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September 20, 2009

Curriculum Vitae
Joanna Salapska-Gelleri

I. Educational Background

University of Nevada, Reno, (Nevada)

Degree: Ph.D. Date received: Aug. 2005

Dissertation title: False Recognition with Mixed Language Lists: Lexical Code Switching and
Verbatim/Gist Processing in Spanish/English Bilinguals.

Degree: M.A. Date received: Dec. 2003

Thesis title: Phonetic Word Stems as Associate Primes for False Recognition
Major: Experimental Psychology (admitted into combined MA/PhD Program)

Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania

Major: Psychology
Degree: B.A. 1997

Semester Abroad: 1995

Westminster University, London, England

II. Professional Experiences

Assistant Professor, Psychology, Florida Gulf Coast University. Duties include teaching
undergraduate courses in General Psychology, Cognition, Experimental Psychology, Sensation
and Perception, History and Systems of Psychology, Basic Psychopathology, Senior Seminar. Fall
2005-present. Supervisors; Dr. Eric Strahorn, Chair, Department of Behavioral and Social
Sciences2005-2008 and Dr. Joseph Cudjoe, Fall 2008.

Academic Advisor, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno. Duties included

providing assistance to undergraduates in class selection, and other academic matters, maintaining
the advising website and organizing various campus and statewide (Las Vegas) advising
opportunities for incoming freshmen and transfer students. 2002- 2005.
Supervisor; Dr. Victoria Follette, Chair, Dept. of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno.

Instructor: Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (Extended Campus), Navy Air Station,
Fallon, NV. Introduction to Psychology (Psy 220). This course contained the traditional areas
covered in introductory psychology courses but had been modified to address the needs of
students pursuing a degree related to aeronautical science with a focus on safety, pilot perception,
combat, stress and decision making. Spring 2005.

Instructor: Western Nevada Community College, Carson City, Nevada. Introduction to

Psychology (Psy 101) , Abnormal Psychology (Psy 241), Social Psychology (Psy 261
interactive satellite-broadcast class where instructor teaches an onsite and remote class
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simultaneously), Psychology of Personality and Social Adjustment (Psy 201) 2001-2005.

Duties included teaching, designing lectures, tests, exams, and assignments.

Instructor: Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, Nevada. Introduction to Psychology

(Psy 101) and Psychology of Personality and Social Adjustment (Psy 102). Psy 102 is an online
course that uses the WebCt online class program. Fall 2003-2005

Instructor: University of Nevada, Reno. Psy 432: Human Memory; A senior-level

undergraduate course on memory and cognition, 2003 Summer Session: Psy103: Introduction to
Psychology as a Natural Science, Psy 408: History of Psychology. University of Nevada, Reno.
Fall 2000-Fall 2001.

Regents Award position: Family Support Assistant, at Nevada State Division of

Mental Retardation Sierra Regional Center
1999-2000.A competitive fellowship received from the Board of Regents of the University of
Nevada. Duties included: Assisting families with mentally retarded or developmentally
delayed members in implementing positive behavioral supports in order to maintain stability
in their homes. Developed a curriculum for a social skills group for developmentally
delayed adolescent males living in institutional homes on the campus of Nevada Mental
Health Sierra Regional Center.
Supervisor: Don Jackson, Ph.D.

Mental Health Councilor, Willow Springs Hospital, Reno, Nevada

Part-time position 1998-2002
Duties: Engaging adolescents and children, with behavioral problems, in therapist
dictated activities, demonstrating pro-social behaviors, and generally overseeing all
aspects of their daily lives at the facility.
Supervisor: Toril Strand, RN

Professional Reviewer
J. Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ. Provided feedback regarding selected chapters from a
proposed Abnormal Psychology text. 2002

Allyn & Bacon, Boston, MA. Review of Human Memory by Gabriel A Radvansky, unpublished.
2004

III. Additional Skills

Languages: Hungarian, Polish
Programming and Software Experience: Visual Basic, PsyScope, SPSS, WebCT, Blackboard,
Minitab, Superlab, and HTML.

IV. Research Experience

Research Assistant, Experimental Psychology Dept., University of Nevada,
Reno. Fall 1997-current, Department of Human Development and Family Studies 2003-current.

Human Language and Memory Laboratory: Study of low-level human memory components
including false memories, speech processing, bilingual development, encoding and their
neurocognitive correlates.Current research interests include developmental aspects of
language especially in Spanish-English bilinguals with emphasis on second language
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acquisition in children.
Supervisor: Dr. William P. Wallace, Professor, Dept. of Psychology, UNR

Adult Development and Aging Laboratory: Analysis of data from research on coping
strategies in low-income older adults. Supervisor and project director: Dr. Karen Kopera-
Frye, Associate Professor, Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies, UNR.

Cognition and Perception Laboratory: Research evaluating issues of holistic and featural
characteristics of faces as well as tactile versions of visual illusions, including the
Poggendorf and Horizontal-Vertical illusions. Supervisor:
Dr. Robert Solso, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Psychology, UNR.

Human Visual Perception Laboratory : Conducting research on pattern adaptation in the

human visual system. Academic year 1997-1998.
Supervisor: Michael Webster, Ph.D., Professor., Dept. of Psychology, UNR

Research Assistant, International Visitors Council of Northern Nevada (IVCNN),

University of Nevada, Reno.
Fall 1997 to Spring 1999
Duties: Grant writing and programming professional itineraries for international guests of the
United States Information Agency and the State Department. Worked closely with the
National Judicial College, Reno Mayor’s Office, Reno Chamber of Commerce, and
and other Reno organizations.
Supervisor: Dr. Carina Black, University of Nevada, Reno affiliate.

