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1 MICHELLE M. WIRTH Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame 123B Haggar Hall, Notre Dame, IN EDUCATION University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. Department of Psychology. Post-doctoral trainee. Mentor: Heather C. Abercrombie, Ph.D. Supported by NIMH Emotion Research Training Grant (P.I.: Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D.) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Department of Psychology. M.A. 2003; Ph.D., Mentor: Oliver C. Schultheiss, Ph.D. Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA. B.A., Psychobiology, University of Notre Dame (2009-present): TEACHING Introduction to Biopsychology (PSY / 60501) Lecture course, survey of biopsychology / neuroscience. Topics in the Neurophysiology of Stress (PSY / 63533) Senior seminar; overview and special topics in the physiology and neuroscience of stress hormones and the HPA axis. Applied Hormones and Behavior: incorporating measurements of cortisol and other hormones in psychology research (PSY 63540) Graduate seminar (also open to upper-level undergraduates) covering the theory and practice of incorporating hormone measurements in social science research. Undergraduate Research. Supervising student research, including UROP independent projects and undergraduate theses. Please contact me for syllabi or other course-related information. TEACHING INTERESTS: Introduction to biopsychology (a.k.a. brain and behavior, physiological psychology); behavioral endocrinology (hormones and behavior); emotion and motivation; stress and the HPA axis; sex differences and reproductive physiology; evolutionary psychology; comparative psychology / animal cognition. Universities of Wisconsin and Michigan ( ): Mentorship and lab training: Training and supervising undergraduate and graduate students in laboratory research, Includes 5 who completed an undergraduate thesis or independent project. Graduate student instructor, Psychology as a research science (research methods course) 2 discussion sections; Introduction to psychology 2 discussion sections; Introduction to biopsychology - 3 discussion sections X 2 semesters. University of Michigan, PREVIOUS POSITIONS Post-doctoral trainee, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Mentor: Heather Abercrombie. 1-MW

2 Graduate student research assistant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Mentor: Oliver Schultheiss. Laboratory Technician, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Research Service P.I.s: Silvia Giraudo; Allen Levine. Research conducted concerned the involvement of the hypothalamic melanocortin system in consummatory behavior in rats. SCHOLARSHIPS, HONORS AND AWARDS Henkels Lecture grant (University of Notre Dame, 2010): Received funding to help host Frans de Waal, Ph.D. (C. H. Candler Professor of Primate Behavior at Emory University; director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Center) to speak at Notre Dame January, 2011 ($3000.) Provost s Initiative on Building Intellectual Community (University of Notre Dame, ): Received funding for Conversations on Brain, Mind and Behavior (interdisciplinary faculty group), cocoordinated with Jessica Payne ($4000 awarded, 2010; renewed in 2011.) Recipient, National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program (2007): Competitive program through NIH to help repay student loans for individuals doing clinically-oriented research. Pre-doctoral Awards: Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion Fellow (University of Wisconsin, 2006) Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Conference Student Travel Award, (2006) Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship (University of Michigan, 2005) Pillsbury Graduate Research Award (University of Michigan, 2004) Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship, (NSF; 2003; 2002.) Rackham Travel Award (University of Michigan, 2002; 2006; 2006) Rackham Regents Fellowship (University of Michigan, 2001) REFEREED PUBLICATIONS Abercrombie, H. C., Wirth, M. M., Hoks, R. M., Inter-individual differences in trait negative affect moderate cortisol s effects on memory formation: Preliminary findings from two studies. Psychoneuroendocrinoloy 37(5): PMCID: PMC [Available on 2013/5/1.] Wirth, M. M., Beyond the HPA axis: progesterone-derived neuroactive steroids in human stress and emotion. Frontiers in Endocrinology 2:19 (Special Issue: Neurosteroids). doi: /fendo Wirth, M. M., Scherer, S. M., Hoks, R. M., Abercrombie, H. C., The effect of cortisol on emotional