Curriculum Vita Julie A. Kittel Psychology Department College of William and Mary P.O. Box 8795 Williamsburg, VA 23187 kittelja@gmail.com Academic Positions 2012-present Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, Christopher Newport University 2010-2012 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, College of William and Mary Education 2010-2012, The College of William and Mary, M.A. in Experimental Psychology Thesis: Attention to and Categorization of Monoracial and Racially Ambiguous Faces 2006-2010, Virginia Commonwealth University, B.S. in Psychology, minor in Music, cum laude Honors and Awards 2012, Society for Personality and Social Psychology Student Travel Award 2012, Award for Excellence in Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences, The College of William and Mary 2012, Arts and Sciences OGSR/GSA Conference Award, The College of William and Mary 2011, Arts and Sciences Graduate Research Grant, The College of William and Mary 2011, Graduate Research Fellowship, The College of William and Mary 2010, Arts and Sciences Graduate Research Grant, The College of William and Mary 2010, Graduate Research Fellowship, The College of William and Mary 2009, VCU Honors College Honors Summer Undergraduate Research Program 2008, Golden Key International Honor Society 2007, VCU Honors College 2006, VCU Provost Scholarship Publications Dickter, C.L., Kieffaber, P.D., Kittel, J.A & Forestell, C.A. (in press) Mu Suppression as an Indicator of Activation of the Perceptual-Motor System by Smoking-related Cues in Smokers. Psychophysiology. Dickter, C.L., Kittel, J.A., & Gyurovski, I.I. (2012) Perceptions of non-target confronters in response to racist and sexually prejudiced remarks. European Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 112-119.
Dickter, C.L. & Kittel, J.A. (2012) The effect of stereotypical primes on the neural processing of racially ambiguous faces. Social Neuroscience, 7(6), 622-631. Manuscripts Under Review and In Preparation Kittel, J.A., Dickter, C.L. & Zou, L.X. (under review) Consequences for Confronting: Negative Perceptions of Females who Confront Male Perpetrators of Racist and Heterosexist Comments. Tannenbaum, M., Kurland, L., Zimmernan, R.S., Jacobs, S.A., Floyd, B.R., Mehrotra, P., Kittel, J.A., et al. (under review) A review of the effects of fear appeals on persuasion and behavioral change. Dickter, C.L., Cavanaugh, K.V., Kittel, J.A. & Gyurovski, I.I. (under review) Breaking the Silence: Non-Targets Confrontation of Racist Comments. Kittel, J.A. & Dickter, C.L. The relationship between early attention to ambiguous race faces and prejudicial behavior. Manuscript in preparation. Kittel, J.A. & Dickter, C.L. Neural processing of racial information in people with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Kittel, J.A. & Dickter, C.L. Implicit attitudes towards people with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Validation of the IAT. Dickter, C.L., Kittel, J.A., Gilmore, G., & Weber, D. Online confrontation of heterosexist comments. Dickter, C.L., Cavanaugh, K.V., Kittel, J.A., & Tanis, R. Perception of intelligence and online confrontation of racist comments. Conference Presentations Kittel, J.A. & Dickter, C.L. (January 2013). Individual Differences in Motivation to Control Prejudice and the Processing of Emotion in Racially Ambiguous Faces. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA. Tibbett, T., Kittel, J.A., & Dickter, C.L. (January 2013). Face First: The Effects of Stereotypicality and Skin Tone on Early Neural Attention to Faces. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Kittel, J.A., Dickter, C.L., & Zou, L.X. (October 2012) Consequences for Confronting: Negative Perceptions of Females who Confront Male Perpetrators of Racist and Heterosexist Comments. Talk given at the annual meeting of the Society for Southeastern Social Psychologists, Gainesville, FL. Kittel, J.A. & Dickter, C.L. (April 2012) The Effect of Stereotypic Primes on the Attentional Processing of Racially Ambiguous Faces. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society, New York, NY. Dickter, C. L., Forestell, C. A., Kieffaber, P. D., & Kittel, J. A. (April, 2012). Determinants of P300 Amplitude to Smoking-Related Stimuli in Smokers and Nonsmokers: The Role of Craving and Image Content. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Virginia Youth Tobacco Prevention. Richmond, VA. Kittel, J.A. & Dickter, C.L. (March 2012) Early Attention to Racially Ambiguous Faces. Talk given at the College of William and Mary Graduate Research Symposium, Williamsburg, VA. Kittel, J.A. & Dickter, C.L. (January 2012) The Effects of Stereotype Primes on the Attentional Processing of Ambiguous Faces. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), San Diego, CA. Kittel, J.A. & Dickter, C.L. (March 2011) The Effects of Stereotype Primes on the Attentional Processing of Ambiguous Faces. Poster presented at the College of William and Mary Graduate Research Symposium, Williamsburg, VA. Zimmerman, R., Broaddus, M.R., Lyman, D.R., Kelley, T.H. & Kittel, J.A. (November 2010) Marijuana use and condom attitudes effect on condom use decisions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS), Las Vegas, NV. Zimmerman, R., Janssen, E., Girardelli, D., Kittel, J.A., Floyd, B., & Mehrotra, P. (November 2010) Arousing ourselves into risky sex: Effects of arousal on condom related decision making.. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS), Las Vegas, NV. Green, J. D., Davis, J. L., Finkel, E. J., Coy, A. E., Van Tongeren, D. R., Kittel, J. A., & Irby, M. (January 2010). Affective forecasting for cooperative and competitive behavior: It feels better than you think to cooperate. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), Las Vegas, NV Research Experience May 2012 Present, Project Coordinator, NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award Grant (R15), Supervisor: Cheryl Dickter & Cathy Forestell -Recruited participants
-Designed recruitment materials -Managed all lab personnel -Collected EEG data -Trained lab personnel on EEG techniques Project title: Influences of Parental Smoking on Pre-Adolescents' Reactivity to Smoking-Related Stimuli August 2010 May 2012, Lab Manager, Social Cognition Lab, Supervisor: Cheryl Dickter -Collected EEG data -Wrote and edited manuscripts for journal publication -Wrote grant proposals -Cleaned and analyzed EEG data -Managed all lab personnel -Trained lab personnel on EEG and programming techniques Main project titles: The Effects of Stereotype Primes on the Attentional Processing of Ambiguous Faces, Perceptions of non-target confronters in response to racist and sexually prejudiced remarks. May 2009 August 2010, Social and Behavioral Health, Supervisor: Rick Zimmerman -Compiled and analyzed data in SPSS -Wrote and edited manuscripts for journal publication -Collected and coded articles for meta analysis -Conducted focus groups Main project titles: A review of the effects of fear appeals on persuasion and behavioral change, Hookah Smokers and Non-Smoker focus groups May 2009 May 2010, Interpersonal Dynamics in Couples, Supervisor: Jeff Green & Jody Davis - Tested and ran computer-based participant surveys - Managed participants and schedule for study sessions - Instructed participants on proper procedures for the surveys April May 2009, The Long-term Effects of Direct Verbal Victimization and Family Support on Anxious and Aggressive Behaviors in Urban Adolescents. Supervisor: Anne Greene - Transcribed research interviews - April 2009, Risk and Protective Factors. Supervisor: Anne Greene. - Transcribed research interviews - Januay May 2009, Consumer Choices. Supervisor: Natalie Shook. - Tested and ran computer-based participant surveys - Managed participants and schedule for study sessions - Instructed participants on proper procedures for the surveys
Certifications Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative Responsible Conduct of Research May 2008. Courses Taught Christopher Newport University: Cognitive Psychology (PSYC 316), Fall 2012-Spring 2013 Social Psychology (PSYC 304/SOCL 306), Spring 2013 College of William and Mary: Section of Independent Research, PSYC 491, (2 Semesters Fall 2011 Spring 2012) -Supervised lab group meetings and lab members, trained lab members on EEG and other computer programs College of William and Mary: Social Psychology, PSYC 314, Spring 2012 -Graded exams, answered student questions College of William and Mary: Developmental Psychology, PSYC 310, Spring 2012 -Graded exams, answered student questions College of William and Mary: Advanced Research Methods in Social Psychology, PSYC 414, Fall 2011 -Taught lab section (including SPSS, IRB proposals) College of William and Mary: Elementary Statistics, PSYC 301, (3 Semesters Fall 2010 Summer 2011) -Taught lab section (including SPSS), graded all assignments Service Reviewer for the SPSP Student Poster Award, 2011-2012. Secondary Reviewer for Psychological Science Secondary Reviewer for Social and Cognitive Neuroscience Secondary Reviewer for International Review of Social Psychology Professional Memberships Society for Social and Affective Neuroscience Society of Personality and Social Psychology Social Psychology Network College of William and Mary Neurodiversity Initiative Golden Key Honor Society Skills Languages: Intermediate German, Beginner French Computer Skills: MATLAB, E-Prime, EMSE, SPSS, EEGLab, Poser, MediaLab, Microsoft Office Suite EEG Training