CURRICULUM VITAE Mark David Prokosch, Ph.D. PERSONAL INFORMATION Northeastern University Personal: Department of Psychology 36 Crescent Street 154 Nightingale Hall Wilmington, MA 01887 360 Huntington Avenue 551.482.8909 (cell) Boston, MA 02115-5000 m.prokosch@neu.edu EDUCATION 2008 Ph.D., Psychology, 2005 M.A., Psychology, 2002 B.S., Psychology, Summa Cum Laude, Outstanding Honors Thesis, University of New Mexico ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT 2013-present Full-time Lecturer, Psychology, Northeastern University 2013-present Visiting Lecturer, Psychology, Wellesley College 2011-2013 Part-time Lecturer in Psychology, Northeastern University 2011-present Part-time Faculty, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Emerson College 2012 Adjunct Faculty, Liberal Arts Department, Quincy College 2010-2011 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Psychology, High Point University 2010-2011 Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology, Elon University 2008-2010 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Psychology, Elon University 2007-2008 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Psychology, American River College 2007-2008 Associate Instructor, Psychology, OTHER POSITIONS 2011-present Consultant, Research & Synthesis, Boundless Learning, Inc., Boston, MA 2010-2011 Research Associate, Clinical Tools, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC COURSES TAUGHT 2014 Seminar in Social Psychology 2013-present Honors Foundations of Psychology 2013-present Seminar in Biological Psychology 2013-present Evolution and Human Behavior 2013-present Seminar in Brain and Behavior 2012 Developmental Psychology 2011-present Seminar in Psychobiology 2011-present Evolution of Human Nature 2007-present Foundations of Psychology
2 2009-2010 Evolutionary Psychology 2009-2010 Undergraduate Research in Psychology 2007-2008 Human Reproduction 2007-2008 Introduction to Psychobiology 2007 Physiological Psychology Laboratory COURSES ASSISTED 2007-2008 Research in Psychobiology 2007 Psychology of Sex and Reproduction 2006 Physiological Psychology 2006 Developmental Psychology 2006 Genius, Creativity, and Leadership 2005 Health Psychology 2003-2006 Introduction to Psychobiology 2003-2004 Environmental Aesthetics 2003 Psychology of Emotion HONORS 2012 Author Grant, Cognella Academic Publishing 2012 Student Involvement Initiative recipient, Northeastern University 2011 Teaching Engagement Grant, Elon University 2008 Outstanding Educator Award, presented by Beta Pi chapter of Delta Delta Delta 2006 Departmental Graduate Fellowship, Psychology, 2005 Recognition for Outstanding Research, Sigma Xi 2005 Sigma Xi Award, Davis Chapter of Sigma Xi 2005 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award Nomination 2005 International Society for Intelligence Research Grant 2004-2005 Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation, Hon. Mention 2004-2005 Departmental Research Grant, 2004 International Society for Intelligence Research Grant 2004 Departmental Work-Study Award, 2003 Dean s Fellowship Award, 2003 The National Dean s List 2003 UNM Psychology Honors Program, Summa Cum Laude 2002 Rachael Dowler Outstanding Honors Thesis Award 1998-2008 Gardner Zemke Academic Scholarship 1998-2002 Dean s Recognition, University of New Mexico PRESENTATIONS & INVITED TALKS 2012 The biology of sleep and dreams. Presentation given at Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA. 2011 The proximate and ultimate mechanisms driving women s preferences for cognitive traits in men. Presentation given at the University of North Carolina, Pembroke, Psychology Department. Pembroke, North Carolina. 2010 Bringing sexy back to the lab. Invited talk given at Union College, Schenectady, New York. 2007 The role of creativity and intelligence in mate selection. Presentation given at the Young Scholars Program Conference, Davis, California. Co-presenters: N.