V. Grants
University of Nevada, Reno Graduate Students Association Research and Technology Grant,
Spring 2004, $2300. This grant is awarded to individual graduate students for the purchase of
technical supplies to be used in their research.

United States State Department grant for the International Visitors Council of Northern Nevada
1998, $27,000 awarded to the IVCNN. The IVCNN is partner of the nationwide International
Visitors Council and is partially funded by the US State department, partially by private
donations, to educate international leaders, from developing and developed countries, and expose
them to US practices in specialized fields including healthcare, education, engineering, law,
tourism and other areas related to civil endeavors.

VI. Professional Memberships

Whitaker Center for Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, FGCU, 2005-current

Association for Psychological Science 2004-current

Western Psychological Association : 2001-current

Member of the WPA student senate 2001-2005.

Rocky Mountain Psychological Association: Student member and past conference organizer
2001-2005.
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VII. Professional Papers and Presentations

2008

Salapska-Gelleri, J., & Demers, N.E. Assessment of Content Knowledge for Diagram or Text
Based Self-Explaining. Presentation at the Association for Psychological Science Annual
Conference, Chicago, Il, May 2008.
2006
Wallace, W.P., J., Belz, C. L., & Owen, M. A (2006). Phonetic-semantic mediated false
recognition: Does activation fail to spread? American Journal of Psychology, 119, 585-617.

Salapska-Gelleri, J. (May 2006) False Recognition with Mixed Language Lists: Lexical Code
Switching and Verbatim/Gist Processing. Presentation at the Association for Psychological
Science Annual Conference, New York, NY.
2005

Salapska-Gelleri, J., Belz, C.L., Evans, L., & Wallace, W.P. (March 2005). An Indirect
Assessment of Mediated False Recognition. Western Psychological Association Conference,
Portland Oregon.
2004

Salapska-Gelleri, J, Belz, C, & Wallace, W.P. (April). Phonetical-semantic mediation and false
memories. Western Psychological Association Conference, Phoenix, Az.

Florea, M. T. & Salapska-Gelleri, J. (July). Coping, Personality, and Psychological Symptoms in

Low-income, Older Adults. American Psychological Association Conference, Honolulu, Hi.

2003

Salapska-Gelleri, J. (May). Phonetic word stems as associate primes for false recognition. 2003
Western Psychological Association Conference, Vancouver, BC.

Belz, C.L., Salapska-Gelleri, J., & William P. Wallace (May). False recognition of homophones:
Evidence for activation of multiple encodings. 2003 Western Psychological Association
Conference, Vancouver, BC.
2002
Salapska-Gelleri, J., Lenzi, K.A., & Solso, R.L. (November). Prototype formation for normal and
distorted faces. Psychonomic Society 43rd Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Mo.

Salapska-Gelleri, J., Owen, M., Wallace, W.P., Carsten, T., & Duque, T. ( April) Semantic
associates influence spelling of falsely recognized words. Western Psychological Association
2002 Convention, Irvine, Ca.

Lenzi, K., Salapska-Gelleri, J., Bell, E., & Solso, R. (April). The tactual perception of Visual
Illusions in blindfolded subjects. Western Psychological Association 2002 Convention,
Irvine, Ca.
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2001
Lenzi, K. Salapska-Gelleri, J., & Solso, R. (May). Is there support for a tactile Poggendorff
illusion? Western Psychological Association 2001 Convention, Maui, Hawaii.

1998
Lenzi, K., Salapska-Gelleri, J., & Webster, M., ( April). Pattern adaptation and the spatial
structure of natural images. Paper presented at Western Psychological Association
Rocky Mountain Psychological Association 1998 Joint Convention, Albuquerque, New
Mexico.

1997
Salapska, J. & Cammilleri, A. (April). The study of negative contrast (consumption of
saccharine below expected levels) in Sprague rats, across reinforcers. Paper presented at
the 12th Annual Lehigh Valley Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Allentown College of
St. Francis de Sales, Center Valley, Pa.

VIII. Current Projects and Research Interests

Leadership Team of the Whitaker Center for STEM education, FGCU. Duties include
organizing FGCU faculty to participate as Judges in the Thomas A. Edison Regional Science Fair.
Supervising pre-fair research proposal evaluations from students. Judging student fair
submissions. 2006-Present.

Promising Pathways Best Practices in Autism Conference co-founder and organizing committee
member. A conference for physicians, parents and educators addressing autism spectrum disorders
where national and local experts in the research and study of autism addressed topics including
the causes of autism, evaluation and treatment, early identification and intervention, treatments for
behaviors associated with autism, arrangement of long-term finance for persons with disabilities,
sexuality and more. April 2008. Next planned for April 2009.

Assessment of teaching techniques in Social Science and Physical Science courses.

Bilingual language development in native Spanish speaking children. Assessment of various

ESL teaching techniques as well as bilingual lexical organization in balanced Spanish/English
bilinguals.

Coping mechanisms used by older adults; development of education-focused programs for low-
income older adults and techniques of implementing and assessing successful aging programs
including maintenance of cognitive skills (focus on memory).

IX. References

William P. Wallace, Ph.D. Eric Strahorn, Ph.D.

Dept. of Experimental Psych. Chair, Dept. of Behavioral and Social Sciences
University of Nevada, Reno Florida Gulf Coast University
Reno, NV 89557-0062 Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565
office phone: (775) 784-6828 office phone: 239-590-7214

wallace@unr.edu
Mike Savarese, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Studies
Director of the Whitaker Center
Florida Gulf Coast University
Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565
office phone: 239-590-7165
email: msavares@fgcu.edu
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estraho@fgcu.edu
Joan Manley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Sociology
Florida Gulf Coast University
Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565
office phone: 239-590-7366
email: jmanley@fgcu.edu