James P. Morris, Ph.D. Professional Experience Education Honors and Awards Professional Memberships

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1 James P. Morris, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychology, The University of Virginia PO Box , Charlottesville, VA Gilmer Hall Professional Experience 2009-Present University of Virginia Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology Yale University Postdoctoral Research Fellow (K99 Award) Duke University Postdoctoral Research Fellow (NIH NRSA) Stony Brook University Graduate Student, Dept. of Psychology Education Ph.D. 2003, Stony Brook University Department of Psychology (Biopsychology Area) Advisor: Nancy K. Squires Dissertation: Evaluative processing differences between positive and negative valence words: An electrophysiological examination of the hot cognition hypothesis. M.A. 2000, Stony Brook University, December, 2000 Department of Psychology (Biopsychology Area) Advisor: Nancy K. Squires Thesis: Electrophysiological measures of semantic and syntactic processing. B.A. 1997, University of Cincinnati, Summa Cum Laude, Psychology, with High Honors Honors and Awards 2012 Associate, University Academy of Teaching, University of Virginia 2011 Mead Honored Professor, University of Virginia 2010 Faculty for the International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course 2007 NIMH Pathway to Independence Career Development Award 2005 Cure Autism Now, Young Investigator Award 2005 National Research Service Award, Postdoctoral Fellowship 2000 Departmental Travel Award, Stony Brook University 1997 Summa Cum Laude Graduate, University of Cincinnati 1997 High Departmental Honors, University of Cincinnati 1997 Phi Beta Kappa Inductee, University of Cincinnati 1997 Arthur G. Bills Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research 1996 Psi Chi Outstanding Undergraduate Award Professional Memberships Society for Experimental Social Psychology Society for Neuroscience International Society for Autism Research Cognitive Neuroscience Society Society for Personality and Social Psychology Social and Affective Neuroscience Society 1

2 International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium LIFE Research School Research Support National Science Foundation (PI: ) 8/15/2012 8/14/2015 Examining an epigenetic marker of social perception Award: $675,905 total costs National Institutes of Health (PI: R00MH079617) 04/01/2009 3/31/2012 Neuroimaging of Social Perception Award: $746,977 total costs National Institutes of Health (PI: K99MH079617) 09/01/ /31/2009 Neuroimaging of Social Perception Award $160,000 total costs Cure Autism Now Young Investigator Award (PI) 02/01/ /31/2007 Functional neuroimaging studies of social perception Award: $40,000 total costs in autism spectrum disorder National Institutes of Health NRSA (PI: F32MH07367) 01/02/ /01/2007 Imaging the Social Brain Peer-reviewed journal articles Smith E.D., Englander, Z.A., Lillard, A.S., and Morris, J.P. (2013). Cortical mechanisms of pretense observation. Social Neuroscience. Beckes, L., Coan, J.A., and Morris, J.P. (2013) Implicit conditioning of faces via the social regulation of emotion: ERP evidence of early attentional biases for security conditioned faces. Psychophysiology. Earls, H.A., Englander, Z.A., and Morris, J.P. (2013). Perception of race-related features modulates neural activity associated with action observation and imitation. Neuroreport. Ng, B.W., Morris, J.P., and Oishi, S. (2013). Cultural Neuroscience: The current state of affairs. Psychological Inquiry, 24, 1-5. Jack, A., Connelly, J.J., and Morris, J.P. (2012). DNA methylation of the oxytocin receptor gene predicts the neural response to ambiguous social stimuli. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Lerner, M.D., McPartland, J., and Morris, J.P. (2012). Multimodal emotion processing in autism spectrum disorders: An event-related potential study. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Englander, Z.A., Haidt, J., and Morris, J.P. (2012). Neural basis of positive social emotions demonstrated through inter-subject synchronization of cortical activity during free-viewing. PLoS One. Jack, A, Englander, Z.A., and Morris, J.P. (2011). Subcortical contributions to effective connectivity in brain networks supporting imitation. Neuropsychologia, 49, Zucker, N, Green, S.R., Morris, J.P., Kragel, P., Pelphrey, K.A., Bulik, C.M., and LaBar, K.S. (2011). Hemodynamic signals of mixed messages during a social exchange. Neuroreport, 22,

