Poe Hall 640, Box 8101 (919) Doctoral Candidate in Human Factors Psychology

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1 L A U R A A. W H I T L O C K Poe Hall 640, Box 8101 (919) lawhitlo@ncsu.edu Raleigh, NC / Google Scholar: EDUCATION Present Doctoral Candidate in Human Factors Psychology Raleigh, NC 2011 M.S., Human Factors Psychology Raleigh, NC Thesis: An Online Social Video Game as a Cognitive Training Tool for Older Adults 2008 B.A., Psychology, Middle East Studies Minor Raleigh, NC RESEARCH INTERESTS Design of mobile technology for health self-management Internet health forums and the management of chronic illnesses Motivated use of technology for health promotion Decision aids to promote performance and learning Game-based cognitive training programs for older adults JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS Allaire, J. C., McLaughlin, A. C., Trujillo, A., Whitlock, L. A., LaPorte, L., & Gandy, M. (2013). Successful aging through digital games: Socioemotional differences between older adult gamers and non-gamers. Computers in Human Behavior, 29(4), Whitlock, L. A., McLaughlin, A. C., & Allaire, J. C. (2012). Individual differences in response to cognitive training: Using a multi-modal, attentionally demanding gamebased intervention for older adults. Computers in Human Behavior, 28(4), Page 1 of 7

2 McLaughlin, A. C., Gandy, M., Allaire, J. C., & Whitlock, L. A. (2012). Putting fun into video games for older adults. Ergonomics in Design, 20, JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS UNDER REVIEW McLaughlin, A. C., Whitlock, L. A., Lester, K., & McGraw, A. (under review). When they can t tell you what they need: Individual differences in perceived barriers and strategies for maintaining a diabetes diet. The Diabetes Educator. BOOK CHAPTERS McLaughlin, A. C, Feng, J., & Whitlock, L. A. (in press). Video game training. In S. K. Whitbourne (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley- Blackwell. PEER REVIEWED PROCEEDINGS Whitlock, L. A., McLaughlin, A. C., Harris, M. T., & Bradshaw, J. L. (in press). The design of mobile technology to support diabetes self-management in older adults. Proceedings of the 1 st International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Whitlock, L. A., McLaughlin, A. C., Leidheiser, W., Gandy, M., & Allaire, J. C. (2014). Know before you go: Feelings of flow for older players depends on game and player characteristics. Proceedings of the 2014 ACM SIGCHI 1 st Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY). New York, NY: Association of Computing Machinery. *29% acceptance rate Whitlock, L. A., & McLaughlin, A. C. (2012). Identifying usability problems of blood glucose tracking apps for older adult users. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 54 th Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Levy, L. M., Gandy, M., Solomon, R., McLaughlin, A. C., Allaire, J. C. & Whitlock, L. A. (2012). Fear of failure: Gender differences in older adult gamers. Proceedings of the 2012 Foundations of Digital Games Conference. New York, NY: Association of Computing Machinery. LaPorte, L. D., McLaughlin, A. C., Whitlock, L. A., Gandy, M., & Trujillo, A. (2012). Motor skill acquisition in the virtual world by older adults: Relationships between age, physical activity, and performance. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Whitlock, L.A. & McLaughlin, A. C., & Allaire, J. C. (2011). Video games design for older adults: Usability observations from an intervention study. Proceedings of the Page 2 of 7

