H.L. Kirkorian 1 Formal Education CURRICULUM VITA HEATHER L. KIRKORIAN Human Development and Family Studies University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 53706-1523 Website: https://sites.google.com/site/kirkorianlab/ E-mail: kirkorian@wisc.edu Phone: (608) 263-4020 JANUARY 2015 2007 Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA Dissertation: Looking at Sesame Street: Age Differences in Eye Movements During Video Viewing 2004 M.S. in Developmental Psychology University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA Thesis: The Impact of Background Television on Parent-Child Interaction 2002 B.A. in Psychology University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH Positions Held 2010-present Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 2007-2010 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Developmental Psychology, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (*mentee as co-author) Pempek, T. A., Kirkorian, H. L., & Anderson, D. R. (2014). The impact of background television on the quality and quantity of parents child-directed language. Journal of Children and Media, 8, 211-222. doi: 10.1080/17482798.2014.920715. Demers, L. B., Hanson, K. G., Kirkorian, H. L., Pempek, T. A., & Anderson, D. R. (2013). Infant gaze-following during parent-infant coviewing of baby videos. Child Development, 84, 591-603. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01868.x.
H.L. Kirkorian 2 Kirkorian, H. L., Anderson, D. R., & Keen, R. (2012). Age differences in online processing of video: An eye movement study. Child Development, 83, 497-507. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01719.x Pempek, T. A., Demers, L. B., Hanson, K., Kirkorian, H. L., & Anderson, D. R. (2011). The impact of baby videos on parent-child interaction. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 32, 10-19. Pempek, T. A., Kirkorian, H. L., Richards, J. E., Anderson, D. R., Lund, A. F., & Stevens, M. (2010). Video comprehensibility and attention in very young children. Developmental Psychology, 46, 1283-1293. Kirkorian, H. L., Pempek, T. A., Murphy, L. A., Schmidt, M. E., & Anderson, D. R. (2009). The impact of background television on parent-child interaction. Child Development, 80, 1350-1359. Schmidt, M. E., Pempek, T. A., Kirkorian, H. L., Frankenfield, A. F., & Anderson, D. R. (2008). The effects of background television on the toy play behavior of very young children. Child Development, 79, 1137-1151. Blass, E. M., Anderson, D. R., Kirkorian, H. L., Pempek, T. P., Price, I., & Koleini, M. F. (2006). On the road to obesity: Television viewing increases intake of high-density foods. Physiology and Behavior, 88, 597-604. Soederberg-Miller, L. M., Stine-Morrow, E. A. L., Kirkorian, H. L., & Conroy, M. L. (2004). Adult age differences in knowledge-driven reading. Journal of Educational Psychology, 96, 811-821. Book Chapters and Review Papers (*mentee as co-author) Anderson, D. R., & Kirkorian, H. L. (in press). Media and Cognitive Development. In R.M. Lerner (Ed.) Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science, 7th Edition. Kirkorian, H. L., & Anderson, D. R. (2008). Television and learning. In S. Neuman (Ed.), Educating the Other America (pp. 301-318). Paul H. Brookes Publishing: Baltimore, MD. Kirkorian, H. L., & Anderson, D. R. (2008). Learning from educational media. In S.L. Calvert & B.J. Wilson (Eds.) The Blackwell Handbook of Children, Media, and Development (pp. 319-360). Blackwell: Boston, MA. Kirkorian, H. L., Wartella, E., & Anderson, D. R. (2008). Media and young children s learning. Future of Children, 18, 63-86. Anderson, D. R., & Kirkorian, H. L. (2006). Attention and Television. In J. Bryant (Ed.) Psychology of Entertainment (pp. 35-54). Laurence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ. Fisch, S. M., Kirkorian, H. L., & Anderson, D. R. (2005) Transfer of learning in informal education: The case of television. In J.P. Mestre (Ed.) Transfer of learning from a modern multidisciplinary perspective (pp. 371-393). Information Age Publishing: Greenwich, CT.