responses depends on order of cortisol and placebo administration in a within-subjects design. Psychoneuroendocrinology 36(7): PMCID: PMC Stanton, S. J., Wirth, M. M., Waugh, C. E. and Schultheiss, O. C., Endogenous testosterone levels are associated with amygdala and ventromedial prefrontal cortex responses to anger faces in men but not women. Biological Psychology 81(2): PMCID: PMC Brown, S. L., Fredrickson, B. L., Wirth, M. M., Poulin, M. J., Meier, E. A., Heaphy, E. D., Cohen, M. D. & Schultheiss, O. C., Social intimacy increases salivary progesterone in humans. Hormones and Behavior 56(1): PMCID: PMC Schultheiss, O. C., Wirth, M. M., Waugh, C. E., Stanton, S. J., Meier, E. A., Reuter-Lorenz, P., Exploring the motivational brain: Effects of implicit power motivation on brain activation in response to facial expressions of emotion. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 3(4): PMCID: PMC MW

3 Wirth, M. M., Schultheiss, O. C., Basal testosterone moderates responses to anger faces in humans. Physiology & Behavior 90(2-3): Wirth, M. M., Meier, E. A., Fredrickson, B. L., Schultheiss, O.C., Relationship between salivary cortisol and progesterone levels in humans. Biological Psychology 74: Bomberg, E. M., Grace, M. K., Wirth, M. M., Levine, A. S., Olszewski, P. K., Central ghrelin induces feeding driven by energy needs not reward. Neuroreport 18(6): Wirth, M. M., Schultheiss, O. C., Effects of affiliation arousal (hope of closeness) and affiliation stress (fear of rejection) on progesterone and cortisol. Hormones and Behavior 50: Wirth, M. M., Welsh, K. M., Schultheiss, O. C., Salivary cortisol changes in humans after winning or losing a dominance contest depend on implicit power motivation. Hormones and Behavior 49: Schultheiss, O. C., Wirth, M. M., Torges, C. M., Pang, J. C., Villacorta, M. A., Welsh, K. M., Effects of implicit power motivation on men's and women's implicit learning and testosterone changes after a social victory or defeat. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 88(1): Schultheiss, O. C., Pang, J. C., Torges, C. M., Wirth, M. M., Treynor, W. F. C., Perceived facial expressions of emotion as motivational incentives: evidence from a differential implicit learning paradigm. Emotion 5(1): Schultheiss, O. C., Wirth, M. M., Stanton, S. J., Effects of affiliation and power motivation arousal on salivary progesterone and testosterone. Hormones and Behavior 46: Olszewski, P. K., Wickwire K., Wirth, M. M., Levine, A. S., Giraudo, S. Q., Agouti-related protein: appetite or reward? Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 994: Olszewski, P. K., Wirth, M. M., Shaw, T. J., Grace, M. K., Levine, A. S., Peptides that regulate food intake: effect of peptide histidine isoleucine on consummatory behavior in rats. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 284(6): R Wirth, M. M., Olszewski, P. K., Levine, A. S., Giraudo, S. Q., Effect of Agouti-related protein on development of conditioned taste aversion and oxytocin neuronal activation. Neuroreport 13(10): Olszewski, P. K., Wirth, M. M., Shaw, T. J., Grace, M. K., Billington, C. J., Giraudo, S. Q., Levine, A. S., The role of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone in the regulation of consummatory behavior: immunohistochemical evidence. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 281(2): R Olszewski P. K., Wirth M. M., Grace M. K., Levine A. S., Giraudo S. Q., Evidence of interactions between melanocortin and opioid systems in regulation of feeding. Neuroreport 12(8): Wirth, M. M., Giraudo, S. Q., Effect of Agouti-related protein delivered to the dorsomedial hypothalamus on intake of a preferred versus a non-preferred diet. Brain Research 897(1-2): Wirth, M. M., Olszewski, P. K., Yu, C., Levine, A. S., Giraudo, S. Q., Paraventricular hypothalamic α- melanocyte-stimulating hormone and MTII reduce feeding without causing aversive effects. Peptides 22(1): Wirth, M. M., Giraudo, S. Q., Agouti-related protein in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus: effect on feeding. Peptides 21(9): UNREFEREED PUBLICATIONS Underline indicates Notre Dame student. 3-MW

