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- 1. JENNY M. PORTER 3148 E. Maplewood Ave., Centennial, CO 80121 | 269-830-3820 | jennymporter@gmail.com EDUCATION • M.A. in Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA, October 2013 • B.S. in Brain, Behavior, Cognitive Sciences & German, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, April 2008 • Study Abroad, Albert-Ludwigs Universität, Freiburg, Germany, Sept. 2005 - Aug. 2006 RELEVANT COURSEWORK • Columbia University Analysis of Change | Seminar in Social Cognitive Neuroscience | Statistical Modeling in Psychology | Metacognition • Princeton University Brain Imaging in Cognitive Neuroscience Research • University of Michigan Labs in Biopsychology| Current Topics in Cognition and Perception|Cognitive Psychology | Statistics and Data Analysis | Psychopathology | Biopsychology | Hormones & Behavior| Psychopharmacology| HONORS • Lisa Carnoy Leadership Award, Women in Science at Columbia (2014) • Named Scholar, Neuroscience Fellowship Fund (2013-2014) • Graduate Research & Teaching Fellowship, Columbia University (2011-2013) • University Honors (Winter 2004, Fall 2006, & Winter 2007) • Walter and Florence E. Aupperle Scholarship (2005 – 2008) • Helen Curtis Davis Scholarship (2005 – 2006) • Office of International Programs Scholarship (2005) • Max Kade Scholarship for Study Abroad (2005) • Michigan Merit Award (2003 – 2004) • Michigan Competitive Scholarship (2003 – 2008) • Virginia Winship Scholarship (2003 – 2008) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Senior Research Assistant, Sept. 2014 – June 2016 Stress in Pregnancy Lab, Research Foundation of City University of New York & Queens College, New York, NY Project: Stress In Pregnancy (SIP) Study, a multi-site NIH funded longitudinal study of pregnancy in developmental psychopathology. Currently in Phase II of the study, participants are invited to Queens College for a follow-up visit, in order to track the effects of stress (including Superstorm Sandy disaster related stress) during pregnancy on the development of child psychopathology, relative to other variables of interest, including maternal biomarkers, (epi)genetic factors, socioeconomic status, and microbiome diversity. • Designed and programmed a psychophysiology startle probe paradigm to measure heart rate, skin conductance, and respiration reactivity in mother and child using E-prime and Acqknowledge software • Recruited and scheduled participants for follow-up assessments • Pre-processed and analyzed skin conductance and heart rate variability data • Conducted training for research assistants in psychophysiology administration and biological specimen collection (hair, saliva, and toenail samples) • Administered and scored the WPPSI-IV child assessment tools on 17-53 month old children • Administered and scored the Bayley-III Scales of Infant and Toddler Development • Administered and scored the SCID and MINI interviews to mothers
- 2. JENNY M. PORTER 3148 E. Maplewood Ave., Centennial, CO 80121 | 269-830-3820 | jennymporter@gmail.com Graduate Research Fellow, Sept. 2011 – Aug. 2014 Social and Cognitive Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, NY Projects: Predicting Daily Affective Experiences from Lab-Based Measures of Empathic Accuracy, Emotional Reactivity, and Emotion Regulation Success | Empathic Accuracy and Emotion Reappraisal | Acute Effects of MDMA and THC on Social Processing | Empathic Accuracy and Emotional Complexity • Designed and programmed four experiments using E-prime and Mindware software • Collected, pre-processed and analyzed heart rate and skin conductance psychophysiology data • Trained research assistants on recruiting, scheduling and running participants • Organized and analyzed data for all four studies Research Technician, Sept. 2010 – Aug. 2011 Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory, Northeastern University, Boston, MA Projects: Alzheimer’s Dementia and Emotion | Constructing Mental States fMRI Study • Pre-processed fMRI data for the Constructing Mental States Study using AFNI software • Designed and developed stimuli for the Alzheimer’s Dementia and Emotion Study • Recruited and ran healthy elderly controls for the Alzheimer’s Dementia and Emotion Study • Organized and analyzed behavioral pilot data for the Alzheimer’s Dementia and Emotion Study Research Specialist & Lab Coordinator, Sept. 2008 - Sept. 2010 Social Cognition and Social Neuroscience Research Lab, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Projects: Face Trait Judgment | Modeling Trustworthiness in Male and Female Faces | Accuracy of First Impressions | Implicit Threat Detection | Effects of Behavior Learning on Face Evaluation • Organized operations in lab of 13 researchers • Programmed 16+ experiments using E-Prime and co-designed 6 experiments • Created computer-generated faces using FaceGen