3 Heyda, R.D., Green, S.R., Wyk, B.C., Morris, J.P. and Pelphrey, K.A. (2010). Brain mechanisms for representing what another person sees. Neuroimage, 50, Pelphrey, K.A., Lopez, J., and Morris, J.P. (2009). Developmental continuity and change in responses to social and nonsocial categories in human extrastriate cortex. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 3:25. Perlman, S.B., Morris, J.P., Vander Wyk, B.C., Green, S.R., Doyle, J.L., and Pelphrey, K.P. (2009). Individual differences in personality predict how people look at faces. PLoS ONE, 4, 1-6. Haidt, J. and Morris, J.P (2009). Finding the self in self-transcendent emotions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencnes, 106, Morris, J.P., Green, S., Marion, I., and McCarthy, G. (2008). Guided saccades modulate face- and bodysensitive activation in the occipitotemporal cortex during social perception. Brain and Cognition, 3, Morris, J.P., Pelphey, K.A., and McCarthy, G. (2007). Face processing without awareness in the right fusiform gyrus. Neuropsychologia, 45, Morris, J.P., Pelphrey, K.A., and McCarthy, G. (2007). Perceived causality influences brain activation evoked by biological motion. Social Neuroscience, 3, Pelphrey, K.A., Morris, J.P, McCarthy, G., and LaBar, K.S. (2007) Perception of dynamic changes in facial affect and identity in autism. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2, Morris, J.P., and McCarthy, G. (2007). Guided saccades modulate object and face-specific activity in the right fusiform gyrus. Human Brain Mapping. 28, Morris, J.P., Pelphrey, K.A., and McCarthy, G. (2007). Controlled scanpath variation alters fusiform face activation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 2, Pelphrey, K.A., and Morris, J.P. (2006). Brain mechanisms for interpreting the actions of others from biological motion cues. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15, Morris, J.P., Pelphey, K.A., and McCarthy, G. (2006). Occipitotemporal activation evoked by the perception of human bodies is modulated by the presence or absence of the face. Neuropsychologia, 44, Morris, J.P., Pelphrey, K.A., and McCarthy, G. (2005). Regional brain activation evoked by approaching virtual characters on a virtual walk, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, Pelphrey, K.A., Morris, J.P., Michelich, C.R., Allison, T., and McCarthy G. (2005) Functional anatomy of biological motion perception in posterior temporal cortex: An fmri study of eye, mouth, and hand movements. Cerebral Cortex, 15, Pelphrey, K.A., Morris, J.P., and McCarthy, G. (2005). Neural basis of eye gaze processing deficits in autism. Brain, 128,

4 Pelphrey, K.A., Adolphs, R., and Morris, J.P. (2004). Neuroanatomical substrates of social cognition dysfunction in autism. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 10, Pelphrey, K.A., Morris, J.P., and McCarthy G. (2004). Grasping the intentions of others: The context of a perceived action influences activity in the superior temporal sulcus during social perception. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 10, Morris, J.P., Squires, N.K., Taber, C.S., and Lodge, M. (2003). The activation of political attitudes: A psychophysiological examination of the hot cognition hypothesis. Political Psychology. 24: Articles under review Jack, A. and Morris, J.P. (Under Review). Neocerebellar contributions to social perception dysfunction in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Lee, S.M., Gao, T., Green, S.R., Morris, J.P., Shultz, S., and McCarthy, G. (Under Review). Biological motion is sufficient but not necessary to engage the posterior superior temporal sulcus. Book Chapter Connelly, J.J. and Morris, J.P. (2013). Epigenetics of social behavior. The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Neuroscience. Forthcoming. Conference Abstracts Connelly, J.J., Morris, J.P., Jacob, S., Bales, K.L., and Carter, C.S. (2013). Individual differences in oxytocin receptor DNA methylation are related to indices of social behavior in humans and voles. World Congress on Neurophysical Hormones. Morris, J.P. (2013) Epigenetic variability in oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) is associated with neural endophenotypes of social perception. International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium. Ng., B.W., and Morris, J.P. (2013). The effects of identity denial on emotional accuracy toward cultural insiders and outsiders. International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium. Morris, J.P., Jack, A., and Connelly, J.J. (2013). DNA methylation of the oxytocin receptor gene is associated with cortical and subcortical contributions to emotional face perception. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference. Wills, J., and Morris, J.P. (2013) Priming religion erases preferences for groups: An N400 study. Social and Affective Neuroscience Conference. Ng., Brandon and Morris, J.P. (2013) Asian American identity and emotional sensitivity to majority and minority group members. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Lerner, M.D., Morris, J.P., and McPartland, J.C. (2012). Processing of emotional faces and voices in Autism Spectrum Disorders: ERP correlates and interaction with social knowledge. Society for Psychophysiology. 4

