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1 Geoff Hollis, PhD University of Alberta Department of Psychology P-343 Biological Sciences Building T6G-2E POSITIONS University of Alberta, Department of Psychology Sessional Lecturer Present University of Alberta, Department of Computing Science Sessional Lecturer Present Grant MacEwan University, Department of Psychology Sessional Lecturer EDUCATION University of Cincinnati Ohio, USA Ph.D., Experimental Psychology Supervisor: Guy Van Orden (deceased) Dissertation: The Role of Task Constraints in Ambiguity Resolution University of Cincinnati Ohio, USA M.A., Experimental Psychology Supervisor: Guy Van Orden (deceased) Thesis: Observed Interdependence of Cognition and Action University of Alberta B.Sc. (honors), Psychology Supervisor: Chris Westbury Thesis: Mapping Out The Relationships Between 15 Variables Involved in Lexical Access. RESEARCH INTERESTS TEACHING INTERESTS Connected Text Reading Cognitive Psychology Semantics and Affect Computational Linguistics Psycholinguistics Computational Modelling Human and Machine Learning Research Methods Memory Retrieval Programming for Psychologists Communicative Effectiveness Evolutionary Psychology

2 PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Hollis, G., & Westbury, C. (2016). The principals of meaning: Extracting semantic dimensions from co-occurrence models of semantics. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 23(6), doi: /s Hollis, G., Westbury, C., & Lefsrud, L. (2016). Extrapolating human judgments from skip-gram vector representations of word meaning. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, doi: / Westbury, C.F., Shaoul, C., Hollis, G., Smithson, L, Briesemeister, B.B., Hofmann, M.J., & Jacobs, A.M. (2013). Now you see it, now you don t: On emotion, context, and the algorithmic prediction of human imageability judgments. Frontiers in Psychology - Language Sciences., 4:991. Wallot, S., Hollis, G., & van Rooij, M. (2013). Connected text reading and differences in text reading fluency in adult readers. PLOS ONE, 8(8), e Van Orden, G.C., Hollis, G., & Wallot, S. (2012). The blue collar brain. Frontiers in Physiology, 3:207. Hollis, G., & Westbury, C.F. (2006). NUANCE: Naturalistic University of Alberta Nonlinear Correlation Explorer. Behavioral Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 38, Hollis, G., Westbury, C.F., & Peterson, J.B. (2006). NUANCE 3.0: Using genetic programming to model variable relationships. Behavioral Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 38, Westbury, C.F., Hollis, G., & Shaoul, C. (2006). LINGUA: The Language-Independent Neighbourhood Generator of the University of Alberta. The Mental Lexicon, 2, Westbury, C., & Hollis, G. (2005). In the tiniest house of time: Parametric constraints in language evolution. Commentary on Steels, L. & Belpaeme, T. Coordinating perceptually grounded categories through language: A case study in color. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28, SUBMITTED MANUSCRIPTS Hollis, G. (under review). Scoring best/worst data in unbalanced, many-item designs, with applications to crowdsourcing semantic judgments. Behavior Research Methods. Hollis, G. (under review). Estimating the likely need of semantic knowledge from co-occurrence models of semantics. Memory and Cognition. Hollis, G., & Westbury, C. (under review). A statistical model of color triplet preferences. PLOS ONE. Lefsrud, L., Hollis, G., & Westbury, C.F. (under review). Measuring emotion to enhance risk management. Risk Analysis. Westbury, C., & Hollis, G. (under review). Automated computation of continuous semantic categories from unambiguous labeled exemplars. Behavior Research Methods.

3 Westbury, C., Hollis, G., Sidhu, D., & Pexman, P. (revise and resubmit). A rose by any other name might not seem as sweet: Sound symbolism beyond takete and maluma. The Journal of Memory and Language. BOOK CHAPTERS Hollis, G., Kloos, H., & Van Orden, G.C. (2009). Origins of order in cognitive activity. In S. Guastello, M. Koopmans, & D. Pincus (Eds.). Chaos and Complexity in Psychology: The theory of nonlinear dynamical systems. Boston: Cambridge University Press. Westbury, C.F., & Hollis, G. (2007). Putting Humpty together again: Synthetic approaches to nonlinear variable effects underlying lexical access. In Libbin, G., & Jarema, G. The Mental Lexicon: Core Perspectives. p Oxford, UK: Elsevier Press. RESEARCH REPORTS Lefsrud, L., Westbury, C.F., Hollis, G., & Keith, J. (2015). A Basis for Genuine Dialogue: Developing a science-based understanding of public/industry communication. Phase I report prepared for the Alberta Chamber of Resources. October Hollis, G. (2015). Recommendations for Designing an Introductory Psychology Course. Prepared for the University of Alberta, Department of Psychology. August MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION Hollis, G. & Westbury, C.F. (in preparation). On the systematic relationship between color appearance properties and elicited emotion: context matters. Westbury, C.F. & Hollis, G. (in preparation). Where are we when we read?: Individual differences in reading style and affective reactivity impact reading speed. Hollis, G., Lefsrud, L., & Westbury, C.F. (in preparation). Changing reader opinion on environmental topics: the effect of word-level affect manipulations. CONFERENCE TALKS AND INVITED TALKS Hollis, G. (November, 2016). Collecting human judgment data at scale. The 46th annual meeting of the Society for Computers in Psychology. Boston, Massachusetts. Westbury, C.F., & Hollis, G. (November, 2016). Automated computation of continuous semantic categories from unambiguous labelled exemplars. The 46th annual meeting of the Society for Computers in Psychology. Boston, Massachusetts. Westbury, C.F., Hollis, G., Sidhu, D., & Pexman, P. (November, 2016). A rose by any other name might not seem as sweet: Sound symbolism beyond takete and maluma. The 57th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society. Boston, Massachusetts. Hollis, G., & Westbury, C.F. (May, 2016). Color affect: A data-driven approach. The International Meeting of the Psychonomics Society. Granada, Spain.