4 Book chapters: Wirth, M. M., Gaffey, A. E., Hormones and emotion: stress and beyond. In: Harmon-Jones, E. & Robinson, M. D. (Eds.), Handbook of Emotion and Cognition. Guilford Press, New York, NY. Schultheiss, O. C., Wirth, M. M., Biopsychological aspects of motivation. In: J. Heckhausen & H. Heckhausen (Eds.), Motivation and action, 2 nd edition. New York: Cambridge University Press. Encyclopedia entries: Gaffey, A. E., Wirth, M. M., in press. Physiological Arousal. In: Alex C. Michalos (Ed. In Chief), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life Research. Springer Press. Gaffey, A. E., Wirth, M. M., in press. Psychophysiological Measures. In: Alex C. Michalos (Ed. In Chief), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life Research. Springer Press. Book reviews: Hollocher, H., Pence, C. H., Ramsey, G., Wirth, M. M., A path to success? A review of Evolution, Development, and the Predictable Genome by David L. Stern. Evolution and Development. Hollocher, H., Fuentes, A., Pence, C. H., Ramsey, G., Sportiello, D. J., Wirth, M. M., Review of: On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction (Boyd, B., Belknap Press, 2010.) The Quarterly Review of Biology 86(2): Letters: Wirth, M. M., Stanton, S. J., Gaffey, A. E., Liening, S. H., Letter in response to Ackermann et al., "Testosterone levels in healthy men are related to amygdala reactivity and memory performance". Psychoneuroendocrinology 37(9): Wirth, M. M., Abercrombie, H. C., Response to Letter to the Editor re: The effect of cortisol on emotional responses depends on order of cortisol and placebo administration in a within-subjects design. Psychoneuroendocrinology 36(7): Manuscripts in preparation / under review: Gaffey, A. E., Wirth, M. M. Cortisol and progesterone reactivity to speech and rejection stressors: Associations with social support seeking. Gaffey, A. E., Wirth, M. M. Intranasal oxytocin impairs women s working memory: Associations with steroid hormone levels. Gaffey, A. E., Wirth, M. M., Hoks, R. M., Jahn, A. L., Abercrombie, H. C. Circulating cortisol levels after exogenous cortisol are higher in women using hormonal contraceptives: Data from two preliminary studies Invited workshop: PRESENTATIONS Wirth, M. M. Assessing steroid hormones in saliva: a 3-day workshop. Invited to present at University of Iowa, Department of Sociology, October, Invited talks: 4-MW

5 Not just social: Evidence for broader effects of oxytocin on human cognition. Invited to present at Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Pre-Conference on Social Neuroendocrinology, New Orleans, LA, January, Not just social: Evidence for broader effects of oxytocin on human cognition. Invited to present at University of New Orleans (UNO) Department of Psychology, January, Stress hormones, mood, and emotion. Invited to present at University of Wisconsin Department of Psychology, October, Conference presentations: Gaffey, A. E., Wirth, M. M. Effects of oxytocin on autonomic activity. Data blitz talk, Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Pre-Conference on Social Neuroendocrinology, New Orleans, LA, January, Gaffey, A. E., Nuttall, A., Cunningham, A., Mattingly, S., Wirth, M. M., Valentino, K., Payne, J. D. Child abuse moderates cortisol s relationship to memory. Talk, International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE) conference, New York, NY, September, Gaffey, A. E., Wirth, M. M. Intranasal oxytocin effects on women s hormones. Poster, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN) conference, Madison, WI, June Gaffey, A. E., Wirth, M. M. Physiological and affective responses to stress predict depressive symptoms change over time. Poster, Association for Psychological Science (APS) conference, Chicago, IL, May Mattingly, S., Kensinger, E. A., Wirth, M. M., Mickley-Steinmetz, K., Cunningham, A., Chambers, A., Payne, J. D. The Impact of Stress and Cortisol on Tradeoff Effects in Long-Term Memory. Poster, Association for Psychological Science (APS) conference, Chicago, IL, May Christoffel, K. C., Gaffey, A. E., Brooks, J. A., Pruitt, T., Wirth, M. M. Don t ask now, ask later: Closeness and temporal distance differentially affect willingness to help. Poster, Midwest Cognitive Science Conference (MWCSC), Bloomington, IN, May Gaffey, A. E., Brooks, J. A., Martinez, B. S., Wirth, M. M. When to phone a friend? Stress predicts social support seeking. Poster, Midwest Psychological Association (MPA) conference, Chicago, IL, May Mattingly, S., Kensinger, E. A., Wirth, M. M., Payne, J. D. The influence of post-encoding stress on emotional memory trade-offs. Poster, Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS), Chicago, IL, March Gaffey, A. E. and Wirth, M. M. The utility of progesterone in social stress. Poster, Society for Psychophysiology Research (SPR) conference, Boston, MA, September Gaffey, A. E. and Wirth, M. M. The strain of isolation: Cortisol reactivity to rejection and affiliation after stress. Poster, Association for Psychological Science (APS) conference, Washington D.C., May Hendriks, E. A. and Wirth, M. M. Self-compassion buffers negative affect but does not moderate cortisol response following the Trier Social Stress Task. Poster, Association for Psychological Science (APS) conference, Washington D.C., May Wirth, M. M., Monticelli, R. M., Jackson, D. C. and Abercrombie, H. C. Corrugator and startle responses predict memory for emotional pictures: differential effects of emotion category. Poster, Society for Psychophysiology Research (SPR) conference, Austin, TX, October Wirth, M. M. and Schultheiss, O. C. Relationships Between Progesterone and Implicit Affiliation Motivation. Presentation, SPR conference, Savannah, GA, October MW