5 Morris, J.P., Jack, A., and Connelly, J.J. (2012). Epigenetic variability in oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) is associated with neural endophenotypes of social perception. Social and Affective Neuroscience Conference. Jack, A., and Morris, J.P. (2012). Effective connectivity between superior temporal sulcus and neocerebellum is associated with social function in youth with autism. Social and Affective Neuroscience Conference. Earls, H., and Morris, J.P. (2012). An event related potential analysis of mixed-race group membership. Social and Affective Neuroscience Conference. Jack, A., Connelly, J.J., and Morris, J.P. (2012). Allele specific DNA methylation of oxytocin receptor gene predicts brain response to ambiguous social stimuli. Cognitive Neuroscience Society. Earls, H., Varvaris, M., and Morris, J.P. (2012). The effects of race and trait information on ratings of dating desirability: A behavioral and event-related potential investigation. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Morris, J.P., Cronk, M., Englander, Z.A., Lillard, T.S., Karaoli, T., and Connelly, J.J. (2011). Epigenetic variability in oxytocin receptor gene is associated with neural endophenotypes of social perception. Society for Neuroscience. Lerner, M.D., and Morris, J.P (2011). Multimodal emotion processing in high-functioning autism: An event-related potential (ERP) study. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Earls, H., Englander, Z.A., and Morris, J.P. (2011). Neural correlates of action observation and imitation of in-group and out-group members. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Englander, Z.A., Haidt, J., and Morris, J.P. (2010). Neural basis of self-transcendent emotions revealed through inter-subject synchronization of cortical activity during free-viewing. Poster, Society for Neuroscience. Smith, E.D., Englander, Z.A., Lillard, A.S., and Morris, J.P. (2010). This is your brain on pretense: Neural correlates of pretense observation. Poster, Society for Neuroscience. Morris, J.P. and McCarthy, G. (2008). Face and body responses in human occipitotemporal cortex: A comparison of fmri findings and ERPs recorded from scalp and subdural electrodes. Slide Talk, Society for Neuroscience. Zucker, N., LaBar, K., Losh, M., Bulk C., Piven, J., Merwin R., Morris, J.P, & Pelphrey, K. (2007) Commonalities in anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorders: Investigation of social cognitive endophenotypes. Poster, Neural Systems of Social Behavior Conference. Morris, J.P. (2007) The role of the superior temporal sulcus in understanding the actions of others. Symposia, Cognitive Neuroscience Society. Morris, J.P., Green, S.R., Marion, B., & McCarthy, G. (2007) Guided saccades modulate face- and bodyspecific responses in the occipitotemporal cortex during social perception. Poster, Cognitive Neuroscience Society. 5

6 Morris, J.P., & McCarthy, G. (2006). Controlled scanpath variation modulates face-specific activity in the fusiform gyrus. Slide Talk, Society for Neuroscience. Carter, E.J., Morris, J.P., & Pelphrey, K.A. (2006). The development of functional specificity for the perception of faces, bodies, and places during middle childhood. Slide Talk, Society for Neuroscience. Morris, J.P., Pelphrey, K.A., & McCarthy, G. (2006). Examining the influence of perceived agency on brain activation evoked by biological motion. Poster, Organization for Human Brain Mapping. Morris, J.P., & McCarthy, G. (2006). Guided saccades modulate object and face-specific activity in the right fusiform gyrus. Poster, Cognitive Neuroscience Society. Morris, J.P., Pelphrey, K.A., & McCarthy, G. (2005). Occipitotemporal activation evoked by the perception of human bodies is inhibited by the presence of the face. Slide Talk, Society for Neuroscience Diaz, M.T., Morris, J.P., Vives, K., Spencer, D.D., & McCarthy, G. (2005). Face and object processing in the fusiform gyrus: A comparison of intracranial ERP recordings and functional MRI. Slide Talk, Society for Neuroscience. Collins, E.G., Morris, J.P., and Pelphrey, K.A. (2005) Functional neuroimaging of audiovisual speech perception in autism. Poster, International Meeting of Autism Research. Morris, J.P., Pelphrey, K.A., and McCarthy, G. (2005) Unconscious face processing evokes activity in the right anterior fusiform gyrus. Poster, Cognitive Neuroscience Society. Pelphrey, K.A., Morris, J.P., McCarthy, G., and LaBar, K. (2005) Perception of dynamic changes in facial expressions of emotion in autism. Poster, Cognitive Neuroscience Society. Morris, J.P., Pelphrey, K.A., and McCarthy, G. (2004). Approaching strangers on a virtual walk: An fmri study of social perception. Slide Talk, Society for Neuroscience Morris, J.P., Landau, A., McCarthy, M., and Bentin, S. (2004). Scalp-recorded N-170 is influenced by the context of a perceived gaze shift. Poster, Cognitive Neuroscience Society Pelphrey, K.A., Morris, J.P., McCarthy, G. (2004). Grasping the intentions of others: The context of a perceived action influences activity in the superior temporal sulcus. Poster, Cognitive Neuroscience Society Berry, S., Morris, J.P., and Squires, N.K. (2004). Enhanced N400 to shifts in word valence. Poster, Cognitive Neuroscience Society Morris, J.P. & Squires, N.K. (2003). Event-related potentials reflect automatic evaluative processing during a grammatical classification task. Poster, Society for Psychophysiological Research Azizian, A., Pierre-Louis, J., Morris, J.P., and Squires, N.K. (2000). Haven t I seen your face before: Event related potentials in face recognition. Poster, Society for Psychophysiological Research Morris, J.P., Harvaky, L.A., Azizian, A., Carrion, R., Brennan, S.E., and Squires, N.K. (2000). Evoked potential measures of syntactic and semantic processing. Poster, Cognitive Neuroscience Society 6

