ASHLEY VICTORIA WHILLANS

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1 ASHLEY VICTORIA WHILLANS EDUCATION University of British Columbia, Psychology, PhD, 2018 (Expected) University of British Columbia, Psychology, MA, 2014 Visiting Student, University of Chicago (April-August 2014) University of British Columbia, Psychology, B.A. Honors, 2012 RESEARCH GRANTS Graduate Research Award, University of British Columbia, CAD $725, Research Assistantship, PsiChi Honors Society in Psychology, USD $3000, Time Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences Proposal Winner, AMS Impact Grant, University of British Columbia, CAD $3000, Basic Research Grant, Hill Holiday Consulting Firm, USD $1000, Research Grant, PsiChi Honors Society in Psychology, USD $1500, Grant from the New Paths to Purpose Initiative at the Chicago Booth School of Business & the John Templeton Foundation, USD $67,337: Co-PI with Dr. Elizabeth Dunn and Kostadin Kushlev, Grant from The Life You Can Save, USD $3000, Graduate Research Award, University of British Columbia, CAD $600, Hunt Award, PsiChi Honors Society in Psychology, USD $3000, Undergraduate Research Award, University of British Columbia, CAD $6000. RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council Graduate Scholarship, CAD $105,000, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement, CAD $6000, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council Joseph-Armand Bombardier Master s Scholarship, CAD $17,500, UBC Graduate Entrance Scholarship, CAD $17,500, SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS Travel Award, Department of Psychology, UBC, CAD $500, Travel Award, Faculty of Graduate Studies, UBC, CAD $500, Travel Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, USD $500, Best Poster Award, Canadian Psychological Association, CAD $150, Travel Award, Judgment and Decision Making Preconference, USD $200, Travel Award, Judgment and Decision Making Preconference, USD $200, PsiChi Honor s Society in Psychology Travel Award, USD $600, UBC Robert & Kazuko Barker Award for Research Travel, CAD $450, UBC Belkin Award for Top Psychology Honor's Thesis, CAD $300, Canadian Psychological Association Award for Academic Excellence, UBC Wesbrook Scholar Designation (UBC s top 20 students), CAD $1000, Valedictorian of UBC Psychology Graduating Class 2012.

2 UBC MacInnes Memorial Scholarship, Faculty of Arts, CAD $1500, UBC Trek Excellence Scholarship, Top 5% of Faculty of Arts, CAD $1500, UBC Labatt Award for Outstanding Leadership, CAD $1250, UBC Psychology Student Association Award for Leadership, CAD $600, Award named in my honor, Goldsmith-Whillans Award for Leadership, UBC UBC Russ Patrick Award for Undergraduate Research Award, CAD $1800, UBC Eric Eich Travel Award, University of British Columbia, CAD $400, PUBLICATIONS Human, L.J., Whillans, A.V., Hoppmann, C., Klumb, P., Dickerson, S.S & Dunn, E.W. (in press). Finding the middle ground: Moderate positive affect variability is associated with more favorable cortisol profiles. Emotion. Whillans, A.V. & Dunn, E.W. (2015). Thinking about time as money decreases environmental behavior. Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes, 127, Aknin, L. B., Dunn, E.W., Whillans, A.V., Grant, A. M., & Norton, M. I. (2013). Making a difference matters: Impact unlocks the emotional benefits of charitable giving. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. PAPERS UNDER REVIEW Whillans, A.V. & Dunn, E.W (Invited Revision, Social Psychological & Personality Science). Valuing time over money is associated with greater happiness. Whillans, A.V., Dunn, E.W., Sandstrom, G.M., Dickerson, S.S. & Madden, K.M. (Invited Revision, Health Psychology). Spending money on others improves cardiovascular health. Rawn, C.R., Croft, A. & Whillans, A.V. (Submitted, Canadian Journal of Higher Education). Training graduate students for teaching and teaching assistantships: Program development, evaluation, and comparison in context. Boese, G.T., MacDonald, B.M., & Whillans, A.V. (Submitted, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Policy-Brief/Conference Proceedings). From giving to giving well: Encouraging impactful donation decisions. PAPERS OR PROJECTS IN PROGRESS Whillans, A.V. What can science tell us about donor motivations? Invited white paper for CASE, Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Whillans, A.V., Caruso, E.M., Dunn, E.W (in preparation). Agentic appeals catalyze giving among the affluent. Whillans, A.V., *Wispinski, N. & Dunn, E.W. (in preparation). Seeing wealth as a responsibility enhances perceptions of taxation.