6 Hall, J. L., Waugh, C. E., Stanton, S. J., Wirth, M. M., Reuter-Lorenz, P. A., and Schultheiss, O. C. Implicit Motivation in the Brain: The Role of Implicit Power and Affiliation Motivation on Neural Responses to Angry Facial Expressions. Presentation, SPR conference, Savannah, GA, October Wirth, M. M. and Schultheiss, O. C. Evidence for progesterone as a stress-responsive affiliation hormone in humans. Poster, International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE) conference, Leiden, Netherlands, August Stanton, S. J., Wirth, M. M., Waugh, C. E., Reuter-Lorenz, P. A. and Schultheiss, O. C. Brain activation in response to facial expressions of anger: the role of testosterone. Poster, ISPNE conference, Leiden, Netherlands, August Wirth, M. M., Meier, E. A., Fredrickson, B. L., Schultheiss, O.C. Relationship between salivary cortisol and progesterone levels in humans. Poster, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN), Pittsburgh, PA, June Wirth, M. M., Stanton, S. J., Waugh, C. E., Reuter-Lorenz, P. A. and Schultheiss, O. C. Brain activation in response to facial signals of dominance and submission: the role of implicit power motivation. Poster, Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference (SPSP), Palm Springs, CA, January Stanton, S. J., Wirth, M. M. and Schultheiss, O. C. Effects of perceivers implicit power motivation on attentional orienting to Pavlovian-conditioned cues of anger and joy. Poster, SPSP, Palm Springs, CA, January Wirth, M. M. and Schultheiss, O. C. Implicit motives and facial expressions of emotion. Presentation, American Psychological Association (APA) conference, Toronto, Ontario, August Wirth, M.M., Pang, J. S., Torges, C. M., Villacorta, M. A., Treynor, W. F. C., Lee, T. M. and Schultheiss, O. C. Testosterone moderates the effect of anger faces on implicit sequence learning. Poster, Society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference, Orlando, FL, November Olszewski, P. K., Wirth, M. M., Grace, M. K., Giraudo, S. Q., Billington, C. J., Calo, G., Guerrini, R., and Levine, A.S. Antagonism of the nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) receptor causes anorexigenic effects and delays extinction of LiCl-induced conditioned taste aversion (CTA). Poster, SfN conference, San Diego, CA, November Wirth, M. M. and Giraudo, S. Q. Effect of Agrp on POMC mrna expression. Presentation, North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO) conference, Quebec City, Quebec, October Wirth, M. M. and Giraudo, S. Q. Agouti-related protein and leptin in regulation of body weight. Poster, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB) conference, Philadelphia, PA, July Olszewski, P. K., Wirth, M. M., Shaw, T. J., Grace, M. K., Billington, C. J., Giraudo, S. Q. and Levine, A. S. The role of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone in the regulation of consummatory behavior: immunohistochemical evidence. Presentation, SSIB conference, Philadelphia, PA, July Wirth, M. M., Olszewski, P. K., Levine, A. S. and Giraudo, S. Q. Effect on food intake of hypothalamic Agoutirelated protein: energy or reward mechanism? Presentation, NAASO conference, Los Angeles, CA, November Olszewski, P. K., Shaw, T. J., Grace, M. K., Wirth, M. M., Billington, C. J., and Levine, A. S. Effect of peptide histidine isoleucine on consummatory behavior in rats. Poster, SfN conference, New Orleans, LA, November Wirth, M. M. and Giraudo, S. Q. Agouti-related protein effect on food intake: mechanism of action. Poster, NAASO conference, November MW