H.L. Kirkorian 3 Outreach Publications (*mentee as co-author) Kirkorian, H. L., & Pempek, T. A. (2013). Toddlers and touch screens: Potential for early learning? Zero to Three, 33, 32-37. Manuscripts Under Review, In Revision, In Preparation (*mentee as co-author) Kirkorian, H. L., & Anderson, D. R. (under review). Anticipatory eye movements while watching movement across shots in video montage: A developmental study. Kirkorian, H. L., *Choi, K., & Pempek, T. A. (under review). Toddlers word learning from contingent and non-contingent video on touchscreens. Kirkorian, H. L., Lavigne, H. J., Hanson, K. G., Troseth, G., Demers, L. B., & Anderson, D. R. (under review). Video deficit in toddlers object retrieval: What eye movements reveal about online cognition. *Choi, K., & Kirkorian, H. L. (in preparation). Toddlers object retrieval using contingent and non-contingent video. Kirkorian, H. L., Hanson, K. G., Lavigne, H. J., Demers, L. B., Lauricella, A., Gola, A. A. H., Anderson, D. R., & Calvert, S. (in preparation). Toddlers imitation of familiar and unfamiliar characters: An eye movement study. Kirkorian, H. L., Anderson, D. R., & Novak, M. A. (in preparation). Parameters of attention to television in rhesus monkeys (macaca mulatta): Parallels to television viewing in children. Gola, A. A. H., Kirkorian, H. L., Perez., M., Anderson, D. R., & Calvert, S. L. (in preparation). Infants visual attention to formal features of infant-directed DVDs. Kirkorian, H. L. & Pempek, T. A. (in preparation). How interactivity enhances early learning. In R. Barr & D. Linebarger (Eds) Media Exposure During Infancy and Early Childhood: The Effect of Content and Context on Learning and Development. Springer. PRESENTATIONS International Conferences (*mentee as co-author) Kirkorian, H.L., *Choi, K., Pempek, T.A., *Schroeder, E., & *Etta, R. (2015, May). Toddlers learning from interactive vs. non-interactive mediated experiences using touchscreens. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Juan, PR. Kirkorian, H.L., *Choi, K., *Schroeder, E., Pempek, T.A., & *Etta, R. (2015, May). Toddlers learning from video: The role of cognitive-control skills. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Juan, PR. Kirkorian, H.L. (2015, May). Measuring attention to screen media. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Juan, PR.
H.L. Kirkorian 4 Kirkorian, H.L. (2015, April). Are tablets more effective teachers than TV? Educational potential of interactive media. Plenary session panel presented at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Society, San Diego, CA. *Choi, K., Kirkorian, H.L., Pempek, T.A., & *Schroeder, E. (2015, March). Toddlers object retrieval using touchscreens: The role of working memory skills. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development in Philadelphia, PA. Kirkorian, H.L. *Choi, K., *Schroeder, E., & *Etta, R. (2015, March). Object retrieval using interactive video: The role of visual selection in learning from screens. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development in Philadelphia, PA. Kirkorian, H.L. (2014, July). Eye-tracking techniques for studying toddlers online processing of video. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society on Infant Studies in Berlin, Germany. Kirkorian, H.L., Lavigne, H.J., Hanson, K.G., Troseth, G., & Anderson, D.R. (2014, July). Dissociations between toddlers visual attention to and subsequent memory for information presented in-person and on video. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society on Infant Studies in Berlin, Germany. Kirkorian, H.L. *Choi, K., Pempek, T.A., & *Schroeder, E. (2014, July). Toddlers learning from interactive and non-interactive video on touchscreens. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society on Infant Studies in Berlin, Germany. *Choi, K., & Kirkorian, H.L., & *Schroeder, E. (2014, May). Toddlers learning from touchscreens: Object retrieval using interactive vs. non-interactive video. Paper presented at annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association in Chicago, IL. *Choi, K., & Kirkorian, H.L. (2013, November). Attention, comprehension, and learning from video: Evidence from eye movement studies. Poster presented at Learning to Attend, Attending to Learn: Neurological, Behavioral, and Computational Perspectives in San Diego, CA. Kirkorian, H.L., & *Choi, K. (2013, October). Age differences in top-down control of visual attention during video viewing. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society in Memphis, TN. *Choi, K., & Kirkorian, H.L., (2013, April). Object retrieval using contingent vs. noncontingent video on touchscreens. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA. *Choi, K., Kirkorian, H.L., Hanson, K.G., & Anderson, D.R. (2013, April). The impact of background television and parent-child interaction on young children s toy play. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA. Kirkorian, H.L., *Choi, K., & Pempek, T.A. (2013, April). Toddlers word-learning from contingent vs. non-contingent video on touchscreens. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
H.L. Kirkorian 5 Kirkorian, H.L., & *Choi, K. (2012, June), Eye-tracking techniques for studying age differences in online processing of video. Poster presented at EyeTracKids, Minneapolis, MN. Kirkorian, H.L., Hanson, K.G., Lavigne, H.J., Demers, L.B., Lauricella, A., Gola, A.A.H., Anderson, D.R., & Calvert, S.L. (2012, June). Toddlers processing of familiar and novel video characters: An eye movement study. Poster presented at the biannual International Conference on Infant Studies, Minneapolis, MN. Kirkorian, H.L., Lavigne, H.J., Hanson, K.G., Demers, L.B., Troseth, G., & Anderson, D.R. (2012, June). Toddlers object retrieval using in-person versus video displays: An eye movement study. Poster presented at the biannual International Conference on Infant Studies, Minneapolis, MN. Kirkorian, H.L. (2012, February). The use of eye-tracking methodology to study online processing of video. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development themed meeting on Developmental Methodology, Tampa, FL. Demers, L.B., Hanson, K.G., Pempek, T.A., Kirkorian, H.L., & Anderson, D.R. (2011, May). Following the leader: A social component to infant attention to baby videos. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Boston, MA. Gola, A.A.H., Kirkorian, H.L., Anderson, D.R., & Calvert, S. (2011, May). Attention-eliciting versus attention-maintaining formal features of infant DVDs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Boston, MA. Kirkorian, H.L., Lavigne, H.J., Hanson, K.G., Demers, L.B., Troseth, G., & Anderson, D.R. (2011, May). Visual attention to and learning from TV: An eye movement study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Boston, MA. Kirkorian, H.L., Anderson, D.R., & Keen, R. (2011, March). What makes videos difficult to understand for young children? Evidence from eye movement research. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, QC. Lavigne, H.J., Hanson, K.G., Pempek, T.A., Kirkorian, H.L., Demers, L.B., & Anderson, D.R. (2011, March). Baby video viewing and the quantity and quality of parent language. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, QC. Demers, L.B., Pempek, T.A., Kirkorian, H.L., Calvert, S. & Anderson, D.R. (2010, March). Infant looking at formal features of television. Poster presented at the biannual International Conference on Infant Studies, Baltimore, MD. Hanson, K.G., Demers, L.B., Pempek, T.A., Kirkorian, H.L., & Anderson, D.R. (2010, March). Content and context matter: Assessing the relationship between television exposure and parent-child interactions. Poster presented at the biannual International Conference on Infant Studies, Baltimore, MD.