3 Whillans, A.V., Seider, S.C., Dunn, E.W., Novick, S., Graminga, K.J., Mitchell, B.A. & Dickerson, S.S. (in preparation). Does volunteering improve the health of college students? Results from an experimental study. Whillans, A.V., Dunn, E.W., & Norton, M.I. The benefits and barriers of buying happier time (in progress; 4 surveys, 1 field study completed. Target. OBHDP). INVITED TALKS Whillans, A.V. Factors that promote charitable giving among the affluent. Invited talk to be presented at the Society for Philanthropy Initiative (October, 2015), Chicago, IL. Whillans, A.V. Does Money Buy Happiness? If you buy better time. Invited talk to be presented, Museum of Vancouver (July, 2015), Vancouver, CA. Whillans, A.V. Counting seconds and cents: How time and money influence prosocial and pro-environmental behavior (July 2015). Invited talk to be presented at the Conference for Sustainability, Pomona College, CA. Whillans, A.V., & Dunn, E.W. (2014). Thinking about time as money decreases environmental behavior. Invited talk presented at Sustainability Initiative Speaker Series at the University of British Columbia. Caruso, E.M., Whillans, A.V., Dunn, E.W. (2014). Situational attributions increase charitable giving. Invited talk presented at the Russell Sage Conference on The Meaning of Money in New York, US. Whillans, A.V., Aknin L.B., Dunn, E.W., Norton, M.I., & Grant, A.M. (2013). Making a difference matters: Impact unlocks the emotional benefits of charitable giving. Invited talk presented at the CAGE Generosity & Well-being Conference, Warwick University, UK. CONFERENCE TALKS, SYMPOSIA & POSTERS (* = undergraduate supervisee) Whillans, A.V., Dunn, E.W., Sandstrom, G.M., Dickerson, S.S. & Madden, K.M. (2015). Spending money on others improves cardiovascular health. Poster presented at the Conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in Long Beach, CA. Whillans, A.V, Wispinski, N. & Dunn, E.W. (2015). Seeing wealth as a responsibility enhances perceptions of taxation. Poster presented at the Morality & Justice Preconference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in Long Beach, CA. Whillans, A.V. & Dunn, E.W. (2015). Thinking about time as money decreases environmental behavior. Talk presented at the Society for Consumer Psychology in Phoenix, Arizona.