7 GRANT SUPPORT Current NIA 1 R21 AG Glucocorticoid sensitivity and well-being in aging: bi-directional relationships 9/30/12 8/31/14 P.I.: Michelle Wirth NIA 2 R01 AG The Notre Dame Study of Health and Well-Being (competitive renewal) 9/1/11 8/31/16 P.I.: Cindy S. Bergeman Role: Co-investigator, 0.5 calendar months support , University of Wisconsin Post-doctoral traineeship, NIMH Institutional NRSA: T32 MH The Emotion Research Training Grant P.I.: Richard J. Davidson Role: Post-doctoral trainee Post-doctoral research supported in part by: 1K08 MH HPA & Emotional Information Processing in Depression P.I.: Heather C. Abercrombie Role: Served as a co-investigator , University of Michigan National Science Foundation BCS Facial expressions as motivational incentives P.I.: Oliver C. Schultheiss Role: Served as a co-investigator. Office of the Vice President for Research Grant, University of Michigan Effects of implicit motives on brain activation in response to facial expressions of emotion: An fmri investigation P.I.: Oliver C. Schultheiss Role: Key Personnel 2009-present: (Notre Dame) THESES SUPERVISED; STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS Dissertation committees: Andrea Tamplin (mentor: G.A. Radvansky), Inference from emotional items within and across events. Anne Johnson (mentor: Bradley Gibson), Determining the Effects of Acute Stress on Executive Functioning Among Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Disruptive Behavior Disorders. Allison Gaffey Master s Thesis committees: Allison Gaffey (mentor: Michelle Wirth) Oxytocin Effects on Human Affect and Cognition - Proposed November 2011; completed July 2012 Alexis Chambers (mentor: Jessica Payne) The Effect of Sleep on the Consolidation of Positive Emotional Memories - Proposed Jan. 2012; completed Jan Tony Cunningham (mentor: Jessica Payne) 7-MW

8 First-Year Projects supervised: Allison Gaffey, Hormonal and behavioral effects of rejection stress: a comparison to the Trier Social Stress Task. (2011) completed Fall 2011 Undergraduate Senior Theses supervised: Kelsey Christoffel, Oxytocin and Testosterone in Female Social Cognition. Honors Thesis, Christina Buchanan, Effects of Oxytocin on Autonomic Responses to Stress. Glynn Family Honors Program Thesis, Kelly Miller, The Effect of a Night s Sleep on Social Closeness and Altruistic Feelings McNair Program REU student projects supervised: Brandy Martinez (Florida International University), The effects of the Social Evaluative Cold Pressor Task on cortisol, mood, and emotional memory retrieval: A pilot study. (2011) Selected for oral presentation in Center for Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement summer REU symposium, 8/5/11 (10 out of 120+ students selected). Won travel award and poster award for presentation at ABRCMS. Undergraduate Research Opportunites (UROP) independent projects supervised: Christina Buchanan, The Effect of Oxytocin on Autonomic Responses to Stress (2012) Glynn Family Honors Program. Includes summer UROP funding; senior thesis. Ryan Tixier, Effects of Oxytocin on Cognition (2012) Summer UROP funding awarded (living expenses). Kelsey Christoffel, Effects of a social closeness manipulation on empathy. (Oct. 2011) Awarded $2250 in research funds to help support Senior Honors Thesis. Cristina Kline-Quiroz, The Effect of Aggression on the Body's Stress Response. (2010) Summer UROP funding awarded (living expenses). Cristina also presented a poster at the Undergraduate Scholars Conference, Spring Mark Tancredi, Short-term Stress, Long-term Illness: How stress affects food choices. (2010) Summer UROP funding awarded (living expenses) : (University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Psychology) Undergraduate Senior Theses supervised: Cindy Burzinski: Effect of Exogenously-Elevated Cortisol During Learning on Forgetting Senior Thesis Camilia Cenek: Tunnel Vision : Effects of Cortisol on Perceptual Focus Senior Honors Thesis Brittany Nanzig: The Effects of Cortisol on Working Memory and Long-term Memory Formation Senior Honors Thesis and Hilldale Award Project Sean Scherer: The Effects of Exogenously-Elevated Cortisol in Inhibiting Habituation to Emotionally Arousing Contexts Independent Project Graduate student awards and honors: Allison Gaffey was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellowship in 2012 (providing tuition and stipend support for ). Travel Awards: o Allison Gaffey received an Institute of Scholarship in Letters and Arts (ISLA) Graduate Student Professional Development Award (GSPDA) for travel to the Association for Psychological Science (APS) conference, May o Allison was also selected by APS for a Travel Assistance Award, May o Allison received a second ISLA GSPDA for travel to the Society for Psychophysiology Research (SPR) conference, Sept Intramural Research Awards: o Allison Gaffey received the Graduate Research Award through the Earnest Swarm Notre Dame Psychopathology Research Fund to help fund the project, "Biological Vulnerability to the Development of Psychopathology. ($1500 awarded.) March MW

