September, 2016 Jamil Felipe Palacios Bhanji CONTACT INFORMATION Department of Psychology Phone: (415) 652-0349 Rutgers University, Newark Email: bhanji@psychology.rutgers.edu 101 Warren Street Website: http://sites.google.com/site/jamilfelipe Newark, NJ 07201 EDUCATION 2012- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Rutgers University, Newark Ph.D. (2012) Psychology, University of Texas at Austin M.A. (2008) Psychology, University of California, Davis B. S. (2000) Symbolic Systems (Cognition concentration), Stanford University RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS 2012- present National Science Foundation Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow with focus on Broadening Participation (2013- present), Postdoctoral Associate (2012-2013) Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab, Rutgers University Director: Dr. Mauricio Delgado 2005-2012 2007-2008 2004-2005 Graduate Student Researcher Self Regulation Lab, University of Texas at Austin Director: Dr. Jennifer Beer Intern, Substance Abuse Recovery Program Austin Recovery, Austin, Texas Lab Coordinator and fmri Research Assistant Symbiotic Project on Affective Neuroscience, Stanford University Director: Dr. Brian Knutson RESEARCH/TRAINING FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, AND HONORS 2013- present National Science Foundation Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Sept. 2013 present 2010-2011 College of Liberal Arts Continuing Graduate Research Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, Aug. 2010 May 2011 2010, 2012 Professional Development Award, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2010, Fall 2012 1 (of 7)
2009 Graduate Research Award, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2009 2008-2009 Diversity Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin, Aug. 2008 May 2009 2008 Graduate Student Diversity Travel Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Feb. 2008 2006-2008 Predoctoral Training Fellowship, NIMH Affective Science Training Consortium, June 2006 - June 2008 2007 Student Fellow, Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of California, Santa Barbara, July 2007 2006 Student Fellow, Stanford Summer School in Neuroeconomics, Stanford University, July 2006 1996-2000 Highest/High Honors, Stanford Chicano/Latino Community Award for Academic Excellence PUBLICATIONS Bhanji, J.P., Smith, D.V., & Delgado, M.R. A brief anatomical sketch of human ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Supplement to Viewpoints feature titled: "Dialogues on the functional role of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex". Nature Neuroscience. Bhanji, J.P., Kim, E. S., & Delgado, M. R. (2016). Perceived control alters the effect of acute stress on persistence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 145, 356-365. Speer, M. E., Bhanji, J. P., & Delgado, M. R. (2014). Savoring the past: Positive memories evoke value representations in the striatum. Neuron, 84, 847-856. Bhanji, J. P. & Delgado, M. R. (2014). Perceived control influences neural responses to setbacks and promotes persistence. Neuron, 83. 1369-1375. Bhanji, J. P. & Delgado, M. R. (2014). The social brain and reward: Social information processing in the human striatum. WIREs Cognitive Science Advanced Review, 5, 61-73. Bhanji, J.P. & Delgado, M.R. (2013). Should I buy this book? How we construct prospective value. Nature Neuroscience, 16, 1357-1359. News and Views commentary. Bhanji, J.P. & Beer, J.S. (2013). Dissociable neural modulation underlying lasting first impressions, changing your mind for the better, and changing it for the worse. Journal of Neuroscience, 33, 9337-9344. 2 (of 7)
Beer, J.S. & Bhanji, J.P. (2013). Dynamic social judgment: The frontal lobes and beyond. In Stuss, D.T. & Knight, R.T. (Eds.) Principles of Frontal Lobe Function, Second Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Bhanji, J.P., & Beer, J.S. (2012). Taking a different perspective: Mindset influences neural regions that represent value and choice. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 7, 782-793. Bhanji, J.P., & Beer, J.S. (2012). Unpacking the neural associations of emotion and judgment in emotion- congruent judgment. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 7, 348-356. Beer, J.S., & Bhanji, J.P. (2011). Emotional influences on decision- making. In Todorov, A., Fiske, S., & Prentice, D. (Eds). Social Neuroscience: Toward Understanding the Underpinnings of the Social Mind. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Bhanji, J.P., Beer, J.S., & Bunge, S.A. (2010). Taking a gamble or playing by the rules: Dissociable prefrontal systems implicated in probabilistic versus deterministic rule- based decisions. NeuroImage, 49, 1810-1819. Article selected for the NeuroImage 2010 Virtual Special Issue on Decision- making, Reward and Error. Beer, J.S., Lombardo, M.V., & Bhanji, J. P. (2010). Roles of medial prefrontal cortex and orbitofrontal cortex in self- evaluation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 22, 2108-2119. Beer, J.S., Bhanji, J.P., Hughes, B.L., Freedman, G., Fetterolf, J. (2010). The neural architecture of trustworthiness judgments: Judging a book by its cover and content. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 4, 16. Knutson, B., Bhanji, J.P., Cooney, R.E., Atlas, L., Gotlib I.H. (2008). Neural responses to monetary incentives in major depression. Biological Psychiatry, 7, 686-692. Knutson, B., & Bhanji, J.P. (2006). Neural substrates for emotional traits: A case for extraversion. In T. Canli (Ed.) Biology of Personality and Individual Differences. New York: Guilford Press. MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW OR IN PREPARATION Bhanji, J.P., Johnson, M.P., Schiller, D., Delgado, M.R. (in preparation). Neural systems for reducing negative affect: Cognitive regulation compared with active coping. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS Research Talks Bhanji, J.P. (October 2015). Coping with setbacks: Emphasis on learning from setbacks counteracts effects of acute stress on persistence. Research talk at the Society for Neuroscience meeting, Chicago, IL. 3 (of 7)
Bhanji, J.P. (September 2015). Perceived control interacts with effects of acute physiological stress on persistence. Research talk at the New York Social and Affective Neuroscience Gathering, New York University, New York, NY. Bhanji, J.P. (January 2015). Perceived control modulates to decisions to persist through setbacks. Research talk at the Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY. Bhanji, J.P. (December 2014). Perceived control, affect regulation, and persistence. Research talk at the Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Bhanji, J. P., Beer, J. S. (April 2012). From snap judgments to final impressions: Neural markers for adjusting first impressions of other people. Research talk at the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society meeting, New York, NY. Bhanji, J. P. (February 2012). Affective and motivational factors influence neural responses underlying evaluation and decision making. Invited research talk presented at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Bhanji, J. P. (February 2012). Affective and motivational factors influence neural responses underlying evaluation and decision making. Invited research talk presented at Rutgers University, Newark, NJ. Bhanji, J. P., Beer, J. S. (May 2010). Self- control goals in the brain: Separating points for potential failure. Research talk at the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA. Bhanji, J. P., Beer, J.S. (May 2010). Neural activity related to approach states: Influences of distinct goals. Research talk at the Society for the Study of Motivation, Boston, MA. Bhanji, J. P. (April 2010). The goal matters: Goal salience modulates neural systems underlying decision making. Research talk at the Social and Personality Psychology Colloquium, Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX. Bhanji, J. P. (June 2008). Self monitoring in recovering substance dependent individuals: Perceptions of performance and choice consistency. Research talk at the Bay Area Affective Science Training Consortium Annual Meeting, Berkeley, CA. Bhanji, J. P. (October 2007). Neural systems for evaluation and selection in appetitive choice. Research talk at the Social and Personality Psychology Colloquium, Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX. Bhanji, J. P. (June 2007). Dissociable neural systems in appetitive choice. Research talk at the Bay Area Affective Science Training Consortium Annual Meeting, Berkeley, CA. 4 (of 7)