4 Whillans, A.V., Caruso, E.M. & Dunn, E.W. (2014). Agentic appeals catalyze giving among the affluent. Poster presented at the Society for Judgment and Decision Making in Long Beach, California. *Wispinski, N., Whillans, A.V. & Dunn, E.W. (2015). Seeing wealth as a responsibility enhances perceptions of taxation. Poster presented at the Society for Judgment and Decision Making in Long Beach, California. Whillans A.V., Dunn, E.W., Sandstrom, G.M., Dickerson, S.S. & Madden, K.M. (2014). Spending money on others improves cardiovascular health. Talk presented at the Society for Philanthropy Initiative, Chicago, IL. Whillans, A.V., Caruso, E.M. & Dunn, E.W. (2014). Agentic appeals catalyze giving among the affluent. Talk at the Pacific Conference of Prejudice & Culture. Whillans, A.V. & Dunn, E.W. (2014). Thinking about time as money decreases environmental behavior. Talk presented at the Canadian Psychological Association in Vancouver, BC. Whillans, A.V., *Zhao, B., Souza, M. (2014). Promoting student engagement at research focused universities: An intervention study. Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association in Vancouver, BC. Whillans, A.V, & Chen, F.S. (2014). The emotional consequences of mispredicting the social lives of others. Talk presented at the Annual Canadian Conference on Positive Psychology in Ottawa, ON. Whillans, A.V. (chair). (2014). Counting seconds & cents: The psychological consequences of time and money. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science (APS) in San Francisco, CA. Speakers: Ashley Whillans, Lara Aknin, Sanford DeVoe & Grant Donnelly. Human, L.J., Whillans, A.V., Hoppmann, C., Klumb, P., Dickerson, S.S & Dunn, E.W. Finding the middle ground: Positive Affect Variability and Cortisol Profiles. Posted presented at the Society for Affective Science in Washington, DC. Whillans, A.V., & Dunn, E.W. (2014). Thinking about time as money decreases environmental behavior. Poster presented at Judgment & Decision Making Pre- Conference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in Austin, Texas. Whillans, A.V. & Legg, A. (2014). The Paradox of Non-Academic Training: Perceptions about Non-Academic vs. Academic Careers. Poster presented at the Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in Austin, Texas. Whillans, A.V., *Zhao, B. & Souza, M. (2014). Promoting student engagement at research focused universities. Talk presented at the Healthy Minds/Healthy Campus Summit in Vancouver, BC.

5 Whillans, A.V., Kushlev, K. & Dunn, E.W. (2013). Harnessing situational attributions to increase social responsibility. Poster presented at the Judgment & Decision Making Pre-Conference at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in New Orleans. Whillans, A.V., Aknin, L. B., Dunn, E. W., Norton, M. I. & Grant, A.M. (2012). When does spending on others increase happiness? Poster presented at the Judgment and Decision Making Preconference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA. NON-REFERRED PRESENTATIONS (* = undergraduate supervisee) *Jeong, E.G. & Whillans, A.V. Outsourcing is associated with happiness. Poster presented at the UBC Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference. *Gagne, M. & Whillans, A.V. The barriers of buying happier time. Poster presented at the UBC Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference. *Gong, Y.S., Whillans, A.V., & Chen, F.S. (2015). Friendship formation and belonging. Poster presented at the UBC Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Vancouver, BC. Honorable Mention. Top 3 out of 40 posters. Whillans, A.V. (2015). A reframing intervention improves social performance. Health Area Talk, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia. Whillans, A.V. (2015). The benefits and barriers of buying happier time. Year 3 Research Talk. Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia. Whillans, A.V. (2014). Thinking about time as money decreases environmental behavior. Brownbag. Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Chicago. Whillans, A.V. (2014). Thinking about time as money decreases environmental behavior. Year 2 Research Talk. University of British Columbia. *Zhao, B., & Whillans, A.V & Souza, M. (2014). Cultural predictors of student engagement. Poster presented at the UBC Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Vancouver, BC. Winner of Best Poster Award ($100). *Patel, P. & Whillans, A.V. (2014). For whom reminders of wealth boost charitable giving intentions. Poster presented at the UBC Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Vancouver, BC. *Bi, S.W., Whillans, A.V. & Chen, F.S. (2014). The relationship between socioeconomic status, friendship & well-being. Poster presented at the UBC Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Vancouver, BC. *Wispinski, N. & Whillans, A.V & Dunn, E.W. (2014). When reminders of wealth increase taxation satisfaction. Talk presented at the UBC Psychology