9 o Allison received an ISLA Graduate Student Research Award (GSRA) to help fund her Master s Thesis Project, Oxytocin Effects on Human Affect and Cognition. ($2000 awarded.) Nov Undergraduate presentations and posters: Christoffel, K. C., Gaffey, A. E., Brooks, J. A., Pruitt, T., Wirth, M. M. Don t ask now, ask later: Closeness and temporal distance differentially affect willingness to help. Poster, presented at the Midwest Cognitive Science Conference (MWCSC), Bloomington, IN, May Martinez, B. S. & Wirth, M. M. Effects of a socially evaluated cold pressor test on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity and memory retrieval. Poster, presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), St. Louis, MO, November, won a best poster award at ABRCMS. Martinez, B. S. & Wirth, M. M. Effects of a Socially Evaluative Cold Pressor Task on Hypothalamic-Pituitary- Adrenal Axis Activity and Memory Retrieval. Oral presentation (one of only 11 selected out of 100+ student presenters) at Notre Dame s 2011 Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, Notre Dame, IN, August, Kline-Quiroz, C. & Wirth, M. M. Stress and Aggression: Relationships between Aggressive Feelings, Behavior, and the Stress Hormone Cortisol. Poster, presented at the Notre Dame Undergraduate Scholars Conference, Notre Dame, IN, May, SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Co-coordinator (with Jessica Payne), Conversations on Brain, Mind and Behavior (CBMB) -- interdisciplinary faculty discussion group; competitive proposal received funding from Provost s Office ; funding from College of Science Projects include leading a graduate student journal club; inviting speakers; helping build a new Brain and Mind major/concentration at Notre Dame Faculty coordinator, Student Association for Mind, Brain and Behavior (SMBB), student group promoting interest / education / career development in brain sciences, University of Notre Dame Member, Coordinating Committee, Symposium on Human Nature and Early Experience: Addressing the Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness First symposium: October 10-12, Second symposium: October 4-6, Notre Dame Member, Evolution Working Group -- Notre Dame interdisciplinary faculty group producing reviews of books related to evolution and behavior Mentor, Notre Dame s Building Bridges Program (program which pairs freshman from underrepresented groups with faculty mentors in their fields of interest.) Psychology Department Undergraduate Studies Committee, University of Notre Dame Ad-hoc planning committee, Neuroscience of Stress and Adaptation, proposal for the Advancing Our Vision Initiative, University of Notre Dame Psychology Department Website Committee, University of Notre Dame Psychology Department Space Committee, University of Notre Dame Psychology Department Publicity and Events Committee, University of Notre Dame. Association for Psychological Science (APS) member. Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) member. Society for Psychophysiology Research (SPR) member. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN) member. Member, The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Scientists and Engineers for America (SEA) member. 9-MW

10 Ad hoc reviewer for Hormones and Behavior; Psychoneuroendocrinology; Biological Psychology; Neuropsychobiology; Motivation and Emotion; Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews; Psychological Science; Journal of Personality and Social Psychology; Psychology & Aging; Journal of Research in Personality; Basic and Applied Social Psychology Volunteer, Riverbend Community Math Center. Lead activities in a summer program designed to enrich the math and science educations of local students grades ( Selected training activities: OTHER NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS Grant Writers Seminars and Workshops (GWSW) Grant-writing workshop, Selected for yearlong workshop participation. University of Notre Dame. Wisconsin Emotion Symposium. University of Wisconsin, 2006, 2007, 2008, (Discussant: 2007, 2008). Grant-writing seminar. Semester-long class led by Dr. Susan Ellis Weismer, Department of Communication Disorders. University of Wisconsin, Preparing Future Faculty Seminar. Summer-long program; competitive admission. University of Michigan (Center for Research on Learning and Teaching), Introduction to fmri. Two-week summer workshop. Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 2004; MW