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Jeremy B. Harper
Department of Psychology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Education
2014 – present Doctoral Program in Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Advisor: William G. Iacono, Ph.D.
2012 B.S., Psychology (with departmental honors)
Minor: Statistics, Religion
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Research Advisor: Edward M. Bernat, Ph.D.
Honors Thesis: Disentangling theta and delta band activity underlying EEG signals in a go/nogo task using time-frequency.
Awards and Honors
2016 SRP Travel Award
Society for Research in Psychopathology
2016 Knox MacKay Travel Award
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota
2016 Graduate Student Research and Travel Award
College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota
2016 Norman & Edith Garmezy Graduate Fellowship
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota
2015 SRP Travel Award
Society for Research in Psychopathology
2015 Graduate Student Research and Travel Award
College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota
2015 David T. Lykken Student Travel Award
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota
2015 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient
2015 Graduate Research Partnership Program Fellowship
College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota
2015 Norman & Edith Garmezy Graduate Fellowship
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota
2014 – 2015 Graduate School Fellowship
University of Minnesota
2012 Certification in SAS Programming and Data Analysis
Department of Statistics, Florida State University
2012 Howard Baker Undergraduate Research Award
Department of Psychology, Florida State University
2011 The Mark A. Berkley Undergraduate Research Endowment,
Department of Psychology, Florida State University
2011 – present Phi Beta Kappa Society Member
2010 – 2012 Florida State University Honors in the Major Program
2008 – 2012 Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Recipient
Research Experience
2014 – present Graduate Research Assistant
Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research
University of Minnesota, Department of Psychology
Supervisors: William G. Iacono, Ph.D. and Stephen M. Malone, Ph.D.
2013 – 2014 Full-time Research Assistant and Laboratory Coordinator
Florida State University, Department of Psychology
Supervisors: Norman B. Schmidt, Ph.D. and Edward M. Bernat, Ph.D.
Duties: Managed psychophysiological and behavioral data collection and analysis for an anxiety-based suicide prevention program funded through the Military Suicide Research Consortium. Supervised and instructed a team of graduate and undergraduate students collecting EEG and peripheral physiologic (e.g., EMG, EKG) data. Programmed experiments in E-Prime software. Utilized Neuroscan, MATLAB, SPSS, and SAS to decompose and analyze EEG data.
2010 – 2014 Full-time Research Assistant and Laboratory Coordinator
University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Psychology
Florida State University, Department of Psychology
Supervisor: Edward M. Bernat, Ph.D.
Duties: Managed psychophysiological and behavioral data collection and analysis across several departmental- and NIMH grant-funded projects. Collaborated with numerous local- and long-distance laboratories. Utilized Neuroscan, MATLAB, SPSS, and SAS to decompose and analyze EEG data using advanced signal processing techniques (e.g., time-frequency analysis). Programmed experiments in E-Prime software. Supervised and instructed undergraduate and graduate students on aspects of psychophysiological research.
2011 – 2014 Undergraduate/Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant
Florida State University, Department of Psychology
Supervisors: Edward M. Bernat, Ph.D., Walter R. Boot, Ph.D.,
and K. Anders Ericsson, Ph.D.
Duties: Managed psychophysiological data collection and analysis for a case study investigating deliberate practice and expertise memory in digit-span performance. Utilized MATLAB and SAS to decompose and analyze EEG data.
2009 – 2010 Undergraduate Research Assistant
Florida State University, Department of Psychology
Supervisors: Edward M. Bernat, Ph.D. and Christopher J. Patrick, Ph.D.
Duties: Assisted in psychophysiological data collection and ran participants through experimental protocols. Utilized MATLAB to score heart rate and skin conductance measures. Entered and scored questionnaire data using Excel and SPSS.
Clinical Experience
2016 – present Student Counselor
Walk-In Counseling Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2016 – present Neuropsychology Practicum Student
Minnesota Epilepsy Group
United Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota
2015 – present Neuropsychology Practicum Student
Dementia and Concussion Clinic
Bethesda Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota
Teaching / Supervising Experience
2014 – 2015 Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Abnormal Psychology, Instructor: Samuel Cooper
University of Minnesota, Department of Psychology
January 2011 Technical Assistant
FSU Time-Frequency Workshop, Instructor: Edward M. Bernat, Ph.D.
Florida State University, Department of Psychology
Duties: Processed a wide range of EEG data provided by attendees with EEGLAB and custom-written MATLAB scripts. Provided instruction on using MATLAB and the Psychophysiology Toolbox to decompose EEG signals using time-frequency methods and principal component analysis.
