Amanda Wudarzewski CV June, 2008 Email: aw04bw@brocku.ca EDUCATION 2004- BA (Honours Candidate) Psychology; Dean s Honour Role (2004-2007); AWARDS AND HONOURS April 2008 Jan 2008 Brock Undergraduate Student Research Award (BUSRA) NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) 2007 Niagara Regional Development Council Scholarship 2007- Brock Undergraduate Student Research Award (BUSRA) 2004- Dean s Honour Role 2004- Brock Entrance Scholarship and renewal 2004, 2005 Ontario University Athletics Academic All Canadian ** Awarded 2 years in a row PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2006- Teaching Assistant Psychology, (Professor Sadava, Professor Hodson, Professor Muir, Professor Hafer) 2006- Research Assistant, Marketing, (Professor Montanakis)
2007-2008 Research Assistant, Consumer Perception and Cognition Lab, (Professor Lesschaeve) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Association for Consumer Research Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science RESEARCH INTERESTS My research interests centers on the area of cognitive/social psychology and consumer behaviour. Primarily, I am interested in memory and the mechanisms that are associated with them across the lifespan. Currently I am collecting data on a study involving wine, where we are studying the boundary conditions for the misinformation effect and when and how a memory can become to be falsely remembered, and the consequences can come from these. CURRENT PROJECTS Remembering Taste Experiences: Constructed Preferences from Suggestion with Antonia Mantonakis, Seema Clifasefi, Daniel M. Bernstein, and Elizabeth, F. Loftus. -Data collection in progress Photoelicitation and Consumer Memory with Antonia Kronlund -Review paper currently being drafted CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Elizabeth F. Loftus (2008, June). Remembering Taste Experiences: Constructed Preferences from Suggestion. Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science 18th Annual Meeting, University of Western Ontario, London, ON. Canada. Preferences from Suggestion. Connecting Minds 2008 National Undergraduate Research Conference in Psychology, Richmond BC. Canada Preferences from Suggestion. Southern Ontario Behavioral Decision Research Conference 2008, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo ON. Canada,
Preferences from Suggestion. 38 th Annual Ontario Psychology Undergraduate Thesis Conference,, St.Catharines ON. Canada. Elizabeth F. Loftus (2008, February). Remembering Taste Experiences: Constructed Preferences from Suggestion. Society for Consumer Psychology, New Orleans, LA. Wudarzewski, Amanda, Antonia Kronlund, Seema Clifasefi, Daniel M. Bernstein, and Elizabeth F. Loftus (2007, July). Remembering the Taste of Wine: Constructed Wine Preferences from Suggestion. Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Bates Colleges, Lewiston, Maine. Wudarzewski, Amanda, Antonia Kronlund, Seema Clifasefi, Daniel M. Bernstein, and Elizabeth F. Loftus (2007, June). Remembering the Taste of Wine: Constructed Wine Preferences from Suggestion. Bacchus: An International Interdisciplinary Conference on Wine,, St. Catharines, ON, Canada. * * This presentation received press activity from the Hamilton Spectator on June 12, 2007 and The Globe and Mail June 20, 2007. Wudarzewski, Amanda, Cynthia Marques, Charity Stephenson (April, 2007). Attachment Styles and the Effect of Emotions on Relationship Satisfaction. Undergraduate Student Conference, Department of Psychology,, St. Catharines, ON, Canada. MEDIA COVERAGE - Researchers Consider Factors of Wine Selection Laboratory devoted to wine consumer research opens at Ontario's. Received press activity from Wines and Vines on Friday April 18 th 2008. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Seminars Taught Social Psychology (PSYC 2F23), Health Psychology (PSYC 3P50), Fundamentals of Social Psychology (PSYC 2P30), The Social Psychology of Social Issues (PSYC 2P31),
SERVICE Community Service: - Big Sister for the Big Brother and Sister Foundation - Represented the polish community as Miss Polonia Canada 2004 University Service: Departmental Service: - Volunteer at Bacchus: An International Interdisciplinary Conference on Wine, - President and member of the Psychological Society, Brock University -Presented a power point talk for the department of social sciences on 10 Things I wish I would have known in First Year for orientation week. - 3 rd year Student Psychology Representative, Brock University
REFERENCES Dr. Antonia Mantonakis Assistant Professor Department of Marketing, Faculty of Business Cool Climate Oenology Institute, Department of Psychology 500 Glenridge Ave. St. Catharines, ON Canada L2S 3A1 Cell: 905-325-4004 Office: 905-688-5550 x 5383 Fax: 905-984-4188 Email: amantonakis@brocku.ca Dr. Gordon Hodson Associate Professor Director, Intergroup Relations Laboratory Department of Psychology St. Catharines, Ontario Canada L2S 3A1 Office: 905-688-5550 ext. 5127 Email: ghodson@brocku.ca