3 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 54th Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Whitlock, L. A. & McLaughlin, A. C., & Allaire, J. C. (2010). Training requirements of a video game-based cognitive intervention for older adults: Lessons learned. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 54th Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Whitlock, L. A. & McLaughlin, A. C. (2009). The role of effortful attention in effective spatial training. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 53rd Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. PRESENTATIONS Harris, M. T., Swanek, W., Whitlock, L. A., & McLaughlin, A. C. (July, 2014). The development of a coding scheme examining a diabetes forum. Poster presented at the 13th Annual NC State Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC. Harris, M. T., Whitlock, L. A., & McLaughlin, A. C. (July, 2014). Static images vs. video and auditory instructions when learning ASL. Poster presented at the 13 th Annual NC State Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC. Whitlock, L. A., Levy, L. M., McLaughlin, A. C., Gandy, M., & Allaire, A. C. (April, 2014). Attention to detail: Cognitive ability can predict older adult engagement in a gamebased cognitive intervention. Poster presented at the 15th Cognitive Aging Conference: Atlanta, GA. Gomez-Gurley, K., Kim, J., Ruble, M., McLaughlin, A. C., & Whitlock, L. A. (March, 2014). Cognitive and affective predictors of achievement by older adults in a digital game. Meeting of the North Carolina Cognition Group, Duke University, Durham, NC. Whitlock, L. A. (October, 2012). Decision aids: Characteristics and applied use in mobile applications for older adults. Human Factors and Ergonomics Brown Bag Series,, Raleigh, NC. McLaughlin, A. C., Whitlock, L. A., & Allaire, J. C. (August, 2012). Investigation into the human factors of motivated engagement in complex activity by older adults. Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL Whitlock, L. A., & McLaughlin, A. C. (May, 2012). Smartphone applications for healthy aging: Design challenges. Paper presented at the Emerging Technologies for Healthcare and Aging Workshop. CHI 2012, Austin, TX. Whitlock, L. A., LaPorte, L., McLaughlin, A. C., Allaire, J. C., Trujillo, A. K., Gandy, M. (April, 2012) A proposed model of the components of successful video game-based cognitive interventions for older adults. Poster presented at the 14 th Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA. Page 3 of 7

4 LaPorte, L., McLaughlin, A. C., Allaire, J. C., Whitlock, L. A., Trujillo, A. K., & Gandy, M. (April, 2012). Learning motor movements with interactive gaming consoles (IGCs) for the oldest-old. Poster presented at the 14 th Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA. Trujillo, A., Whitlock, L. A., LaPorte, L., Allaire, J. C., McLaughlin, A. C., & Gandy, M. (April, 2012). Video games and cognitive training: Does making the game more demanding improve training gain? Poster presented at the 14 th Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA Whitlock, L. A., Patterson, T. R., Trujillo, A. K., McLaughlin, A. C., Gandy, M., & Allaire, J. C. (November, 2011). Older adults' perception of the benefits associated with video game play. Poster presented at the 64 th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America: Boston, MA. Patterson, T. R., Trujillo, A. K., Whitlock, L. A., Allaire, J. C., McLaughlin, A. C., & Gandy, M. (November, 2011). Older adults and video-games: The relationship between previous gaming experience and cognitive performance. Poster Presented at the 64 th Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Trujillo, A. K., Whitlock, L. A., Patterson, T., McLaughlin, A. C., Allaire, J. C. & Gandy, M. (November, 2011). Benefits of playing a complex video game on cognitive functioning in older adults. Poster presented at the 64 th Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Whitlock, L. A., McLaughlin, A. C., & Allaire, J. C. (April, 2010). Willingness of older adults to learn a complex interface for a perceived benefit. Poster presented at the 13 th Cognitive Aging Conference: Atlanta, GA. Whitlock, L. A. (September, 2009). The role of effortful attention in effective spatial training. Human Factors and Ergonomics Brown Bag Series, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. INVITED PRESENTATIONS McLaughlin, A. C., Whitlock, L. A., & Patterson, T. R. (February, 2010). Cognitive training for an older population. Emerging Issues Forum, Raleigh, NC. McLaughlin, A. C. & Whitlock, L. A. (November, 2009). Improving older adult cognition: The importance of novelty, effort, and social interaction. North Carolina State University College of Humanities and Social Sciences Advisory Board Meeting, Raleigh, NC. McLaughlin, A. C. & Whitlock, L. A. (September, 2009). Improving older adult cognition: The importance of novelty, effort, and social interaction. North Carolina State University Board of Trustees Meeting, Raleigh, NC. Page 4 of 7

