Curriculum Vitae Maura L. (Wilson) Krestar Department of Clinical Health Sciences Texas A&M University Kingsville 700 University Blvd., MSC 177A Kingsville, TX 78363 Office: Manning 105 361-593-2005 maura.krestar@tamuk.edu Education 2014: Ph.D., Adult Development and Aging; Cleveland State University, Cleveland, 2011: M.A., Experimental Psychology; Cleveland State University, Cleveland, 2006: B. A., Psychology; Mercyhurst University, Erie, Pennsylvania. Employment Fall 2014 present: Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Department of Clinical Health Sciences, Texas A&M University Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas. Fall 2008-Spring 2014: Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Fall 2011-Spring 2012: Research Intern (unpaid), Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging, Margaret Blenkner Research Institute, Cleveland, Fall 2012, Fall 2013: Instructor, Department of Health Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, 2007 2008: Psychiatric Assessment Coordinator, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown, Pennsylvania. 2006 2007: Therapeutic Support Staff, Children s Behavioral Health, Johnstown, Pennsylvania. 2005 2006: Assist Caregiver, John Borgia Trust, Erie, Pennsylvania. Courses Taught Texas A&M University Kingsville Undergraduate: Phonetics (CSDO 2325) Graduate: Neuroscience of Communication Disorders (CSDO 5322) Research Methods (CSDO 5311) Cleveland State University Undergraduate: Memory and Cognition (PSY 372) Introduction to Gerontology (HSC 180; online course) Introduction to Psychology (PSY 101) Introduction to Psychology (PSY 101) Recitation Sections
Publications Powers, S. M., Dawson, N. T., Krestar, M. L., Yarry, S. J., & Judge, K. S. (2014). I wish they would remember that I forget: The effects of memory loss on the lives of individuals with mild-to-moderate dementia. Dementia. Krestar, M. L., Incera, S., & M c Lennan, C. T. (2013). Using mouse-tracking to examine the time course of an auditory lexical decision task. The Ohio Psychologist, 60, 29-32. Krestar, M. L. & M c Lennan, C. T. (2013). Examining the effect of intra-talker variation in emotional tone of voice on spoken word recognition. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 66, 1793-1802. DOI:10.1080/17470218.2013.766897. Dawson, N. T., Powers, S., Krestar, M. L., Yarry, S.J., & Judge, K. S. (2012). Predictors of self-reported psychosocial outcomes in individuals with dementia. The Gerontologist, 53, 748-759. DOI: 10.1093/geront/gns137. Krestar, M. L., Looman, W., Powers, S., Dawson, N., & Judge, K. S. (2012). Including individuals with memory impairment in the research process: The importance of scales and response categories used in surveys. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 7, 70-79. DOI: 10.1525/jer.2012.7.2.70. M c Lennan, C. T. & Krestar, M. L. (revise and resubmit). Examining the effect of talker variation on spoken word recognition in bilingual adults. Attention, Perception, and Psychophyisics. Tuft, S. E., M c Lennan, C. T., & Krestar, M. L. (revise and resubmit). Hearing Taboo Words Results in Early Talker Effects for Female Listeners Word Recognition. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Conference Papers, Presentations, and Posters Incera, S., M c Lennan, C. T., Markis, T. A., & Krestar, M. (May 2015). Understanding How Cognitive Processes Unfold in One Second. Presented at the Association for Psychological Science, New York City. Rios, L., & Krestar, M. L. (April 2015). Examining a large dataset for meamingful relationships betwee variables. Poster presented at the 6 th Annual Javelina Research Symposium at TAMUK, Kingsville, TX. Tuft, S. E., M c Lennan, C. T., & Krestar, M. L. (April 2015). The effects of inter-talker variability during online spoken taboo word recognition. Poster presented at the College of Sciences and Health Professions Research Day, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH.
