S. M. Weaver – Curriculum Vitae, 1
Starla M. Weaver, Ph.D.
Contact Information
Psychology Department
Oklahoma City University
2501 N Blackwelder
Oklahoma City, OK 73106
484-767-1613
Positions
Assistant Professor2015-Present
Psychology Department
Oklahoma City University
Associate Research Scientist2014-2015
Traumatic Brain Injury Research Laboratory
Kessler Foundation; West Orange, NJ
Instructor2013 - 2015
Department of Physical Medicine &Rehabilitation
Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Post-doctoral Fellow 2011-2014
Traumatic Brain Injury Research Laboratory
Kessler Foundation; West Orange, NJ
Education
Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology2011
Lehigh University; Bethlehem, PA
Advisor: Dr. Catherine Arrington
Master of Science in Cognitive Psychology2009
Lehigh University; Bethlehem, PA
Advisor: Dr. Catherine Arrington
Bachelor of Science2005
Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Major: Psychology, Minor: Organizational Communication
S. M. Weaver – Curriculum Vitae1
Research Funding
Principal Investigator, 06/01/12-05/31/15
New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant, CBIR12FEL028. The Effects of Task Switching Training on Traumatic Brain Injury.
Award: $199,764.
Peer-ReviewedPublications
Reiman, K. M., Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (2015). Encoding and choice in the task span procedure. Psychological Research, 79, 264-281.doi:10.1007/s00426-014-0556-6
Weaver, S. M., Foxe, J. J., Shpaner, M., & Wylie, G. R. (2014). You can’t always get what you want: The influence of unexpected task constraint on voluntary task switching.Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 67, 2247-2259. doi:10.1080/17470218.2014.917115
Arrington, C. M., & Weaver, S. M. (2014). Rethinking volitional control over task choice in multitasking environments: Use of a stimulus set selection strategy in voluntary task switching. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 68,664-679. doi:10.1080/17470218.2014.961935.
Weaver, S. M., Portelli, J. N., Chau, A., Cristofori, I., Moretti, L., & Grafman, J. (2014). Genetic polymorphisms and traumatic brain injury: The contribution of individual differences to recovery. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 8, 420-434.doi:10.1007/s11682-012-9197-9
Weaver, S. M. & Portelli, J. N. (2014). Neurobiological influences on recovery from traumatic brain injury: The role of genetic polymorphisms. Current Pharmaceutical Design, 26, 4275-4283. doi:10.2174/13816128113196660657
Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (2013). The effects of hierarchical task representations on task selection in voluntary task switching. The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 39, 1128-1141.doi:10.1037/a0031677
Weaver, S. M. & Arrington, C. M. (2013). Tracking the multitasking mind. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 221, 51-60.doi:10.1027/2151-2604/a000130
Weaver, S. M., Chau, A., Portelli, J. N., & Grafman, J. (2012). Genetic polymorphisms influence recovery from traumatic brain injury. The Neuroscientist, 16, 631-644.doi:10.1177/1073858411435706
Moretti, L., Cristofori, I., Weaver, S. M., Chau, A., Portelli, J. N., & Grafman, J. (2012). Cognitive decline in older adults with a history of traumatic brain injury.The Lancet Neurology, 11, 1103-1112.doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(12)70226-0
Weaver, S.M. & Arrington, C.M. (2010). What’s on your mind: The effect of the contents of working memory on choice. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 63, 726-737.doi:10.1080/17470210903137180
Arrington, C.M., Weaver, S.M., & Pauker, R.L. (2010). Stimulus-based priming of task choice during voluntary task switching. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 36, 1060-1067.doi: 10.1037/a0019646
Myles-Worsley, M., Weaver, S., & Blailes, F. (2007). Comorbid depressive symptoms in the developmental course of adolescent-onset psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 1, 183-190. doi:10.1111/j.1751-7893.2007.00022.x
Myles-Worsley, M., Balies, F., Ord, L.M., Weaver, S., Dever, G. & Faraone, S.V. (2006). The Palau Early Psychosis Study: Distribution of cases by level of genetic risk. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 144B, 5-9. doi:10.1002/ajmg.b.30362
Myles-Worsley, M., Ord, L.M., Nigralmau, H., Weaver, S., Blailes, F. & Faraone, S.V. (2006). The Palau Early Psychosis Study: Neurocognitive functioning in high risk adolescents. Schizophrenia Research, 89, 299-307. doi:10.1016/j.schres.2006.08.003
Book Chapter & Published Abstract
