KathleenR.Sullivan UniversityofChicago (773)834 7110 DepartmentofPsychology krsullivan@uchicago.edu 5848S.UniversityAve. Chicago,IL60637 CurrentPosition Post doctoral Scholar UniversityofChicago,DepartmentofPsychology DevelopmentofSocialCognitionLab,PI:KatherineKinzler 2012 present MaintainahighlyproductiveNIH fundedprogramofresearchonchildren s socialreasoning,focusedonfoodandculture;advisegraduateand undergraduateresearchersandsuperviselabstaff;coordinateresearch visitstoareaschools Education Ph.D. 2012 M.A. 2010 WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis,Psychology Dissertation:YoungChildren sunderstandingoftherelationshipbetween ConventionalityandCommunication Advisor:LoriMarkson UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,Psychology Thesis:YoungChildren sunderstandingoftheconventionalityofwords andgestures B.A. StateUniversityofNewYork,CollegeatGeneseo,Psychology 2002 summacumlaude Fellowships 2011 2012 Dean sdissertationfellowship,washingtonuniversityinst.louis Tuition,stipend,andtravelaward Fall2007 BlockGrantFellowship,UCBerkeleyDepartmentofPsychology Tuitionandstipendaward ResearchAwards 2013 EarlyCareerTravelAward,SocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment 2011 StudentTravelAward,SocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment 2007 GraduateResearchGrant($2500),UCBerkeleyInstituteforHumanDevelopment 2006 HonorableMention,NationalScienceFoundationGraduateResearchFellowship Papers Kinzler,K.D.,&Sullivan,K.R.(inpress).Isitabout pink orabout girls?theinherence heuristicacrosssocialandnon socialdomains.behavioralandbrainsciences. Sullivan,K.R.,&Markson,L.(underreview).Childreninfersharedlexicalconventions basedonconsistentlabelingacrossspeakers.
KathleenR.Sullivan krsullivan@uchicago.edu Sullivan,K.R.,Afshordi,N.,&Markson,L.(underreview).Children sdevelopingability toreasonaboutcommunicativeinteractionsinnativeandforeignlanguages. Sullivan,K.R.,Markson,L.,Diesendruck,G.,&Wohlgelernter,S.(underreview).Young children sunderstandingandlearningaboutconventionalgestures. ConferencePresentations Sullivan,K.R.,&Kinzler,K.D.(October,2013).Children smemoryforculturally relevantsimilarityacrossindividuals.posterpresentedatthecognitive DevelopmentSociety,Memphis,TN. Sullivan,K.R.,Afshordi,N.,&Markson,L.(2013,April).Children sreasoningabout communicativeinteractionsinfamiliarandunfamiliarlanguages.talkpresentedin symposium[chaired] Children sinteractionswithnativeandforeignspeakers at thesocietyforresearchinchilddevelopment,seattle,wa. Sullivan,K.R.,&Markson,L.(2013,April).Speakingdifferentlanguages:Children s reasoningaboutmultipleconventionalsystems.posterpresentedatthesocietyfor ResearchinChildDevelopment,Seattle,WA. Sullivan,K.R.,&Markson,L.(2012,January).Children sreasoningaboutconsistent languageproductionandcomprehensionacrossindividuals.posterpresentedatthe BudapestCEUConferenceonCognitiveDevelopment,Budapest,Hungary. Sullivan,K.R.,&Markson,L.(2011,April).Children ssensitivitytoconsistentlabeling acrossspeakers.posterpresentedatthesocietyforresearchinchilddevelopment, Montreal,QC. Diesendruck,G.,Sullivan,K.R.,&Markson,L.(2011,April).Children sappreciationof theconventionalityofgestures.talkpresentedatthesocietyforresearchinchild Development,Montreal,QC. Sullivan,K.R.,&Markson,L.(2009,October).Conventionalitygroundswordlearning insocialreasoning.talkpresentedatthecognitivedevelopmentsociety,san Antonio,TX. Sullivan,K.R.,&Markson,L.(2009,April).Childrenupdateassumptionsof conventionalitybasedonanindividual spastbehavior.posterpresentedatthe SocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Denver,CO. Sullivan,K.R.,Markson,L.,&Diesendruck.G.(2008,April).Children sassumptionsof conventionalityacrossdomains.posterpresentedattheinternationalconference forinfantstudies,vancouver,bc. Sullivan,K.R.,Markson,L.,&Singh,A.(2007,October).Children sexpectationsabout theconventionaluseofwordsandgestures.posterpresentedatthecognitive DevelopmentSociety,SantaFe,NM. ResearchAppointments 2008 2010 GraduateResearchFellow,WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis,Department ofpsychology