Krestar, M. L. & McLennan, C. T. (April 2014). Examining the effects of time, age, valence, and variation in emotional intonation on spoken word recognition. Poster presented at the annual Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. Incera, S., Krestar, M., Markis, T. A., and M c Lennan, C. T. (November 2013). Disentangling theories of cognitive aging: mouse-tracking differences between younger and older adults performance in a Stroop task. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, Ontario. Krestar, M. L. & M c Lennan, C. T. (October 2013). Examining the time course of specificity effects of emotional intonation in younger and older adults. Poster presented at the 5 th International Conference on Aging and Speech Communication, Indianapolis, Indiana. Krestar, M. L. & M c Lennan, C. T. (May 2013). Examining the effects of time, age, valence, and variation in emotional intonation on spoken word recognition. Poster presented at the Cleveland Psychological Association student poster session, Cleveland, Krestar, M. L., Markis, T. A., Incera, S., Tuft, S. E., & M c Lennan, C. T. (April 2013). Spoken Word Recognition in Younger and Older Adults: Theories and Experimental Findings. Paper presented at the 37 th Annual Conference, Ohio Association for Gerontology and Education, Ashland, Tuft, S. E., Krestar, M. L., Markis, T. A., Incera, S., & M c Lennan, C. T. (April 2013). Spoken Word Recognition in Younger and Older Adults: The Role of Attention. Paper presented at the 37 th Annual Conference, Ohio Association for Gerontology and Education, Ashland, Incera, S., Tuft, S. E., Krestar, M. L., Markis, T. A., & M c Lennan, C. T. (April 2013). A New Method in Spoken Word Recognition: Mouse Tracking. Paper presented at the 37 th Annual Conference, Ohio Association for Gerontology and Education, Ashland, Markis, T. A., Incera, S., Krestar, M. L., Tuft, S. E., & M c Lennan, C. T. (April 2013). Priming a Bias to Body-Related Words in Young and Middle-Aged Females. Paper presented at the 37 th Annual Conference, Ohio Association for Gerontology and Education, Ashland, Dawson, N., Krestar, M., Powers, S., & Judge, K. (April 2013). Individuals with Dementia in the Research Process: Qualitative and Quantitative Findings from Project ANSWERS. Paper presented at the 37 th Annual Conference, Ohio Association for Gerontology and Education, Ashland, Krestar, M. L. & M c Lennan, C. T. (April 2013). Examining the effects of time, age, valence, and variation in emotional intonation on spoken word recognition. Poster presented at the College of Science Research Day, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Tuft, S. E., M c Lennan, C. T., & Krestar, M. L. (April 2013). The effects of inter-talker variability on listeners perception of spoken taboo words. Poster presented at the College of Science Research Day, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Wetzel, M., Tuft, S. E., Krestar, M. L., & M c Lennan, C. T. (April 2013). Using change deafness to investigate attentional allocation during spoken word recognition. Poster presented at the College of Science Research Day, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Powers, S., Dawson, N., Krestar, M., & Judge, K. S. (November 2012). "I wish they would
remember that I forget' - Understanding the illness experience of individuals with dementia. Paper presented at 65th Annual Scientific Meeting, Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, California. Dawson, N., Powers, S., Krestar, M., Yarry, S. & Judge, K. S. (November 2012). Predictors of Self-Reported Psychosocial Outcomes in Individuals with Dementia. Paper presented at 65th Annual Scientific Meeting, Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, California. Krestar, M. L., Bass, D. M., Judge, K. S., Snow, A. L., Morgan, R. O., & Kunik, M. E. (November 2012). Examining relationships between objective and subjective stressors and psychosocial outcomes in veterans with dementia. Poster presented at the 65 th Annual Scientific Meeting, Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, California. Krestar, M. L., Incera, S., & M c Lennan, C. T. (November 2012). Using mouse-tracking to examine the time course of long-term repetition-priming. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Krestar, M. L., Incera, S., & M c Lennan, C. T. (October 2012). Using mouse-tracking to examine the time course of an auditory lexical decision task. Poster presented at the Ohio Psychological Association Convention Poster Session, Columbus, Tuft, S.E., Krestar, M.L., & M c Lennan, C.T. (October 2012). The effects of inter-talker variability and talkers gender on listeners perception of spoken taboo words. Poster presented at the Ohio Psychological Association Convention Poster Session, Columbus, Krestar, M. L., Bass, D. M., Judge, K. S., Snow, A. L., Morgan, R. O., & Kunik, M. E. (April 2012). Objective and subjective predictors of depression in veterans with dementia. Paper presented at the 36th Annual Conference, Ohio Association for Gerontology & Education, Youngstown, Dawson, N., Powers, S., Krestar, M. & Judge, K. (April 2012). Predictors of psychosocial outcomes in individuals with dementia. Paper presented at 36th Annual Conference, Ohio Association for Gerontology & Education, Youngstown, Powers, S., Dawson, N., Krestar, M. L., & Judge, K. S. (April 2012). The Effects of Memory Loss on the Lives of Individuals with Mild to Moderate Dementia. Paper presented at 36th Annual Conference, Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education, Youngstown, Krestar, M. L., Powers, S. M., Dawson, N. T., Yarry, S., & Judge, K. S. (April 2012). "I wish they would remember that I forget": Insight on memory loss from individuals with dementia. Poster presented at the Cleveland Psychological Association student poster session, Cleveland, Tuft, S.E., Krestar, M.L., & M c Lennan, C.T. (April 2012). The effects of talker variability and talkers gender on the perception of spoken taboo words. Poster presented at the College of Science Research Day, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Krestar, M. L. & M c Lennan, C. T. (November 2011). Examining the role of variability in emotional tone of voice during online spoken word recognition. Poster presented at Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, California. Krestar, M. L., Looman, W., Powers, S., Dawson, N., & Judge, K. S. (November 2011). Including individuals with dementia in the research process: Understanding the impact of scales and response categories used in surveys. Paper presented at the 64th Annual Scientific Meeting, Gerontological Society of America, Boston, Massachusetts.
