunoassay

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techniques such as radioactive immunoassay (RIA) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) Polysomnography – includes analyses of brain activity (electroencephalogram [EEG]), eye movement (electrooculography [EOG]), and heart rhythm (electrocardiography [ECG]) during sleep

SPECIALIZED RESEARCH TRAINING

2011 Research training at the two-day “Mini ERP Bootcamp” (Trainer: Steve Luck,

Ph.D.) 2011 Received event-related potential (ERP) training at the two-day workshop at

Boston College (Trainer: Lloyd Smith, Cortech) 2011 Received polysomography (PSG) training at the two-day workshop at Boston

College (Trainer: Tyler Albert, Grass Instruments) 2010 Received hormonal assay training at labs in the Boston Area: Ellison Lab,

Harvard University; Campbell Lab, University of Massachusetts Boston; Rohleder Lab, Brandeis University (Trainers: Susan Lipson, Ph.D., Kenneth Campbell, Ph.D., Nicolas Rohleder, Ph.D.)

OTHER SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCES

Study Abroad in Kenya, East Africa – Classes and Internship at Embu Provincial General Hospital: Counseled and planed activities sessions in Psychiatry Department, Treated and attended outreach clinics for Occupational Therapy patients (focus on neurological disorders), Attended to pediatric patients and helped perform medical procedures, counseled patients who wished to know their HIV status, 2005