H.L. Kirkorian 6 Kirkorian, H.L., *Whitcomb, A. & Anderson, D.R. (2010, March). Integrating information across shots during video viewing: Eye movement research. Paper presented at the biannual International Conference on Infant Studies, Baltimore, MD. Pempek, T.A., Kirkorian, H.L., & Anderson, D.R. (2010, March). The impact of background TV on the quantity and quality of parents verbal input. Paper presented at the biannual International Conference on Infant Studies, Baltimore, MD. Ficco, D., Kirkorian, H.L., & Davidson, M. (2009, October). Physical activity and emotion regulation: An fmri investigation. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL. Kirkorian, H.L., & Anderson, D.R. (2009, May). Integrating information across cuts during video viewing: Eye movement research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Chicago, IL. Demers, L.B., Hanson, K.G., Pempek, T.A., Kirkorian, H.L., & Anderson, D.R. (2009, April). Following the leader: A social component to infant attention to baby videos? Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO. Hanson, K.G., Demers, L.B., Pempek, T.A., Kirkorian, H.L., & Anderson, D.R. (2009, April). Let s watch together: The impact of coviewing television on toddlers toy play. Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO. Kirkorian, H.L., Morgante, J.D., & Anderson, D.R. (2008, May). Looking at Sesame Street: Using eye movements to study video processing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL. Kirkorian, H.L., Anderson, D.R., & Keen, R. (2008, March). Looking at Sesame Street: Age differences in eye movements during video viewing. Poster session presented at the biannual International Conference on Infant Studies, Vancouver, BC. Pempek, T.A., Kirkorian, H.L., Stevens, M., Lund, A.F., Richards, J.E., & Anderson, D.R. (2008, March). Video comprehensibility and attention in very young children. Poster session presented at the biannual International Conference on Infant Studies, Vancouver, BC. Pempek, T.A., Kirkorian, H.L., Lund, A.F., Stevens, M., Richards, J.E., & Anderson, D.R. (2007, March). Infant responses to sequential and linguistic distortions of Teletubbies. Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA. Pempek, T.A., *Demers, L.B., Anderson, D.R., & Kirkorian, H.L. (2007, March). The impact of baby videos. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA. Schmidt, M.K., & Kirkorian, H.L. (2005, June). The effects of background television on young children s development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communications Association, New York, NY.
H.L. Kirkorian 7 Kirkorian, H.L., *Murphy, L.A., Pempek, T.P., Anderson, D.R., & Evans-Schmidt, M.K. (2005, April). The impact of background television on parent-child interaction. Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA. Anderson, D.R., Kirkorian, H.L., Pempek, T.P., & Schmidt, M.K. (2005, April). Young children and television. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA. Evans, M.K., Pempek, T.A., Kirkorian, H.L., Frankenfield, A.E., & Anderson, D.R. (2004, May). The impact of background television on complexity of play. Poster session presented at the biannual International Conference on Infant Studies, Chicago, IL. Frankenfield, A.E., Richards, J.R., *Lauricella, A.R., Pempek, T.A., Kirkorian, H.L., & Anderson, D.R. (2004, May). Looking at and interacting with comprehensible and incomprehensible Teletubbies. Poster session presented at the biannual International Conference on Infant Studies, Chicago, IL. Evans, M.K., Frankenfield, A.F., Kirkorian, H.L., Anderson, D.R., & Pempek, T.A. (2003, April). The impact of background television on very young children s play. Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL. National Conferences (*mentee as co-author) Kirkorian, H.L., & Anderson, D.R. (2010, April). What viewers look at while watching video: Eye movement research. Paper presented at the biannual Conference on Human Development, New York, NY. Kirkorian, H.L., Pempek, T.P., & Anderson, D.R. (2010, April). The impact of background TV on parents infant-directed language. Paper presented at the biannual Conference on Human Development, New York, NY. *Varnum, M., Kirkorian, H.L., Anderson, D.R., and Novak, M.A. (2010, June). Parameters of attention to television in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta): Parallels to television viewing in children. Poster session presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Louisville, KY. Soederberg-Miller, L.M., Stine-Morrow, E.A.L., Kirkorian, H.L., & Conroy, M.L. (2002, August). Adult age differences in knowledge-driven reading. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Peer-Reviewed Regional Conferences (*mentee as co-author) *Choi, K., *Schroeder, E. L., & Kirkorian, H. L. (May, 2014). Toddlers learning from touchscreens: Object retrieval using interactive vs. non-interactive video. Paper presented at Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