6 Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, Vancouver, BC. *Patel, P. & Whillans, A.V. (2014). When do reminders of wealth boost charitable giving intentions? Poster presented at the UBC Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference, Vancouver, BC. *Bi, S.W., Whillans, A.V. & Chen, F.S. (2014). The more the merrier: The relationship between status, friendship & well-being. Poster presented at the UBC Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference, Vancouver, BC. *Ng, S., Whillans, A.V., & Souza, M. (2013). Investigating the benefits of undergraduate teaching assistants on student engagement. Poster presented at the UBC Psychology Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, Vancouver, BC. *Herriot, H., *Bi, S.V., & Whillans, A.V. (2013) Does volunteering increase perceptions of academic achievement? Poster presented at the UBC Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference, Vancouver, BC. Whillans, A.V., Kushlev, K., & Dunn, E.W. (2013). Flipping the philanthropy switch: Harnessing situational attributions to increase charitable giving. Year 1 Research Talk, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia. INFORMAL TALKS/LECTURES Whillans, A.V. (2015). Exploring the research process. Invited Keynote Speaker for UBC s Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference. Whillans, A.V. (2014). Lecture on prosocial behavior. Guest Lecturer in Dr. Elizabeth Dunn s Social Psychology Course, University of British Columbia Whillans, A.V. (2014). Lecture on Social & Health. Guest Lecturer in Instructor Alyssa Croft s Social Psychology Course, University of British Columbia. Block, K* & Whillans, A.V.* (Equal contribution) (2014). Data driven discussion on work-life balance in the Department of Psychology. Co-presenter at the Social & Personality Area Workshop, University of British Columbia. Whillans, A.V. (2013). Lecture on Aggression. Guest Lecturer in Dr. Elizabeth Dunn s Social Psychology Course, University of British Columbia. Whillans, A.V. (2013). Statistical choices and implications. Guest Lecturer in Dr. Mark Schaller s Honors Psychology Seminar, University of British Columbia. Whillans, A.V. (2013). Paid Scholarships & Assistantships. Graduate Student Speaker for the Psychology Student Association, University of British Columbia. Whillans, A.V. (2013). Get paid to RA: Scholarships and assistantships at the undergraduate level. Graduate Student Speaker for Undergraduates within the Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia.

7 Whillans, A.V. (2013). The importance of scholarships. Invited student speaker and event host at Wesbrook Event, University of British Columbia. Whillans, A.V. (2012). How to get into graduate school. Invited student speaker at Dr. Lara Aknin s lab meeting, Simon Fraser University. Whillans, A.V. (2012). The importance of research & scholarship. Invited student speaker at Wesbrook Scholar Event, University of British Columbia. Whillans, A.V. (2012). President s annual review. Invited student speaker/emcee for annual showcase of student excellence, University of British Columbia. Whillans, A.V. (2012). From doing good to feeling good: The health and happiness benefits of volunteering. Invited student speaker at UBC s Presidential Fireside Chat Series, University of British Columbia. Whillans, A.V. (2012). Stumbling into psychology and happiness. Invited opening keynote at the Multidisciplinary Research Conference, University of British Columbia. TEACHING EXPERIENCE & TRAINING Student Directed Seminar Mentor, 2014-present o Helping undergraduates develop a seminar around a topic of their interest and facilitating with course structure, grading and other related items o Topic: The Science of Happiness PSYC 218 Analysis of Behavioral Data, Teaching Fellow, 2015-ongoing o 2 Guest Lectures o Grading & Office Hours o Organizing Computer Labs & Analysis Workshops PSYC 308 Social Psychology Teaching Assistant, 2014 o 2 Guest Lectures o Grading & Office Hours o Overall Teaching Assistant Evaluation: 4.60/5.00 o Overall Course Evaluation: 4.25/5.00 PSYC 320 Gender Psychology Teaching Fellow, 2014 o Planning & leading 6+ discussion groups. o Coordinating Community Service Learning Component o Overall Teaching Assistant Evaluation: 4.70/5.00 o Overall Course Evaluation: 4.80/5.00 PSYC 308 Social Psychology Teaching Fellow, 2013 o Planning & leading 6+ discussion groups o Overall Teaching Assistant Evaluation: 4.8/5.0 o Overall Course Evaluation: 4.7/5.0