2010 – 2014 Undergraduate Research Assistant Supervisor
Directed Individual Study (Undergraduate course)
Florida State University, Department of Psychology
Supervisor: Edward M. Bernat, Ph.D.
Duties: Supervised approximately 10 undergraduate students per semester assisting with research; trained students on EEG collection and analysis.
Publications In Peer-Reviewed Journals (In Reverse Chronological Order)
Harper, J., Malone, S.M., & Iacono, W.G. (under revision). Impact of alcohol use on EEG dynamics of response inhibition: a cotwin control analysis. Addiction Biology.
Harper, J., Malone, S.M., Bachman, M.D. and Bernat, E.M. (2016), Stimulus sequence context differentially modulates inhibition-related theta and delta band activity in a go/no-go task. Psychophysiology, 53: 712–722. doi: 10.1111/psyp.12604.
Harper, J., Malone, S.M., & Bernat, E.M. (2014). Theta and delta band activity explain N2 and P3 ERP component activity in a go/no-go task. Clinical Neurophysiology, 125: 124-132. doi: 10.1016/ j.clinph.2013.06.025.
Eisenbarth, H., Angrilli, A., Calogero, A., Harper, J., Olson, L.A., & Bernat, E.M. (2013). Reduced negative affect response in female psychopaths. Biological Psychology, 94: 310-318. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.07.007.
Manuscripts In Preparation
Harper, J., Malone, S.M., & Iacono, W.G. (in preparation). Testing the Effects of Adolescent Alcohol Use on Adult Conflict-Related Theta Dynamics.
Harper, J., Malone, S.M., & Iacono, W.G. (in preparation). Theta-band EEG network dynamics during a novelty oddball task.
Yoon, J.S., Harper, J., Boot, W.R., Ericsson, K.A., & Bernat, E.M. (in preparation). Development of expert digit-span performance using deliberate practice: Electrocortical indices of long-term working memory.
Professional Presentations (In Reverse Chronological Order)
Harper, J., Malone, S.M., & Iacono, W.G. (2016, April). Impact Of Alcohol Use On EEG Dynamics Of Response Inhibition: A Cotwin Control Analysis. Symposium presented at the University of Minnesota Psychology Graduate Research Day, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Harper, J., Malone, S.M., & Iacono, W.G. (2016, February). Using Midfrontal Theta-band EEG Signals to Study Alcohol-Related Disinhibition. Symposium presented at the University of Minnesota Psychology CSPR Welcome Weekend, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Harper, J., Malone, S.M., & Iacono, W.G. (2015, May). Alcohol use is associated with conflict-related theta and preparatory sensorimotor beta: a cotwin-control analysis. Symposium presented at the University of Minnesota Psychology Graduate Research Day, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Harper, J., Aviyente, S., Malone, S.M., & Bernat, E.M. (2012, September). Functional integration between medial and lateral prefrontal cortex (mPFC-lPFC) during action monitoring and response inhibition: a time-frequency power and phase-synchrony analysis of theta activity. In E. M. Bernat (Chair), Separating theta and delta ERP processes using Cohen's Class time-frequency transforms: cognitive, developmental, and individual differences applications. Symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the International Organization of Psychophysiology (IOP), Pisa, Italy.
Klein, K.M., Harper, J., Bernat, E.M., & Anokhin, A.P. (2012, September). Development of response inhibition in early adolescence: A longitudinal study of time-frequency theta and delta components. In E. M. Bernat (Chair), Separating theta and delta ERP processes using Cohen's Class time-frequency transforms: cognitive, developmental, and individual differences applications. Symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the International Organization of Psychophysiology (IOP), Pisa, Italy.
Harper, J., & Bernat, E.M. (2012, April). Dissociable theta and delta band activity underlying ERPs. Symposium presented at Florida State University Psychology Undergraduate Research Day, Tallahassee, Florida.
Poster Presentations (In Reverse Chronological Order)
Harper, J., Malone, S.M., & Iacono, W.G. (2016, September). Testing the Effects of Adolescent Alcohol Use on Adult Conflict-Related Theta Dynamics. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP) in Baltimore, Maryland.
Harper, J., Malone, S.M., & Iacono, W.G. (2016, September). Testing the Effects of Adolescent Alcohol Use on Adult Conflict-Related Theta Dynamics. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Harper, J., Malone, S.M., & Iacono, W.G. (2015, October). Alcohol use is associated with conflict-related theta but not preparatory sensorimotor beta: a cotwin control analysis. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP) in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Harper, J., Malone, S.M., & Iacono, W.G. (2015, September). Alcohol use is associated with conflict-related theta but not preparatory sensorimotor beta: a cotwin control analysis. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) in Seattle, Washington.