H.L. Kirkorian 8 Invited Talks Kirkorian, H.L. (2013, November). Experimental studies of young children s attention to and learning from video. Presentation for Contemporary Terrain of Children s Media Use, Evanston, IL. Kirkorian, H.L., & Anderson, D.R. (2010, May). What viewers look at while watching video: Four years of eye movement research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Advisory Board for the Children s Digital Media Center, Washington, DC. Kirkorian, H.L., & Anderson, D.R. (2009, May). Looking at television: Eye-tracking studies of video viewing by infants, children, and adults. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Advisory Board for the Children s Digital Media Center, Washington, DC. Kirkorian, H.L., & Anderson, D.R. (2008, June). Looking at Sesame Street: Age differences in eye movements during video viewing. Paper presented at the meeting of the Advisory Board for the Children s Digital Media Center, Riverside, CA. Intramural Active RESEARCH GRANTS Kirkorian, H.L., Principal Investigator. Cognitive Processing in Videogames for Learning University of Wisconsin Graduate School, 07/01/13-06/30/15, $40,312 This grant funds a study of preschoolers eye movements while playing videogames with high vs. low cognitive demand. The purpose is to document patterns of visual processing to better inform the design of educational videogames. Kirkorian, H.L., Principal Investigator. Cognitive Control and Early Media Use: How and Why Toddlers Learn from Interactive Screens University of Wisconsin Graduate School, 07/01/14-06/30/15, $33,600 This grant funds a study of the role of cognitive control (e.g., working memory, inhibition) as moderators of toddlers word learning from touchscreen devices. Kirkorian, H.L., Principal Investigator. How Toddlers Learn from Screens: An Eye- Movement Study School of Human Ecology, 07/01/14-06/30/15, $9,908 UW bridge funds awarded to the PI in order to study of the role of visual selection (as measured by eye movements) as a moderator of toddlers ability to learn from video. Kirkorian, H.L., Principal Investigator. An Eye-Tracking Study of Toddlers Ability to Learn from Interactive Screens University of Wisconsin Graduate School, 07/01/15-06/30/16, $35,834 This grant funds a study of the role of visual selection (as measured by eye movements) as a moderator of toddlers ability to learn from touchscreen devices. Extramural Active Kirkorian, H.L., Principal Investigator. Toddlers Learning from Touchscreens National Science Foundation, 09/01/12-08/31/15, $149,692
H.L. Kirkorian 9 This grant funds two experimental lab studies on the impact of contingency on toddlers word-learning from video. Studies include word-learning and objectretrieval tasks on touchscreen devices. Extramural Pending Kirkorian, H.L., Principal Investigator. Collaborative Research: Cognitive Control and Early Media Use: How Toddlers Learn from Interactive Screens National Science Foundation, 09/01/2015-8/31/2018, $559,625 This proposal includes five experimental lab studies on the role of visual selective attention (as measured by eye movements) and cognitive control (e.g., working memory, inhibition) as moderators of toddlers word learning and object retrieval using touchscreen devices. Undergraduate Courses TEACHING GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE INSTRUCTION Human Development and Family Studies 362: Development of the Young Child (Fall 2011 present; ~250 students in fall/spring, ~50 students in summer) Human Development and Family Studies 469: Family and Community Influences on the Young Child (Fall 2010 Fall 2012; ~30 students) Human Development and Family Studies 616: Mass Media and Youth (Spring 2014 present; ~35 students) Graduate Courses Human Development and Family Studies 664: Proseminar in Human Development and Family Studies (Fall 2011 present; ~7 students) Human Development and Family Studies 766: Media, Children, and Families (Spring 2011 Spring 2013; ~9 students) Human