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Curriculum Vitae

Elizabeth Brannon

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B203 LSRC
Durham, NC 27708

919-668-6201 (office)
919-370-3074 (home)

(email)

Education

PhD Columbia University 2000

M.A. Columbia University 1994

B.A. (summa cum laude with distinction in the major) University of Pennsylvania 1992

Areas of Research: Development and Evolution of Numerical Abilities

Areas of Interest: Cognitive development
Primate cognition
Developmental cognitive neuroscience

Professional Experience / Employment History

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, 2002 - present

Duke University: Assistant Professor, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience & Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, 2001 - present

: Assistant Research Professor, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience & Department of Psychology: Experimental, 2000-2001

Columbia University

Graduate Research Fellow, , 1996-1999

(with Professor Herb Terrace)

: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Psychology, 1994-1999

SUNY Downstate: Research Associate, Primate Center, Summer 1993

University of Nebraska: Research Associate, Callitrichid Research Center, 1992-1993

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions: Early Investigator Award, Society of Experimental Psychologists, December, 2007
RO1 research grant, NICHD, 2005-2010
NSF CAREER award, NSF, June, 2005
NSF CAREER award, 2005-2010
John Merck Scholar, 2003-2007
RO1 research grant, NIMH, 2003-2008
John Merck Scholars award, John Merck Fund, April, 2003
Research grant, NSF ROLE/DLS, 2002-2006
RO3, NIMH, 2002-2004
BSTART, NIMH, 2001-2002
"Knowledge of numerical relationships in infants", NIH, February, 2001
Ph.D. awarded with distinction, 2000
Presidential Teaching Award, Columbia University, 1997
Konrad Lorenz Award, Boaz and Benedict Conference, Columbia University, 1993
Phi Beta Kappa, elected, May 12, 1993
summa cum laude with distinction in the major, 1992
University Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, 1989-1992

Recent Grant Support

NSF CAREER, NSF, 0448250, 2005/06-2010/05.
RO1: Representation of number in infancy, NIMH, 2003/12-2008/12.
The evolution and ontogeny of mathematical abilities, John Merck Scholars Program, 2003/06-2007/06.

Professional Service

University Committee: Member, Search committee for Cognitive Primatologist, 2005 - present; Member, Research board for the Duke Primate Center, 2004 - present; Committee member, Internal Advisory Board for the Duke Primate Center, 1 January 2002; Committee member, Search for Director of Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, 2002-03

DGS: Associate DGS, Associate DGS, September 1, 2002 - September 1, 2006

Department Committee: member, Search commitee for developmental psychology, September, 2007 - present; member, Biological anthropology search committee, August 2005; Ethics coordinator, Department Representative for University Ethics, September 1, 2001 - May 01, 2005; committee member, Graduate Admissions, September 1, 2002 - September 1, 2004; Committee member, Behavioral Genetics Faculty Search, September 15, 2003 - May 01, 2004

Other: Editorial Board, Cognition, 2004 - present; Ad Hoc reviewer, Ad Hoc reviewer, 15 December 2003; Ad Hoc reviewer, NSF, NIH BBBP1, 15 December 2003; Editorial Board, Psychological Science, 1 January 2003; Member, Scientific Society Memberships; panelist, NSF, Special panel to review Centers for science of learning, December 2003

Selected Recent Invited Talks: Development and Evolution of numerical thinking., UCSD, October, 2007; The neural and behavioral underpinnings of numerical ordering, Society for Neuroscience, October, 2007; National Science Foundation conference on Neuroscience and Learning, National Science Foundation, May 20, 2007; Numerical Understanding in the Brain: Comparative, Developmental, and Neural Perspectives, Cognitive Neuroscience Society, May, 2007; Comparative and developmental approach to studying numerical cognition, Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania, March 16, 2007; Development and Evolution of numerical thinking., University of Texas at Houston, March, 2007; Comparative approach to studying numerical cognition, National Institutes of Health Behavioral and Social Science Research Lecture Series, November 20, 2006; Animal Cognition Symposium, APA, New Orleans, August 10, 2006; The New Cognitive Sciences, Vienna, Estate of Konrad Lorenz, June 10, 2006; Nonverbal Cognition: The case of number, Stanford, Psychology Department, April 23, 2006; Evolution and Development of Numerical Thinking, NorthWestern, February 7, 2006; Evolution and Development of Numerical Thinking, Columbia University, December 07, 2005; Invited Presidential Symposium Speaker, Cognitive Development Society, Cognitive Development Society, October 2005; Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, March 2005; Yale conference on objects and infancy, May 2005; Infants representation of continuous vs. discrete stimulus attributes, Yale University conference on objects and infancy, April 23, 2005; The evolution and development of numerical thinking, Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, March 25, 2005; Evolution and Development of Numerical Thinking, Yale University, 2005, March 2nd; Cognitive Neuroscience Summer Institute, Dartmouth, NH, June 2004; Quantitative thinking: From monkey to human and human infant to human adult, Fyssen Foundation, December 12, 2003; The Evolution and Development of Numerical Thinking, Georgia State University, 18 November 2003; Development of serial ordering in infants, OECD, Brockton, MA, January 2003; From monkey to human brain, Fyssen Foundation, Paris, France, June 2003; Numerical thinking: A comparative study, Presidential symposium Eastern Psychological Association, 2003; The development and evolution of the number concept, Invited colloquium, University of Virginia, Psychology, 15 November 2002; The development and evolution of the number concept, Social and Health Sciences Department, Duke University, 15 September 2002; The development and evolution of the number concept, Colloquium, Max Planck, Tuebingen, 18 May 2002; The development and evolution of the number concept, Colloquium, Max Planck, Leipzig, 15 May 2002; The development and evolution of the number concept, Colloquium, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 15 December 2001; Numerical thinking: A comparative study, Anthropology Department, Duke University, April 2001; The evolution and ontogeny of numerical cognition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, April 2001; Numerical thinking: A comparative study, BAA, Duke University, 15 April 2001; Cognitive Neuroscience Proseminar, 2000-2003; Development and Evolution Proseminar, 2000-2003; Animal Cognition Symposium, Kyoto, Japan, March 2000; Neural basis of simple arithmetic, Cortex Club, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Fall 2000; The evolution and development of numerical cognition, Nathan Kline Instittute, February 2000; The evolution and development of numerical cognition, Neurobiology Department, Faculty guest speaker at weekend retreat, Duke University Medical Center, 15 October 2000; Animal Cognition Symposium, Kyoto, Japan (declined), 15 March 2000; Commentator for Exploring the Mind Symposium, FOCUS, Duke, 15 February 2000; Ordinal numerical abilities in rhesus monkeys, Dissertation seminar, Department of Psychology, Columbia University, 1999; Science and education, St. Ann's High School, Brooklyn, NY, Fall 1999; The evolution and development of numerical cognition, Lunch-box seminar, Department of Psychology, Duke University, January 1999; Chunking in humans and animals, Department of Psychology, Columbia University, 1998; Ordinal numerical knowledge in rhesus monkeys, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, April 1997

Publications (listed separately)

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