7 Morris, J.P. & Howe, S.R. (1997). How do naïve participants interpret graphs of statistical interactions? Poster, American Psychological Society Huha, E.M., Raudenbush, B., Reilley, S.P., Morris, J.P. & Frank, R.A. (1997). Finicky or fasting? The relationship between food neophobia and eating disorders. Poster, American Psychological Society Reilley, S.P., Raudenbush, B. Morris, J.P., & Frank, R.A. (1997). Measuring approach to novelty with the Food Attitudes & Activity Attitudes Surveys: Reliability and validity issues. Poster, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior Invited Talks 2013, May International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium 2012, November Virginia Tech University, Department of Psychology 2012, April Social and Affective Neuroscience Society 2011, May Max Planck School on the Life Course, University of Michigan 2010, October University of Virginia, Neuroscience Graduate Program Colloquium 2010, April University of Virginia, Student s Choice Colloquium Speaker 2010, March University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce 2010, February University of Virginia, Graduate Student Recruitment Colloquium 2008, May University of Virginia, Departmental Colloquium 2008, February Pennsylvania State University, Departmental Colloquium 2008, January University of Oregon, Departmental Colloquium 2007, May Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Colloquium 2007, October Stony Brook University, Departmental Colloquium 2007, February Temple University, Departmental Colloquium 2007, January University of Denver, Departmental Colloquium 2006, December Dartmouth College, Departmental Colloquium 2006, December University of Pittsburgh, Departmental Colloquium 2006, December University of California Berkeley, Departmental Colloquium 2006, March Duke University, Social Psychology Seminar Editorial Service Ad hoc reviewer Cerebral Cortex Neuroimage Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience Brain and Cognition Human Brain Mapping Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience PNAS Neuropsychologia Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Social Neuroscience Journal of Cognition and Development Cortex Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Psychological Bulletin Journal of Visualized Experiments Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Brain Journal of Cognitive Development Journal of Abnormal Psychology Dissertation Committees 2013 Holly Earls, Cognitive Psychology, chair 2012 Allison Jack, Developmental Psychology, chair 2012 Matthew Lerner, Clinical Psychology 2012 Hillary Schaefer, Clinical Psychology 7

8 Undergraduate Honors Theses 2014 Jay Varella 2014 Stewart Walker 2013 Julian Wills 2012 Anna Slage 2011 Alexander Dagley 2011 Mark Varvaris 2010 Carolyn White Graduate Students Katie Lancaster, Social, primary advisor Meghan McDermott, Cognitive, primary advisor Tyler Santander, Cognitive, co-advisor Brandon Ng, Social, primary advisor Kaitlyn Booske, Social, primary advisor Holly Earls, Cognitive, primary advisor Allison Jack, Developmental, primary advisor Eric Smith, Developmental, collaborator Matt Motyl, Social, collaborator Matt Lerner, Developmental, collaborator and committee member Hillary Schaefer, Clinical, committee member University and Department Service Faculty search committee, Department of Kineseology, member Department Steering Committee, member Human Subjects Committee, member Department Computer Committee, member University Academy of Teaching, associate Department Colloquium Committee, chair Human Subjects Committee, member Department Colloquium Committee, member Human Subjects Committee, member Human Neuroscience Working group, member Teaching Experience Stony Brook University Statistical Methods in Psychology Summer 01, Spring 02, Fall 02 Research Methods and Writing in Psychology Summer 02, Summer 03 Duke University Social Neuroscience Seminar Spring 06, Fall 06, Fall 08 University of Virginia Social Neuroscience Undergraduate Seminar Spring 09, Fall 10 Social Neuroscience Graduate Seminar Fall 11 Research Methods and Data Analysis Spring 10, Spring 11, Spring 12, Spring 13, Fall 13 8

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