Arrington, C. M., Reiman, K. M., & Weaver, S. M. (2014). Voluntary Task Switching. In J. Grange, & G. Houghton (Eds.), Task Switching and Cognitive Control (pp. 117-136). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Raymond, M., Paxton, J., Weaver, S., & DeLuca, J. (2014). Influence of depression on neuropsychological performance of returning veterans with or without posttraumatic stress disorder. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 29, 573-574. doi:10.1093/arclin/acu038.186
Paper & Poster Presentations
Weaver S. M.,Grafman, J. & Wylie, G. R. (March, 2015).The Neural Correlates of Multitasking Performance Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Bigger is not Always Better. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society’s annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Weaver S. M., Arrington, C. M., Reiman, K. M., & Wylie, G. R. (November, 2014). Planning to Use It Later: Differential Neural Activation Associated With Storing Information for Use as Part of a Plan and for Later Retrieval. Poster presentedat the annual meeting of the Psychonimic Society, Long Beach, CA.
Raymond, M., Paxton, J., Weaver S. M. & Deluca J. (November, 2014). Influence of depression on neuropsychological performance of returning veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. Poster presented at the National Academy of Neuropsychology’s annual meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
Weaver S. M.,Genova, H.M., Chiaravalloti, N. & Wylie, G. R. (March, 2014). Neural correlates of working memory deficits following Traumatic Brain Injury. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society’s annual meeting, Boston, MA.
Weaver S. M., Foxe, J. J., Shpaner, M. &. Wylie, G. R. (November, 2013). You can’t always get what you want: The influence of expectations on voluntary task switching performance. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonimic Society, Toronto, ON.
Weaver, S. M., Portelli, J. N., Chau, A., Cristofori, I., & Grafman, J. (March, 2013). Conflict resolution: A causal role for the ACC during the multi-source interference task. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (October, 2012). The effect of hierarchical task representations on action selection in voluntary task switching. Poster presented at Neuroscience 2012, New Orleans, LA.
Weaver, S. M., Reiman, K. M., & Arrington, C. M. (November, 2011). Predictable stimulus positions decrease bottom-up influences on task choice. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonimic Society, Seattle, WA.
Reiman, K. M., Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (November, 2011). Encoding and choice in the task span procedure. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonimic Society, Seattle, WA.
Reiman, K.M., Weaver, S.M. & Arrington, C.M. (2011, March). The effect of complexity on implementing a plan in the task span paradigm. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Cambridge, MA.
Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (November, 2010). Tracking the multitasking mind. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, MO.
Arrington, C. M., & Weaver, S. M. (November, 2010). Tracking the influences of preparation, congruency, and task switching on task performance during explicit task cueing. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, MO.
Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (2010, July). Expanding task switching: Moving beyond the keypress response. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Association for Interdisciplinary Learning, Hood River, OR.
Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (March 2010). The role of inhibition in task selection in voluntary task switching. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Brooklyn, NY.
Pauker, R.L. Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (March 2010). The effect of stimulus-response congruency on task choice in voluntary task switching. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Brooklyn, NY.
Arrington, C. M., & Weaver, S. M. (November, 2009). Conflict-control processes influence task performance but not task choice in voluntary task switching. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA.
Arrington C. M., & Weaver, S. M. (2009, May). Eliciting voluntary behavior in multitask environments: Choosing what to do next. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (March, 2009). What’s on your mind: The effect of the contents of working memory on choice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Pittsburg, PA.