Development and Family Studies 766: Media, Learning, and Cognitive Development (Spring 2015 present; ~10 students) New Courses CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT Developed new graduate course, Media and Cognitive Development, for the Spring 2015 semester, as a part of a series in the Wisconsin Initiative for Media and the Developing Mind. This graduate seminar examines cognitive development in the context of mass media (e.g., television, video games). A primary focus of the course is how research/theory can inform the production of educationally valuable programs for informal learning during early childhood. Topics include: how children use, understand, and respond to educational
H.L. Kirkorian 10 television and video games; the effects of screen media on cognitive development; and the application of theory and research to media production, policy and intervention. Developed new graduate course, Media, Children, and Families, for the Spring 2011 semester. The seminar examines child development in the context of mass media (primarily television). Topics include the following: history of children s media; how children use, understand, and respond to television; the effects of media on cognitive and social development, children s health, and family processes; and the application of theory and research to media policy and production. Developed new undergraduate course, Youth and Media, for the Spring 2014 semester. This course was taught in place of Family and Community Influences on the Young Child in Spring and Fall 2012 and became a new course in Spring 2014. It is an undergraduate version of the graduate course, and it fulfills the Learning Outcome 4 requirement for HDFS majors. Course Redevelopment Redeveloped undergraduate course, Development of the Young Child (HDFS 362), in Summer 2013 to be fully online course available for distance education. This course incorporates interactive lectures with embedded questions for student review and reflection, online quizzes, and small-group discussion using discussion boards on the course websites. Advising (Current) GRADUATE ADVISING AND SUPERVISION Koeun Choi, PhD candidate, Human Development and Family Studies Elizabeth Schroeder, MS candidate, Human Development and Family Studies Roxanne Etta, MS/PhD candidate, Human Development and Family Studies Committee Member (Current) Cynthia Burnson, PhD candidate, Human Development and Family Studies Aaron Cochrane, first-year project candidate, Psychology Carolyn Liesen, MS candidate, Human Development and Family Studies Alanna Peebles, MS candidate, Communication Arts Committee Member (Completed) Albert Burgess-Hull, MS, Human Development and Family Studies James Alex Bonus, MS, Communication Arts Dong Liu, M.S., PhD, Educational Psychology Melissa Brandon, PhD, Psychology Cynthia Burnson, MS, Human Development and Family Studies Brian Leitzke, first year project, Psychology Supervision of Graduate Teaching Assistants Fall 2011 Spring 2012: Katty Cavero, Koeun Choi Fall 2012: Shari Blumenstock, Eunjin Lee Spring 2013: Eunjin Lee, Sonyoung Yim
H.L. Kirkorian 11 Fall 2013 Spring 2014: Sonyoung Yim, Qi Wei Fall 2014 Spring 2015: Sonyoung Yim, Amy Taub Advising UNDERGRADUATE ADVISING AND SUPERVISION Spring 2011 present: Average of 20-30 undergraduate advisees per semester in Human Development and Family Studies major Research Supervision and Mentoring Spring 2011 present: Approximately 3-5 undergraduate students per semester Undergraduate Research Symposium Mentor Spring 2011 present: Approximately 3-5 students per year Directed Study Supervisor Spring 2012: Claire Geschke, development of self-regulation and inhibitory control Intramural Active TEACHING GRANTS Kirkorian, H.L. TeachOnline@UW Learning Community Fellow University of Wisconsin, Division of Continuing Studies June 2014-May 2015, $4000 This grant was awarded as part of the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates (MIU). Awards were given to 28 UW faculty members who participated in a year-long learning community to learn about pedagogy and technology for online instruction. Intramural Completed Kirkorian, H.L., & Hartley, S.L. Summer Educational Innovation Distance Award University of Wisconsin, Division of Continuing Studies January 2013-August 2013, $20,611.11 This grant was awarded as part of the Educational Innovation efforts at the UW- Madison. The funds enabled instructors to create interactive video lectures and online quizzes for HDFS 362 and 363, the lifespan development courses in the HDFS department, which made the courses fully online. Workshops and Media Presentations SERVICE AND OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC 2014 Toddlers and Technology, webcast for UW Extension Family Living Program