8 PSYC 349/449 Psychology Honors Seminar Teaching Assistant, o Overall Teaching Assistant Evaluation: 4.9/5.0 o Overall Course Evaluation: 4.4/5.0 Graduate Facilitator (UBC), 2012-present o Paid facilitator, internationally recognized Instructional Skills Workshop. o Instructional Skills Workshop Training Workshop (7-days), 2012 o UBC Certificate, Instructional Skills Workshop (3-days), 2012 STUDENT SUPERVISION o Supervised 15 undergraduate research assistants (9 reference letters) o Supervised 9 thesis projects o Supervised 11 undergraduate research assistants (8 reference letters) o Supervised 5 thesis projects Student Alumni: Oskar DeBeke, Masters of Communication Science, University of Amsterdam Zeng Zhao, MA Student, Resource Management, University of British Columbia Lynnaea Northey, PhD student, Clinical Psychology, Simon Fraser University Heather Herriot, PhD student, Health Psychology, Concordia University Anna Siminoski, PhD student, Social Psychology, McMaster University Nathan Wispinski, PhD student, Cognitive Psychology, University of Alberta Bob Zhao, JD/MA, Duke University ($70,000 entrance scholarship) GRADUATE SEMINARS/STATISTICAL TRAINING Introduction to Graduate Statistics (Dr. Ralph Hakistan) Introduction to Multivariate Analyses (Dr. Victoria Savalei) Social Psychology 1 (Dr. Mark Schaller) Social Psychology 2 (Dr. Mark Schaller) Psychology & Public Policy (Dr. Jiaying Zhao) Research Methods in Health Psychology (Dr. Christiane Hoppman) Biological Bases of Health Psychology (Dr. Frances Chen) Judgment & Decision Making (Drs. Chris Hsee & Eugene Caruso) 7-day MLM Workshop (Kansas University) 7-day SEM Workshop (Kansas University) SERVICE Sauder/Psychology Brownbag Co-founder, 2015-ongoing Teaching Assistant Mentor, UBC Department of Psychology, 2014-present Social Area Meeting Coordinator, UBC Department of Psychology, Teaching Assistant Mentor, UBC Department of Psychology, Elected Member at Large, Society for Personality and Social Psychology Graduate Student Council Health and Social Psychology Graduate Student Advisor for the UBC

9 Undergraduate Journal of Psychology, Tri-mentoring Program Mentor, Department of Psychology, Reviewer, APS Student Research Award & Rise Research Award, Reviewer, SPSP Outstanding Research Awards & Poster Awards, Founder/Editor-in-Chief, Department of Psychology Newsletter, Ad-hoc Reviewer, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology CONSULTING EXPERIENCE Advisory Board, The Habit Course, Advisory Board, The Life You Can Save, Consultant for Sauder Engagement Program, University of British Columbia Consultant for Student Well-being Initiatives, University of British Columbia Consultant for Alumni Affairs Office, University of British Columbia SELECTED MEDIA MENTIONS 24 Hours, Local News (2015). Time as money view hurts environment: study. Nature Climate Change News Reports (2015). Thinking about time as money decreases environmental behavior. Pacific Standard (2015). Time-as-money mindset decreases green behaviors. Capital Ideas, Chicago University (2015). Beyond the ice bucket challenge. AFFILIATIONS Member of PsiChi, International Honour s Society in Psychology Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Social & Personality Health Network (SPHN) Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) American Psychological Society (APS) REFERENCES Dr. Elizabeth Dunn, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, [email protected] Dr. Frances Chen, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, [email protected] Dr. Lara Aknin, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, [email protected] Dr. Michael Souza, Instructor 1, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, [email protected] Dr. Michael Norton, Professor of Marketing, Harvard Business School, [email protected] Dr. Eugene Caruso, Associate Professor, Chicago Booth School of Business, [email protected]