4 Hollis, G., & Westbury, C.F. (November, 2015). Statistically modeling color valence. The 45th annual meeting of the Society for Computers in Psychology. Chicago, Illinois. Hollis, G. (February, 2010). The relation between task constraints and semantic categorization effects. Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene, Freiburg, Germany. Wallot, S., Hollis, G., & Van Orden, C. (August, 2009). Temporal patterns in text reading. The third international symposium on recurrence plots, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Hollis, G., & Van Orden, G.C. (October, 2008). The dynamics of semantic categorization: against the homophone disadvantage. The Mental Lexicon: 6 th annual conference, Banff,. CONFERENCE POSTERS Hollis, G. (November, 2016). Frequency, context diversity, and the role of semantics in lexical access. The 57th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society. Boston, Massachusetts. Wallot, S., Hollis, G., & Van Orden, G.C. (July, 2010). Rethinking reading fluency. The Mental Lexicon: 7 th Annual conference, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Hollis, G. & Westbury, C. (October, 2006). The psycholinguistic significance of the Zeta Function. The Mental Lexicon: 5 th Annual conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Westbury, C., Hollis, G., & Shaoul, C. (October, 2006). LINGUA: Language Independent Neighborhood Generator of the University of Alberta. The Mental Lexicon: 5 th Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Hollis, G., & Westbury, C. (March, 2006). Evidence of implicit optimality constraints in coining new words. 20 th Annual Joseph R. Royce Conference. University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada. Hollis, G. & Westbury, C. (March, 2004). NUANCE: The Naturalistic University of Alberta Nonlinear Correlation Explorer. Banff Annual Seminar in Cognitive Science. Banff,. DEPARTMENTAL TALKS Hollis, G. (September, 2016). Course design options to facilitate student-centered learning in large-format introductory courses. Teaching Brown Bag, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada. Hollis, G. (February, 2015). Structuring senior level courses like a research conference. Teaching Brown Bag, University of Alberta,. Hollis, G. (October, 2009). Response dynamics of semantic categorization. Cognition Seminar, University of Alberta,. Hollis, G. (September, 2008). Information about language processing from semantic categorization as it unfolds. Cognition, Action, and Perception Seminar. University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

5 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Editor Behavior Research Methods (consulting editor) Present Reviewer The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (ad hoc reviewer) Language, Cognition, and Neuroscience (ad hoc reviewer) Frontiers in Educational Psychology (review editor) Psycholinguistics (ad hoc reviewer) Academic Service Member, University of Alberta Science Internship Planning Committee Present TEACHING EXPERIENCE 100-level Introduction to Psychology, Univ. Cincinnati 3 times 100-level Basic Psychological Processes, Univ. Alberta, Grant MacEwan 20 times 100-level Individual and Social Behavior, Univ. Alberta, Grant MacEwan 9 times 200-level Research Methods, Univ. Alberta, Grant MacEwan 2 times 200-level Social Psychology, Grant MacEwan 5 times 200-level Cognitive Psychology, Univ. Alberta, Grant MacEwan 4 times 300-level History of Ideas in Psychology, Univ. Alberta 300-level Sensation and Perception, Univ. Alberta 300-level Evolutionary Psychology, Univ. Alberta 6 times 400-level Special Topics: Evolutionary Psychology, Univ. Alberta 400-level Special Topics: Time Series Analysis, Univ. Alberta 400-level Science Internship Capstone Course, Univ. Alberta 3 times 400-level Advanced Topics in Cognition, Univ. Alberta Departmental Workshop, An Introduction to R, Univ. Cincinnati APA Advanced Training Institute, Time Series Analysis (TA), Univ. Cincinnati 3 times HONORS AND AWARDS Financial Awards Debeck Graduate Entrance Award 2006 University of Cincinnati Stipend Support: USD $60,000 Alexander Rutherford Scholarship 2001 University of Alberta

6 Support: CAD $2,500 Jason Lang Scholarship 2001 University of Alberta Support: CAD $1,000 Teaching Awards Award for Teaching Excellence, Basic Psychological Processes 2016 Given by the Interdepartmental Science Students Society, Univ. Alberta Teaching Honours, Time Series Analysis 2016 Teaching Honours (with distinction), Basic Psychological Processes 2015 Teaching Honours (with distinction), Evolutionary Psychology 2014 Teaching Honours (with distinction), Basic Psychological Processes 2014 Teaching Honours (with distinction), Basic Psychological Processes 2014 Teaching Honours (with distinction), Basic Psychological Processes 2014 Teaching Honours, Cognitive Psychology 2013 Teaching Honours, Attention and Perception 2013 Teaching Honours (with distinction), Individual and Social Behavior 2012 All honours awards bestowed by the Department of Psychology, Univ. Alberta

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