H.L. Kirkorian 12 2014 How Technology will Revolutionize Early Learning, TEDx Madison 2014 What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know?: A New Research Agenda, panel on integrating research and practice in children s media, Fred Forward Conference 2013 Technology and Young Children, panel by Wisconsin Initiative for Media and the Developing Mind for UW Office of Childcare and Family Resources 2013 Interview for the Larry Meiller Show, Wisconsin Public Radio, November 11, discussing toddlers and technology 2013 Technology and Young Children workshop for UW Madison Office of Child Care and Family Resources, November 20, 2013 2013 Digital Media and Early Learning: What We Know and What We Need to Learn round table organized by New America Foundation, Washington, DC 2012 Touch-Screen Devices and Very Young Children panel for The Diane Rehm Show, a nationally and internationally distributed program for National Public Radio, approximately 2 million listeners 2012 Television Viewing and School Readiness workshop for Madison Metropolitan School District preschool teachers at annual Launching into Literacy and Math workshop seminar, approximately 75 attendees 2012 On-air interview for Michael Bower, KCBS radio in San Francisco, regarding the impact of background television on children Consultation 2015 Jordan Lippman, Interactive Story Adventures, LLC: consultation for development of educational app for children 2014 Phitha Tanpairoj, CEO, My Rocket Kid, Inc.: advisory board for development of educational mobile applications for young children 2013 Ann DeSollar, New York Neuropsychology Group: Consultation for book on toddlers and technology 2012 Justin Mann, How To Build A Superhero: consultation regarding development of educational mobile applications for young children 2012 Jacqueline O Reily, UW Journalism student: interview regarding development of educational initiative for young children 2010 Kim Burgland, PBS Kids: comments on pilot episode of original preschool show 2005 Anthony McCaffrey: consultation on formative considerations for the development of an educational preschool program 2005 Institute of Medicine: recommendations regarding food marketing to children (Committee on Food Marketing and the Diets of Children and Adolescents) 2005 Kaiser Family Foundation: consultation for a nation-wide survey on electronic media and young children
H.L. Kirkorian 13 2004 Nickelodeon: review of animatic and script for an original preschool program 2004 Sesame Workshop: formative research and report on a pilot episode for a DVD series released in 2006; subsequent consultation on program development University of Wisconsin TO THE UNIVERSITY University Child Care Committee, Member (2012-present) Faculty Senate, Alternate (2010-2011) Attended two meetings, one as voting member McPherson Eye Research Institute Research Committee, Member (2013-present) Evaluated graduate student applications for Walsh Travel Award Selected undergraduate recipient of Hilldale Award Planned monthly seminar series School of Human Ecology Awards Committee, Member (2011-2012) Dean s Ad Hoc Committee on Cohort Learning, Member (2011) Dean s Resources and Technology Committee, Member (2012-present) Preschool Lab, Liaison (2010-2012) Reviewed applications for conducting research in Preschool Labs Curriculum Committee, Member (2012-2014) Chair, 2013-2014 Led task force for to organized school-wide prospective student visit day (2013-2014) Preschool Advisory Council, Member (2012-present) Attended advisory committee meetings Reported on annual research and teaching activities in the lab schools Reviewed applications for conducting research in Preschool Labs Drafted template for providing conditional support pending IRB approval (Fall 2013) Served on task force to brainstorm opportunities for naming preschool (Fall 2013) Served on task force to use gift money in support of research mission (Fall 2013) Provided feedback for redevelopment of website (Fall 2013) Developed parent newsletter to share findings from research projects (Fall 2014) Undergraduate Program Council, Member (2014-present) Developed school-wide learning outcomes and assessment plan (2014)
