DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY Harvard University B William James Hall 33 Kirkland Street Cambridge, MA 02138 kdillon@g.harvard.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. Social Psychology, Harvard University, expected 2018 M.S. Social Psychology, Brown University, 2011 Thesis: A Hierarchy of Social Inferences Across Individual and Group Agents B.S. Psychology with Honors, Brown University, 2010 Thesis: A Robust Hierarchy of Social Inferences About Individual and Group Agents EMPLOYMENT 2011 2013 Lab Manager, Moral Psychology Research Laboratory (PI: Fiery Cushman), Department of Cognitive, Linguistic & Psychological Sciences, Brown University 2011 2013 SAT and Academic Tutor, StudyPoint Inc. 2010 2011 Lab Manager, Social Cognitive Science Research Center (PI: Bertram Malle), Department of Cognitive, Linguistic & Psychological Sciences, Brown University 2009 2010 Research Assistant, Social Decision Making Laboratory (PI: Joachim Krueger), Department of Cognitive, Linguistic & Psychological Sciences, Brown University
PUBLICATIONS Dillon, K. D. & Cushman, F. (2012). Agent, Patient ACTION! What the dyadic model misses. Commentary on Gray, Young, & Waytz, Psychological Inquiry, 23, 150-154. Evans, A. M., Dillon, K. D., Goldin, G., & Krueger, J. I. (2011). Trust and selfcontrol: The moderating role of the default. Judgment and Decision Making, 6, 697-705. MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS Cushman, F. & Dillon, K. D. (in prep). To kill or not to kill: Self-regulatory affect in moral behavior. Dillon, K. D., MacInnis, M. L. M., Freestone, D., & Guilhardi, P. (in prep). Shifts in the free-operant psychophysical function of humans. Dillon, K. D. & Malle, B. F. (in prep). A robust hierarchy of social inferences across individual and group agents. Evans, A. M. & Dillon, K. D. (in prep). Selfish (and cooperative) decisions are spontaneous. Monroe, A. E., Dillon, K. D., Guglielmo, S., & Malle, B. F. (in prep). Norms, mind and morality. The importance of valence. Monroe, A. E., Dillon, K. D., & Malle, B. F. (in prep). The soul is not to blame. RESEARCH TALKS Evans, A. M. & Dillon, K. D. (2013, July) Self-control in social dilemmas: Extreme responses are spontaneous. Talk presented at the International Conference on Social Dilemmas, Zurich, CH. Dillon, K. D. & Cushman, F. (2013, January). Immoral actions and the aversion to harming others. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA. Monroe, A. E., Dillon, K. D., & Malle, B. F. (2013, January). Myth and reality of people s belief in free will. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA. - 2 -
Monroe, A. E., Dillon, K. D., & Malle, B. F. (2012, June). Free will, the soul and moral blame. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Boulder, CO. Dillon, K. D. & Malle, B. F. (2011, July). A robust hierarchy of social inferences across individual and group agents. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Montreal, QC, Canada. Dillon, K. D. & Malle, B. F. (2011, February). A robust hierarchy of social inferences across individual and group agents. Invited brownbag talk at Yale University Psychology Department, New Haven, CT. Evans, A., Krueger, J. I., Dillon, K. D., & Goldin, G. (2010, November). Trust depends on ego-depletion and the default. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision making, St. Louis, MO. Guglielmo, S., Monroe, A. E., & Dillon, K. D. (2010, June). Coming up short versus going too far: Different thresholds for evaluating mind and morality. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Portland, OR. POSTER PRESENTATIONS Dillon, K. D. & Cushman, F. (2013) One loss, two loss, my loss, your loss: Loss aversion in self-other decision making. Poster presented at the Society for Judgment and Decision Making SPSP Preconference, New Orleans, LA. Dillon, K. D. & Malle, B. F. (2012). Similarities in perceiving individual and group minds: A robust pattern of intentionality and moral judgment. Poster presented at the Mind-Perception SPSP Preconference, San Diego, CA. Monroe, A. E., Dillon, K. D., & Guglielmo, S. (2012). Norms, mind and morality: The importance of valence. Poster presented at the Mind-Perception SPSP Preconference, San Diego, CA. Dillon, K. D., Evans, A. M., & Krueger, J. I. (2011). It feels good to be in control: The link between trait self-control and affect. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Seattle, WA. Dillon, K. D. & Malle, B. F. (2011). A robust hierarchy of social inferences about individuals and group agents. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX. - 3 -
Evans, A. M., Dillon, K. D., Krueger, J. I., & Goldin, G. (2011). Trust depends on ego-depletion and the default. Poster presented at the Society for Judgment and Decision Making SPSP Preconference, San Antonio, TX. Monroe, A. E., Dillon, K. D., & Guglielmo, S. (2011). Coming up short versus going too far: Different thresholds for evaluating mind and morality. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX. Dillon, K. D., MacInnis, M. L. M., & Guilhardi, P. (2010). Shifts in the Free-Operant Psychophysical Function of Humans. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Quantitative Analysis of Behavior, San Antonio, TX. Evans, A. M., Krueger, J. I., Dillon, K. D., & McGeough, B. (2010). The mental costs of interpersonal trust. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making SPSP Preconference, Las Vegas, NV. HONORS AND AWARDS Society for Judgment and Decision Making SPSP Preconference student travel award, 2011 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Quantitative Methods in Psychology, undergraduate teaching assistant RELATED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Proficient in univariate and multivariate statistical techniques Proficient in statistical analysis program SPSS Proficient in experimentation software Presentation, E-Prime Proficient in collection and analysis of psychophysiological measures (GSR, Startleblink, Impedance Cardiography, ECG) Competent in statistical analysis program R and programming language MATLAB Competent in neuroimaging analysis program SPM Experience with programming language PHP PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Society for Personality and Social Psychology Society for Philosophy and Psychology Society for Judgment and Decision Making - 4 -
REFERENCES Dr. Bertram Malle Professor of Psychology Bertram_Malle@Brown.edu 401.863.6820 Dr. Fiery Cushman Assistant Professor of Psychology Fiery_Cushman@Brown.edu 401.863.5099 Dr. Joachim Krueger Professor of Psychology Joachim_Krueger@Brown.edu 401.863.2503-5 -