Judge, K., Wilson, M., Dawson, N. & Powers, S. (November 2011). Implementing Interventions for Individuals with Dementia (Acquiring new skills while enhancing remaining strengths (ANSWERS): a dyadic cognitive rehabilitation and educational skills training program for individuals with dementia). Paper presented at the 64th Annual Scientific Meeting, Gerontological Society of America, Boston, Massachusetts. Dawson, N., Powers, S. & Wilson, M. (November 2011). Psychosocial constructs from the perspective of an individual with dementia. Paper presented at the 64th Annual Scientific Meeting, Gerontological Society of America, Boston, Massachusetts. Powers, S., Dawson, N., Wilson, M. L., & Judge, K. S. (November 2011). Insight on memory loss through the eyes of the individual with dementia. Paper presented at the 64th Annual Scientific Meeting, Gerontological Society of America, Boston, Massachusetts. Wilson, M. L. & M c Lennan, C. T. (2011). Examining the effects of variation in emotional tone of voice on listeners perception of spoken words. Poster presented at the Cleveland Psychological Association s Meeting, Cleveland, Wilson, M. L. & M c Lennan, C. T. (2010). Examining the effects of variation in emotional tone of voice on listeners perception of spoken words. Poster presented at the Psychonomic Society 51 st Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri. Wilson, M. L., & M c Lennan, C. T. (2010). Examining the effects of variation emotional tone of voice on listeners perception of spoken word recognition. Poster presented at the College of Science Research Day, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, M c Lennan, C. T., Wilson, M. L., & González, J. (2010). Examining the role of talker-specific details in bilingual listeners perception of spoken words. Poster presented at the Acoustical Society of America, Cancun, Mexico. Wilson, M. L., M c Lennan, C. T., & González, J. (2009). Examining talker effects in bilingual listeners perception of spoken words. Poster presented at the Psychonomic Society 50 th Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. Wilson, M. L., Markis, T. A., Bronder, E. C., & M c Lennan, C. T. (2009). Examining the role of talker-specific details in older adults perception of spoken words. Poster presented at the 4 th International Conference on Aging and Speech Communication, Indianapolis, Indiana. Wilson, M. L., M c Lennan, C. T., & González, J. (2009). Examining talker effects in bilingual listeners. Poster presented at the College of Science Research Day, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Wilson, M. L. & Hoff, R. (2006). Sleep deprivation and change blindness. Paper presented at the Western Pennsylvania Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania. Wilson, M. L. & Barron, G. (2005). Personality differences in Type I and Type II diabetics. Poster presented at the Western Pennsylvania Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Grants for Research, Teaching, and Travel (including unfunded attempts) Organization for Autism Research: 2015 Applied Research Competition, Developing a measure of emotional speech perception for individuals with high functioning autism based on the Milestones Scale of Development, $30,000, January 2016 December 2016. Proposal currently under review. Texas A&M University-Kingsville University Research Award Competition FY15, Development of reliable and valid stimuli for experimental use in emotional speech research, $14,967, November 3, 2014 July 31, 2015. Texas A&M University-Kingsville Council for Undergraduate Research (TCUR) Award, Examining a psychological database for meaningful relationships, $2,340, January - July 2015. Texas A&M University-Kingsville Social Behavioral Research Grant to attend NSF Day in Lubbock, TX, $1,059, May 2015. Texas A&M University-Kingsville Social Behavioral Research Grant to purchase research supplies, $2,000, May 2015. National Institutes of Health: Director s Early Independence Award (DP5), Effects of aging and mild cognitive impairment on memory representations of emotional speech in monolingual and bilingual listeners, 311,270, January 2015. Proposal not selected for funding. National Science Foundation: SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, Examining the effects of age, cognitive status, and variation in emotional intonation on spoken word recognition, $12,000, 2013. Proposal not selected for funding. Aging and Speech Communication: Fourth International and Interdisciplinary Research Conference: Student Scholarship Travel Award, $500, 2013. Cleveland State University: Dissertation Research Award, $5,000, 2013. Aging and Speech Communication: Third International and Interdisciplinary Research Conference: Student Scholarship Travel Award, $500, 2009. American Psychological Association of Graduate Students: The Nancy B. Forest and L. Michael Honaker Master s Scholarship for Research in Psychology, Examining intra-talker variability in emotional tone of voice and spoken word recognition, Spring, 2009. Proposal not selected for funding. Membership in Professional Organizations Association of Psychological Science Psi Chi National Honors Society in Psychology
Service Reviewer: Applied Psycholinguistics Behavior Research Methods Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Abstract Reviewer: Gerontological Society of America 65 th Annual Scientific Meeting (2012) Gerontological Society of America 66 th Annual Scientific Meeting (2013) Honors and Awards Graduate Awards: Ohio Psychological Association Convention Poster Award 2012 Cleveland State University Nomination for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools Distinguished Thesis Award 2011 Language Research Laboratory Research Writing Award (3 rd place) 2009 Undergraduate Awards: Egan Scholarship, Mercyhurst College 2002-2006 Ambassador s Club Scholarship, Mercyhurst College 2003-2006 Edwin B. Twitmyer Award, Mercyhurst College Psychology Department 2005