5 AWARDS Preparing the Professoriate Fellow 2014 Present One of 20 doctoral students selected from a university-wide pool of applicants to take part in an immersive mentoring, teaching, and future faculty preparation program Provost s Fellow One-year fellowship awarded to outstanding new doctoral students PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Graduate Research Assistant in the Learning Aging and Cognitive Ergonomics Lab present, Raleigh, NC Carried out all phases of research projects from initial literature review and grant proposal writing to data analysis and publication Designed and developed experimental protocol and procedures for multiple projects; implemented these procedures with younger and older participants both in and out of the lab Mentored and supervised 4 10 undergraduate students per year, including training on skills such as research design, data collection and analysis, qualitative coding, usability testing, software (SPSS, MAXQDA, InqScribe), and preparation and writing of posters and papers for presentation at research conferences Graduate Research Assistant in the Gains Through Gaming Lab , Raleigh, NC Managed major intervention and data collection with ~150 participants in an 18- hour study with 6- and 12-month follow-up testing sessions Supervised a team of hourly employees during implementation of the multi-site (15 locations) intervention with older adult participants Developed a large qualitative coding system to analyze video data, then trained and supervised 10+ undergraduate students to code data TEACHING EXPERIENCE Primary Instructor for Ergonomics (PSY 340) August 2013 May 2014 Fall 2013 (50 students) and Spring 2014 (27 students) semesters of undergraduate course Responsible for all aspects of course including instruction and grading Developed new lectures and class activities to address emerging areas in HFE, as well as a semester-long Bad Design project involving the application of human factors methods and techniques Page 5 of 7

6 Co-instructor for Cognitive Processes (PSY 420) Taught course alongside an experienced faculty mentor Shared responsibilities for instruction and grading Jan 2015 Present Guest Lecturer for Cognitive Processes (PSY 420) Sept. 2013, Jan Attention and Performance Memory Teaching Assistant - Introduction to Psychology (PSY 200) August May 2009 Fall and Spring semesters of a ~200 student undergraduate course Graded tests and assignments, held office hours, tracked attendance and grades PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Student Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Aging Technical Group American Psychological Association ACM SIGCHI 2012 Present RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS TO FUNDED PROJECTS (UNDER REVIEW) CHS: Medium: Collaborative Research: Design of Human Centered Augmented Reality for Empowering the Management of Chronic Health Conditions. Anne McLaughlin (NCSU-PI), Maribeth Gandy (GT-PI). Submitted to the National Science Foundation ($1,199,338). RERC on the Technologies to Support Successful Aging with Disability (funded 10/1/2013-9/1/2014), Anne McLaughlin (PI). Subaward (RE220-G2) from Georgia Institute of Technology Work RERC, funded by the US Department of Education ($20,673). Individual Differences Relating to Older Adult Motivation and Empowerment for Learning Complex Health Behaviors (funded 6/12-6/13), Anne McLaughlin (PI). Funding agency: Funding agency: Faculty Research and Professional Development (FRPD) Research and Graduate Studies ($3,639). Page 6 of 7

7 HCC: Medium: Collaborative Research: Improving Older Adult Cognition: The Unexamined Role of Games and Social Computing Environments, (funded 10/ ), Anne McLaughlin (PI), Jason Allaire (Co-PI). Funding agency: National Science Foundation, ($770,856). SERVICE & CERTIFICATION Student reviewer for the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society s Annual Meeting Student representative of the Gerontoludic Society (gerontoludicsociety.com) National Institute of Health Office of Human Subjects Research training course on the Protection of Human Research Subjects PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Teaching workshops Fundamentals in Teaching: Active Learning (NCSU, 2014) Effective Teaching with Technology (NCSU, 2014) Leading With Care: Recognizing and Responding to Emotional Distress in Others (NCSU, 2014) Course Design: From Assessment to Zombies (NCSU, 2014) Conference workshops Emerging Technologies for Healthcare and Aging (CHI 2012) Games User Research Workshop and Analytics (CHI PLAY 2014) Page 7 of 7