software • Edited visual stimuli in Adobe Photoshop • Conducted fMRI scans as primary operator • Recruited and ran participants in behavioral tasks • Organized and analyzed behavioral data • Managed grant funds for subject payments and lab website Research Assistant, Dec. 2007 - Aug. 2008 Ecological Neuroscience Research Lab, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Projects: Decision Making in Hoarders | Emotional Stroop | Physiological Correlates of Empathy • Programmed an experiment to analyze and contrast object acquire versus discard decisions • Recruited hoarders from the community and administered prescreening questionnaires • Wrote and submitted protocols for IRB approval • Generated stimuli for an emotional stroop task to assess semantic processing of subliminally presented emotional words prior to faces of varying emotional expression. • Assisted in analyzing the physiological correlates of empathy in health-care workers TEACHING EXPERIENCE Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College, Queens, NY Introduction to Psychopathology- July 2016 Introduction to Statistical Methods, Jan. - May 2015 • Taught a 2-hour lecture of 50 students | Tutored students during office hours | Wrote and graded exams
- 3. JENNY M. PORTER 3148 E. Maplewood Ave., Centennial, CO 80121 | 269-830-3820 | jennymporter@gmail.com Teaching Assistant, Columbia University, New York, NY Experimental Psychology: Social Cognition and Emotion- Fall 2013 • Taught two 2-hour laboratory sections with 29 total students| Tutored students during office hours| Led review sessions| Wrote midterm and final exam questions| Graded papers and exams Mind, Brain, and Behavior- Fall 2012 Introduction to Psychology- Spring 2012 ACADEMIC & COMMUNITY SERVICE Monday Seminar Co-Chair, Social, Cognitive & Neuroscience Talk Series, Fall 2012-Spring 2014 Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY • Recruited academic researchers to speak at weekly talk series | Organized lunch for out-of-town speakers| Collected donations from faculty, post-docs, and students| Managed budget of $1,000 Girls Science Day Co-chair, Women in Science at Columbia, Columbia University, New York, NY Fall 2011- 2013 • Planned a day of scientific experiments and demonstrations for 100 middle school girls| Recruited and organized 100 volunteers| Raised $2,500 from science departments on campus| Implemented new Google Drive database for storing budget information, experiment proposals, and meeting notes PUBLICATIONS • Todorov, A., & Porter, J. (2014). Misleading first impressions: Different for different facial images of the same person. Psychological Science, 25(5), 1-14. • Todorov, A., Dotsch, R., Porter, J., Oosterhof, N., & Falvello, V. (2013). Validation of data-driven computational models of social perception of faces. Emotion, 13(4), 724-738. MANUSCRIPT IN PREPARATION • Effects of MDMA and THC on processing of social reward and social threat. Porter, J., Burghart, D., Arkell, T., Dakwar, E., Vaughn, B., Ochsner, K., Haney, M., & Bedi, G. ORAL PRESENTATIONS • Porter, J., Buthmann, J., & Nomura, Y. (January 2015). Psychophysiology of stress in mother and child: The enduring impacts of Superstorm Sandy. Talk presented at the 12 th Annual Neuropsychology Research Day at Queens College, Flushing, New York. • Porter, J. M. (May 2013). When life hands you lemons: Individual differences in empathic accuracy and emotion regulation predict differential responses to negative images. Talk presented at the Four College Conference, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. POSTER PRESENTATIONS • Porter, J., Buthmann, J., Finik, J., & Nomura, Y. (May 2016). Effects of Maternal Anxiety and Antenatal Infection on Child Stress Reactivity. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Society of Biological Psychiatry, Atlanta, GA. • Porter, J., Silvers, J., Nook, E., Zaki, J., & Ochsner, K. (April 2014). Beyond the lab: Predicting daily social interaction quality from performance on emotion regulation and empathic accuracy tasks. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society, Denver, Colorado. • Bedi, G. Burghart, D., Porter, J., Van Dam, N.T., Ochsner, K. & Haney, M. (December 2013). Effects of MDMA and THC on the subjective states and social processing in humans. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the American College of Neuropsychopharm, Hollywood, Florida. • Porter, J., Silvers, J., & Ochsner, K. (June 2013). Empathic accuracy predicts less negative affect in response to aversive images. Poster presented at the Maryland Neuroimaging Center Summer Institute on Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, College Park, Maryland. • Porter, J. M., & Todorov A. Snapshot judgments: Accuracy and social implications (January 2011). Presented at the annual meeting for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, Texas.