Arrington, C. M., Stuart, J.A., & Weaver, S. M. (March, 2009). Mind wandering and multitasking. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Pittsburg, PA
Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (March, 2008). How high working memory loads affect task choice: The influence of the availability heuristic in voluntary task switching. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Weaver, S. M., & Arrington, C. M. (November, 2007). The effect of working memory load on task choice in voluntary task switching. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.
Myles-Worsley, M., Ord, L. M., Nigralmau, H., Balies, F, Weaver, S., Faranoe, S.V. & Dever, G. (Oct. 2005). Early Psychosis in a High Risk Population Isolate. Poster presented at the World Conference of Psychiatric Genetics XIII; Boston, MA.
Weaver, S. & Miller, M. (May, 2005). Victims’ perceptions of responsibility and perpetrators’ guilty feelings: The eye of the beholders. Paper presented at Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Conference; Phoenix, AZ.
Teaching Experience
Instructor:
Introduction to PsychologyFall 15
Oklahoma City University
Statistics for the Behavioral SciencesFall 15
Oklahoma City University
Social PsychologyFall 15
Oklahoma City University
Adjunct Instructor:
Physiological PsychologySpring 15
Rutgers University-Newark
Introduction to Cognitive Science Spring 14
Montclair State University
Mind & Brain(with laboratory)Summer 09, 08
Lehigh University
Laboratory Instructor:
Statistical Analysis of Behavioral DataFall 06
Lehigh University
Analysis of Behavior: Basic LabFall 04
Utah State University
Teaching Assistant:
Cognitive Psychology, Spring 09, Fall 09
Lehigh University
Mind & Brain, Fall 08
Lehigh University
Experimental Research Methods & Laboratory, Fall 07 – Spring 08
Lehigh University
Statistical Analysis of Behavioral DataFall 06
Lehigh University
Developmental Psychology: AdolescenceSpring 05
Utah State University
Awards & Honors
Post-Doctoral Fellow Research Award2015
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences New Jersey Medical School
Kessler Foundation Fellow Inspiration Award2014
Kessler Foundation
Chief Postdoctoral Fellow2013
Kessler Foundation
Donald T. Campbell Social Science Research Prize2009
LehighUniversity
Outstanding Student Research Award2005
Rocky Mountain Psychological Association
“A” Pin Award2005
UtahStateUniversity
Summa Cum Laude Graduate2005
UtahState University
Professional Development
Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Training2014
American Heart Association
Visiting Fellowship in MRI at MGH2012
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Post-Doctoral Fellowship Course: 2012 - Responsible Conduct of Research2012
Kessler Foundation Research Center
Teacher Development Series2007
Lehigh University
Research Analyst2005-2006
Psychiatry Department, University of Utah
Academic Service
Peer Review:
Journals:
S. M. Weaver – Curriculum Vitae1
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Brain and Cognition
Cortex
Frontiers in Psychology
Funding Agency:
German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development
Recording Secretary2015
College of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma City University
Chief Postdoctoral Fellow2013-2014
Kessler Foundation
Fellowship Committee Member2013-2014
Kessler Foundation
Graduate Medical Education Committee2013-2014
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Graduate Student Representative2010-2011
Graduate Committee, Psychology Department, Lehigh University
Poster Session Judge2010
LehighValley Association of Independent Colleges UndergraduatePsychology Conference
Cognitive Poster Reviewer2009-2010
Eastern Psychological Association
Paper Session Chair2009
LehighValley Association of Independent Colleges Undergraduate Psychology Conference
Graduate Student Handbook Editor2009
Psychology Department, LehighUniversity
Judge2009
LehighValley Science and Engineering Fair
Unit Representative2007-2008
Graduate Student Senate, Lehigh University
Professional Affiliations
S. M. Weaver – Curriculum Vitae1
Psychonomic Society
Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Society for Neuroscience
Women in Cognitive Science
Eastern Psychological Association
Rocky Mountain Psychological Association