KathleenR.Sullivan krsullivan@uchicago.edu Cognition&DevelopmentLab,PI:LoriMarkson AssistedinmovingtheMarksonlabfromUCBerkeleytoWashU, includingsetupoflabspace,establishingadatabaseoffamiliesand schoolsinterestedinresearch,andsupervisingundergraduateandstaff researchers 2002 2004 Post baccalaureateintramuralresearchtrainingawardfellow,national InstituteforChildHealthandHumanDevelopment SectiononSocialandEmotionalDevelopment,PI:Margaret EllenPipe Provideddetailedcodingandanalysisofarchivalrecordsforresearch onchildren seventrecallduringforensicinterviews TeachingAppointments 2014 Instructor,DevelopmentofSocialCognition UniversityofChicago,DepartmentofPsychology Soleinstructorforundergraduateseminartobeofferedduring SpringQuarter2014 2013 Instructor,PsychologicalResearchMethods UniversityofChicago,GrahamSchoolofContinuingLiberalandProfessional Studies Soleinstructorforintensivesummercourse 2010 2011 TeachingAssistant WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis,DepartmentofPsychology Supportedstudentlearningwithofficehours,reviewsessions,and grading,andassistedprimaryinstructor DevelopmentalPsychology Prof.LoriMarkson,Spring2011 Guestlecture:Attachment ExperimentalPsychology Prof.SandraHale,Fall2010 Providedextensivesupportforindependentstudentresearchprojects 2004 2008 GraduateStudentInstructor UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,DepartmentofPsychology Presentedoriginalcoursematerialatweeklydiscussionsectionsfor 40 60studentspersemester,supportedstudentlearningwithoffice hours,reviewsessions,andgrading,andassistedprimaryinstructor DevelopmentalPsychology Prof.AlisonGopnik,Spring2008andSpring2006 Prof.JaneBrooks,Fall2006 Guestlectures:DevelopmentalResearchMethods,Language Development,SocialDevelopmentinPreschool HistoryofPsychology Prof.StevenGlickman,Spring2007
KathleenR.Sullivan krsullivan@uchicago.edu CognitivePsychology Prof.WilliamPrinzmetal,Fall2005 Guestlecture:CognitiveDevelopment ResearchandDataAnalysisinPsychology Prof.FredericTheunissen,Spring2005 Prof.ThomasWickens,Fall2004 Providedextensivesupportforindependentstudentresearchprojects MentoringExperience Undergraduatehonorsthesesco advised: EmilyGerdin(UniversityofChicago,classof2014), FoodasaConventionalDomain.Earl R.FranklinResearchFellowshipawardee. RebeccaMarks(WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis,classof2013), BilingualPreschoolers UnderstandingofCommunicationinFamiliarandForeignLanguages.TeachForAmerica volunteerinst.louis,mo. AnjileenSingh(UCBerkeley,classof2005), Children sassumptionsaboutwhatothers Know:TheCaseofWords.Doctoralcandidate,Counseling,Clinical,andSchoolPsychology, UCSantaBarbara. WashingtonUniversityinSt.LouisMind,Brain,&BehaviorProgramstudents: JosephGreer(TeachforAmerica,Phoenix,AZ),VictoriaWesevich(FulbrightScholarin Uppsala,Sweden),JeremyWiner(WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louishonorsstudent) UCBerkeleyUndergraduateResearchApprenticeshipProgramstudents: VivianChang(M.S.,CommunicationSciencesandDisorders,Northwestern),LauraDeNardo (Post doctoralfellow,stanford;ph.d.,biology,ucsandiego),eduardoeuropa(doctoral candidate,communicationsciencesanddisorders,northwestern),frankkotsianas(ed.m., HarvardGraduateSchoolofEducation),AndreaZvinakis(Productmanager,Google;M.S., SymbolicSystems,Stanford) Additionally,Ihaveinformallymentoredmorethan20undergraduateresearchers. EducationalTraining WashingtonUniversityinSt.LouisTeachingCenterseminarsattended:DesigningaCourse, MentoringUndergraduateResearchers,DesigningandEvaluatingWritingAssignments UCBerkeleyDepartmentofPsychologysemester longseminarattended:teachingof Psychology Service GraduatePeerMentorCoordinator(2010 2011),WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis DepartmentofPsychology Secretary(2007 2008),FundraisingCoordinator(2006 2007),Co President(2005 2006), UCBerkeleyGraduateAssemblyofStudentsinPsychology Organizer(2007),Berkeley/Stanford/SantaCruzConferenceonDevelopmentalPsychology
KathleenR.Sullivan krsullivan@uchicago.edu ProfessionalActivities Member:CognitiveDevelopmentSociety,InternationalSocietyonInfantStudies,Societyfor ResearchinChildDevelopment Ad hocreviewer:journalofexperimentalchildpsychology,childdevelopment,plosone References LoriMarkson,Ph.D. DepartmentofPsychology WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis markson@wustl.edu KatherineD.Kinzler,Ph.D. DepartmentofPsychology UniversityofChicago kinzler@uchicago.edu AmandaL.Woodward,Ph.D. DepartmentofPsychology UniversityofChicago woodward@uchicago.edu