Bhanji, J. P. (April 2007). Deliberative and appetitive neural systems of evaluation. Research talk at the Social and Personality Psychology Colloquium, Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA. Bhanji, J. P. (February 2006). What are my options? Emotion, depth of processing, and ambiguity in decision making. Research talk at the Social and Personality Psychology Colloquium, Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA. Poster Presentations Bhanji, J.P., Kim, E.S., & Delgado, M.R. (2014). Perceiving control over setbacks moderates effects of acute stress on persistence. Poster presentation at the Society for Neuroscience meeting, Washington, D.C. Bhanji, J.P., Speer, M.E., & Delgado, M.R. (2013). Neural responses to negative outcomes and decisions to persist or give up on a goal. Poster presentation at the Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making meeting, Princeton University, New Jersey, and at the Society for Neuroscience meeting, San Diego, CA. Speer, M.E., Bhanji, J.P., & Delgado, M.R. (2013). Value of a memory: Positive affect and neural responses evoked by autobiographical memories. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society annual meeting, San Diego, CA. Bhanji, J. P., Beer, J.S. (January 2010). Overconfident self- evaluation and orbitofrontal cortex: Evidence from fmri and recovering substance abusers. Poster presentation at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology annual meeting, Las Vegas, NV. Bhanji, J. P., Beer, J. S. (November 2009). Emotional influences on judgment: Separating emotion and judgment. Poster presentation at the Imaging Research Center retreat, University of Texas, Austin, TX. Bhanji, J. P., Beer, J. S. (March 2009). Neural correlates of emotional influences on decision making. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society annual meeting, San Francisco, CA. Bhanji, J. P., Beer, J. S. (February 2008). Preference decisions recruit different neural systems for different modes of evaluation. Poster presentation at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM. Bhanji, J. P., Beer, J. S. (May 2007). Neural underpinnings of rule use under uncertainty. Poster presentation at the Neural Systems of Social Behavior Conference, Austin, TX. Bhanji, J. P., Beer, J. S., & Bunge, S. (May 2007). Action and consequence in neural representations of uncertainty. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society annual meeting, New York, NY. 5 (of 7)
Cooper, J., Bhanji, J. P.,& Knutson, B. (April 2006). Salience or gain? Comparing accounts of nucleus accumbens function. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society annual meeting, San Francisco, CA. Knutson, B., Bhanji, J. P., Cooney, R., Atlas, L., & Gotlib, I.H. (October, 2004). Reward anticipation in Major Depressive Disorder: An fmri investigation. Poster presentation at the Society for Research in Psychopathology annual meeting, St. Louis, MO. STATISTICAL CONSULTING June 2015 fmri data analysis consultant for the Reproducability Project: Psychology (Center for Open Science, Charlottesville, Virginia) TEACHING EXPERIENCE Guest Lectures Fall 2016 Neuroscience of Adolescent Risk- Taking and Reward Seeking Course: Youth Development and Juvenile Justice Drs. Laura Cohen and Paul Boxer Center for Law and Justice, Dept. of Psychology, Rutgers University, Newark Spring 2014, Passion and Reason, Emotion Regulation Fall 2015 Course: Emotion and the Brain, Dr. Mauricio Delgado Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, Newark Summer 2011 Addiction, The Brain and Drugs Course: Introduction to Psychology, Dr. Yasisca Khouri Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin Summer 2009 Social Cognition and Self Perception Attitude Change and Conformity Aggression and Stereotyping Course: Social Psychology, Dr. Marlone Henderson Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin Teaching Assistant Spring 2012 Teaching Assistant Psychology 323: Perception Dr. Wilson Geisler, University of Texas at Austin Fall 2011 Teaching Assistant Psychology 301: Introduction to Psychology Dr. Juan Salinas, University of Texas at Austin Summer 2011 Teaching Assistant Psychology 301: Introduction to Psychology Dr. Yasisca Khouri, University of Texas at Austin Spring 2010 Teaching Assistant Psychology 341K: Language Processing Dr. Zenzi Griffin, University of Texas at Austin 6 (of 7)
Summer 2009 Teaching Assistant Psychology 319K: Social Psychology Dr. Marlone Henderson, University of Texas at Austin ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS New York Academy of Sciences Social and Affective Neuroscience Society Society for Neuroscience Society for Personality and Social Psychology PEER REVIEWER Cerebral Cortex Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience Frontiers in Decision Neuroscience Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Nature Neuroscience (with advisor) NeuroImage Neuron (with advisor) Neuropsychologia Psychological Science (with advisor) Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 7 (of 7)