Harper, J., Aviyente, S., Malone, S.M., & Bernat, E.M. (2012, September). Functional integration between medial and lateral prefrontal cortex (MPFC-LPFC) during action monitoring and response inhibition: a time-frequency power and phase-synchrony analysis of theta activity. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Harper, J., Malone, S.M., & Bernat, E.M. (2012, September). Behavioral disinhibition is related to N2/theta activity in a go/no-go task: a time-frequency analysis. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Yoon, J.S., Harper, J., Boot, W.R., Ericsson, K.A., & Bernat, E.M. (2012, September). Development of expert digit-span performance using deliberate practice: electrocortical indices of encoding digits into long-term working memory. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Klein, K.M., Harper, J., Bernat, E.M., & Anokhin, A.P. (2012, September). Development of response inhibition in early adolescence: a longitudinal study of time-frequency theta and delta components. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Eisenbarth, H., Harper, J., Olson, L.A., Calogero, A., Angrilli, A., & Bernat, E.M. (2012, September). Event-related potentials during perception of emotional facial expressions in psychopathic female inpatients. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Yoon, J.S., Harper, J., Ericsson, K.A., Bernat, E.M., & Boot, W.R., (2012, April). Development of expert digit-span performance using deliberate practice: behavioral and electrocortical indices of encoding digits into long-term working memory. Poster presented at the Annual Graduate Research Day (GRD), Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
Harper, J., Olson, L.A., Kothur S., Burwell S., Aviyente, S., Malone, S.M., & Bernat, E.M. (2011, September). Assessing inhibition-related functional networks in a go/nogo task using time-frequency phase-synchrony. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) in Boston, Massachusetts.
Harper, J., Olson L.A., Nelson, L.D., & Bernat, E.M. (2011, September). Delta-band reward processing occurring during the feedback-related negativity (FRN). Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) in Boston, Massachusetts.
Olson, L.A., Harper, J., Golosheykin, S., Bernat, E.M., & Anokhin A.P. (2011, September). Development of the feedback-related negativity in early adolescence: a longitudinal study of time-frequency theta and delta components. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) in Boston, Massachusetts.
Kothur, S., Harper J., Olson, L.A., & Bernat, E.M. (2011, September). Separable theta and delta processes underlying the time-domain P3: a multi-task evaluation. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) in Boston, Massachusetts.
Harper, J., Olson, L.A. Bache, K., Kiehl, K., & Bernat, E.M. (2011, May). P300 is negatively related to PCL-R factor 1 and factor 2 shared variance. Poster presented at the biennial conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy (SSSP) in Montreal, Canada.
Harper, J., & Bernat, E.M., (2011, March). Reward context modulates reward processing in a gambling task. Poster presented at the Florida State University Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors Symposium, Tallahassee, Florida.
Nelson, L.D., Descallar, E.A., Harper, J., Patrick, C.J., Aviyente, S., & Bernat, E.M. (2010, September). Role of intertrial phase synchrony in predicting P300 amplitude and externalizing proneness. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) in Portland, Oregon.
Vaidyanathan, U., Bernat, E.M., Harper, J., Yancey, J., Hall, J.R., & Patrick, C.J. (2010, September). Clarifying the role of fear deficits in psychopathy and antisocial personality using startle reflex methodology. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) in Portland, Oregon.
Volunteer Experience
October 2016 Graduate Student Panelist and Poster Presenter, Diversity Weekend
University of Minnesota, Department of Psychology
April 2016 Graduate Student Panelist
Augsburg College, Minnesota Undergraduate Psychology Conference
November 2015 Presenter, Brain Awareness Week
University of Minnesota, Department of Neuroscience
March 2015 Judge, Minnesota State Science and Engineering Fair
Minnesota Academy of Science
October 2014 Presenter, Brain Awareness Week
University of Minnesota, Department of Neuroscience
April 2014 Presenter, Florida State University Brain Fair
Florida State University, Department of Psychology
Professional Memberships
Society for Psychophysiological Research: 2010 – present (student member)
Society for Research in Psychopathology: 2015 – present (associate member)
International Organization of Psychophysiology: 2012 – 2014 (student member)
Society for Scientific Study of Psychopathy: 2010 – 2012 (student member)
Association for Psychological Science: 2011 – 2012 (student member)
References
Available upon request