H.L. Kirkorian 14 Human Development and Family Studies Faculty Merit Committee (2010-2011) Ad-hoc Website Development Committee, Member (2011-2012) Undergraduate Program Committee (2010-present) Co-authored Madison Initiative for Undergraduates proposal (2010) Revised Family Studies major option (2010-2011) Created unified HDFS major (2011-2012) Co-authored draft of self-study of undergraduate major (2011-2012) Recreated annual assessment protocol (2012-2013) Annual assessment of undergraduate major (yearly) Undergraduate admissions and appeals (yearly) Outstanding HDFS graduate (yearly) University Presentations Kirkorian, H.L. (November 2013). Toddlers Learning from Touchscreens: A Case Study for Federal Research Funding. Presentation to Communication Arts colloquium. Kirkorian, H.L. (November 2013). Coordinated Seeing?: Thinking with Vision, Hand, and Mind, symposium organized by McPherson Eye Movement Institute and Center for Visual Cultures, Madison, WI Kirkorian, H.L. (March 2013). Young Children s Learning from Videogames. Presentation to C&I 277: Videogames & Learning, Curriculum & Instruction. Kirkorian, H.L. (September 2012). Exploring the Video Deficit: New Findings on Young Children s Attention to and Learning from Video. Research presentation to the HAMLET (Humans, Animals, Machine Learning: Experiments and Theory) interdisciplinary group, Psychology. Kirkorian, H.L. (January 2012). Experimenting with the video deficit: Eye movement research. Research presentation to the Professional Development Seminar, HDFS. Kirkorian, H.L. (November 2011). Babies & TV. Presentation to Psych 411: Psychology of Technology, Psychology. Kirkorian, H.L. (September 2010). Why babies have difficulty understanding video: Lessons from eye movement research. Research presentation to the Developmental/Social colloquium, Psychology. Kirkorian, H.L. (September 2010). Why babies have difficulty understanding video: Lessons from eye movement research. Research presentation to the Media Studies colloquium, Communication Arts. Ad-Hoc Journal Reviewer TO THE PROFESSION American Educational Research Journal (2011)
H.L. Kirkorian 15 American Journal of Preventive Medicine (2011) Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (2009) Child Development (2011, 2012) Communication Research (2012) Communication Theory (2008, 2010) Developmental Psychology (2009, 2012) Developmental Science (2013) European Psychologist (2010, 2011) Family Relations (2011) Infancy (2013) Infant Behavior and Development (2012) Infant and Child Development (special issue, 2010; 2013; 2014) Journal of Adolescent Health (2009) Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) Journal of Children and Media (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (2014) Journal of Family Communication (2013) Media Psychology (2011, 2012) Psychological Bulletin (2015) Social Science Computer Review (2008) Grant Proposal Reviewer National Science Foundation, Developmental and Learning Sciences, ad hoc (2011) National Science Foundation, Informal Science Education Program, Media panel (2011) Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, ad hoc (2012) National Science Foundation, Advancing Informal STEM Learning Program (2013) Conference Submission Reviewer International Society on Infant Studies (2014), Memory and Learning panel International Communication Association (2013), Children, Adolescents, & Media Society for Research in Child Development (2013), Panel #26: Contexts of Child Development: Family, Neighborhood, Child Care, Media & Religious Institutions Society for Research in Child Development (2011), Panel #15: Education: School Context, Extra-Curricular, Enrichment, Physical Education, Remediation, Success, Educational Media Conference Symposium Organizer and Chair Looking at television: Infants' visual attention to video and implications for comprehension and learning, International Communication Association, Boston, MA (2011) The role of screen media in the lives of infants and toddlers, International Conference on Infant Studies, Baltimore, MD (2010) Television s direct and indirect effects on language learning, Conference on Human Development, New York, NY (2010) Professional Affiliations
Cognitive Development Society (2013 present) Institute of Digital Media and Child Development (2014 present) International Society on Infant Studies (2004 present) McPherson Eye Research Institute (2013 present) Society for Research in Child Development (2003 present) H.L. Kirkorian 16