3 Malakkla & R.G. Coss. 2007 Creativity and female mate choice. Presentation given at the UC Davis Undergraduate Research Conference. Davis, California. Co-presenter: R. Young. 2006 Conception risk moderates preferences for creativity. Presentation given at the Psychology Brown Bag series, UC Davis, Davis, California. 2005 Intelligence and mate choice. Paper presented at the 6 th Annual International Society for Intelligence Research Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 2005 Sexual Selection and Intelligence: A direct or indirect indicator? Graduate Student Oral Presentation presented at the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference, Seattle, Washington. 2005 Intelligence and mate choice. Presentation at the Psychology Brown Bag series, UC Davis, Davis, California. 2004 The g-factor as the brain s manifestation of developmental stability. Paper presented at the 5 th annual International Society for Intelligence Research Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2004 Developmental stability and psychometric intelligence. Presentation at the Psychology Brown Bag series, UC Davis, Davis, California. 2002 Evidence for a general fitness factor: Psychometric estimates of g predict correlations with body symmetry. Paper presented at the 14th annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society Conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Co-authors: R.A. Yeo & G.F. Miller. 2002 Developmental stability and general intelligence: Psychometric estimates of g predict correlations with body symmetry. Honors thesis presented at the 37th annual Senior Honors Symposium, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Outstanding Thesis Award. PUBLICATIONS Prokosch, M. D. & Garland, R. The muse effect: Women prefer the creative displays of men primed with sexually relevant mating cues. Under review. Prokosch, M. D., Coss, R. G., Scheib, J.E., & Blozis, S. A. (2009). Intelligence and mate choice: Intelligent men are always attractive. Evolution and Human Behavior, 30, 11-20. Harris, L., Prokosch, M. D., Ogle, C., Block, S., & Goodman, G. S. (2006). Maltreatment, public assistance, and school performance. Report submitted to Department of Social Services, State of California. Center for Public Policy Research,. Prokosch, M D., Yeo, R. A., & Miller, G. F. (2005). Intelligence tests with higher g-loadings show higher correlations with body symmetry: Evidence for a general fitness factor mediated by developmental stability. Intelligence, 33 (1) 203-213. BOOKS Prokosch, M.D. Foundations of Psychology. Accepted for publication by Cognella Academic Publishing (San Diego, CA), forthcoming August 2014. MEMBERSHIPS Phi Sigma Biological Sciences Honor Society Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society Golden Key National Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society Psi Chi Psychology National Honor Society
4 Human Behavior and Evolution Society Sigma Xi International Scientific Research Society Associate International Society for Intelligence Research Society Association for Psychological Science (APS) Council on Undergraduate Research PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 2009-2011 Advisor, Elon Undergraduate Research 2007 Advisor, UC Davis Young Scholars Program 2005-2007 Departmental representative to train and mentor teaching assistants 2005-2006 President, Psychology Graduate Student Association 2005-2006 Department Representative to Graduate Student Association 2005-2006 GSA Congressional Assembly representative 2005-2006 Faculty-Graduate Student Coordinator EDITORIAL DUTIES Ad hoc reviewer for: Animal Behaviour Evolution and Human Behavior Experimental Aging Research Annales Zoologici Fennici PLOS One Text Reviewer and Contributor for: Kalat, J. W. (2012). Biological Psychology (11 th ed). Wadsworth: Belmont, CA. Commentator for evolutionary psychology and intelligence research, New Scientist MEDIA EXPOSURE Featured articles of my research have been covered by: Science, Intelligence marks a man as a good match New Scientist, Smart guys have sex appeal ABC News, Nerds Rejoice: Braininess boosts likelihood of sex Chemical and Engineering News Brainiac Studs Men s Health, Be the men of her dreams Burlington Times-News, Hot or not Boston Globe, He s so creative: Surprising insights from the social sciences Interviews given to international public radio stations: Irish radio: i102104 New Zealand radio: RadioLive Pittsburgh, PA: KDKA newsradio NPR outlet and science program: Earth & Sky PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES W. Wyatt Oswald Associate Professor and Interim Chair
5 Communication Sciences and Disorders Emerson College Boston, MA 02116-1596 w_wyatt_oswald@emerson.edu Maurice J. Levesque Associate Dean of Elon College College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Psychology Elon University Elon, NC 27244 336.278.6455 levesque@elon.edu Keith F. Widaman Distinguished Professor Psychology Department, 265 Young Hall 530.754.8288 kfwidaman@ucdavis.edu Dean Keith Simonton Distinguished Professor Psychology Department, 102D Young Hall dksimonton@ucdavis.edu Richard Coss Professor Psychology Department, 105 Young Hall 530.754.1626 rgcoss@ucdavis.edu Katie W. Gibbs Lecturer Psychology Department kwgibbs@ucdavis.edu Geoffrey F. Miller Associate Professor Psychology Department University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87123 gfmiller@unm.edu