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CURRICULUM VITAE







































Taylor Rigby 












taylor.rigby@gmail.com











































RESEARCH INTERESTS AND CURRENT EXPERIMENTS























This winter I finished running an experiment using the experimental technique of backward flash masking and                 
was first author on a poster presenting these findings at the APS Conference, May 2009. This experiment was     

also the subject of my Honors Research Thesis, which I completed in May 2009. Earlier this spring, I finished      

running an experiment dealing with working memory, which yielded a journal article now under review. Currently,        
I am working at the Memory and Aging Center (UCSF) on a study exploring cognitive decline in healthy aging.

     






























EDUCATION





























2005-2009 
San Francisco Sate University, San Francisco, California 

GPA 3.92






Major: Psychology













Focus: Cognitive Neuroscience










Honors Thesis: Conscious Conflict: Does Conscious Conflict 









Require Awareness of the Triggering Stimulus






Major: Comparative Literature











Focus: Italian Literature





































POSITIONS HELD



























2009-Current Research Coordinator at the Memory and Aging Center, UCSF 







http://memory.ucsf.edu/









2008-2009 Lab Manager & Researcher at the Action and Consciousness Laboratory, SFSU





http://bss.sfsu.edu/emorsella 








2008-2008 Medical Editor at the NeuroCardioVascular Imaging Lab, UCSF







http://www.radiology.ucsf.edu/ncvimaxing/home






































STUDY ABROAD




























2005-2006 California State University International Program, Firenze, Italia




































AFFILIATIONS




























Phi Beta Kappa Honours Society










Psi Chi Honours Society in Psychology      









Golden Key International Honours Society









Society for Personality and Social Psychology








Association for Psychological Science










American Psychological Association










Cognitive Neuroscience Society










































HONORS





























Dean’s List 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005









Acceptance to the Undergraduate Behavior & Social Science Research Honors Thesis Program 2008   


Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) travel fund recipient 2008






Edward B. Kaufmann College of Humanities Scholarship Award 2007  





































MANUSCRIPTS 




























Furtado, A. D., Lau, B. C., Vittinghoff, E., Dillon, W. P., Smith., W. S., Rigby, T., Boussel, L., 



Wintermark, M. (In Press). Optimal Brain Perfusion-CT Coverage in Patients with Acute Middle          


Cerebral Artery Stroke. American Journal of Neuroradiology.






















Morsella, E., Rigby, T., & Gazzaley, A. (Under Review). A working-memory version of the flanker task



 yields traditional perceptual- and response-interference effects.  




































PRESENTATIONS



























Rigby, T. (2009, May). Metacognition without the Cognition: Subjective Effects of Interference from



Subliminal Stimuli and Prospective Memory. Talk given at the annual Psi Chi Honours Society



Conference, San Francisco, CA.










































POSTERS





























Rigby, T., Gerrits,T., & Morsella, E. (2009, May). Conscious of conflict but not of the eliciting stimuli. 



Poster Session presented at the annual conference for the Association for Psychological Science, 


San Francisco, CA. 



























Lanska, M., Rigby, T., Gerrits, T., Morsella, E. (2009, May). The Forward-Looking Bias of the Mind/Brain: 


How Future Tasks Breed Intrusive Cognitions. Poster Session presented at the annual conference


for the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA. 




















Rigby, T., Gerrits,T., Riddle, T., Berger, C., & Morsella, E. (2009, March). Conscious of conflict but not 



of the eliciting stimulus: Implications for the neuroscience of cognitive control. Poster Session   



presented at the annual conference of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.   

















Lanska, M., Rigby, T., Gerrits, T., Morsella, E. (2009, March). The Prospective Brain: How Future



Actions Breed Intrusive Cognitions and Interfere With Current Tasks. Poster Session presented



at the annual conference of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.  



















Rigby, T., Gerrits,T., Acosta, K., & Morsella, E. (2009, February). Does Conscious Conflict Require   



Awareness of the Triggering Stimulus? Implications for Social Cognition Research.   




Poster session presented at the annual conference of Society for Personality and Social    



Psychology, Tampa, Fl.  










































SAN FRANCISO STATE UNIVERSITY MAJOR COURSE WORK






















Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience


























PSY 699
SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN PSY 3:00
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PSY 697
SENIOR PROJECT     
6:00
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PSY 693
PRO-SEMINAR                                 
6:00
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PSY 498
COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE 3:00
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PSY 494
COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 3:00
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PSY 456
PSY OF HUMAN SEXUAL BEHAV 3:00
A





PSY 450
VARIATIONS HUMAN SEXUALITY 3:00
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PSY 431
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 3:00
A





PSY 400
INTRO TO RESEARCH PSYCH 4:00
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PSY 371
INTRO-PSY STATISTICS
3:00
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PSY 320
SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS 3:00
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PSY 200
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY  3:00
A





















Comparative & Italian Literature


























ITAL 581
DIVINA COMMEDIA  
3:00
A-





ITAL 570
ITAL.WOMEN WRITER-13TH-20 3:00
A





ITAL 510
ITAL LIT. EARLY PERIOD
3:00
A





ITAL 492
PSA: ITALIAN OPERA
3:00
A





CWL 450
ARABIC & ARAB AMERICAN LIT 3:00
A





CWL 440
MULTI CULTURAL AMERICAS  3:00
A





CWL 420
FALL- ITALIAN LIT: EUROPEAN 3:00
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CWL 420
SPRING-FOREIGN WRITERS ITAL 3:00
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CWL 400
APPROACHES TO COMP LIT  3:00
A-





CWL 260
MYTHS OF THE WORLD 
3:00
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CWL 250
FABLES AND TALES
3:00
A





































INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE
























Programs: E-Prime, PsyScope, SPSS









Software: MS Office Suite, ADOBE Photoshop, OpenTable, Gantt charts, Adobe Acrobat, EndNote


Web-based: Google Calendar, Google Documents, Google Sites, SurveyMonkey   



Systems: Windows (all versions)










Hardware: PC, MAC











































CERTIFICATIONS



























National Institute of Health (NIH) human participants certified                            




Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) certified





































LANGUAGES




























English: Native Speaker










Italian: Fluent











French: Intermediate











































TRANSLATIONS




























2006
Giacomo Leopardi, “L’infinito.” Unpublished manuscript.      




2005
Integra2000 onlus: Student Housing Service in Florence, Web Page.



































ART EXHIBITIONS – Painting and Photography
























2007
Salon Style. The Art Gallery. San Francisco, California.





2005
Art Without Borders. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. San Francisco, California.


































MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES
























2000
Adam Eisenstein: Circus of Desire (premier). Lab Theatre, University of Utah.






Character: Sam(antha)









2000
Westminster Singers: Spring Choral Concert. Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Westminster College.

1999
Westminster Singers: Holiday Choral Concert. Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Westminster College.




Solo: Chinese Finger Cymbals and Vocal







1999
Westminster Singers: The National Anthem. Delta Center, Salt Lake City. 



































TRAVELS





























European Tour 2006, 2005, 1999, 1997










Mexico 2009, 2005, 2003











Eastern Europe 2006 











Caribbean 2005












Australia 2008












Egypt 2006













































REFERENCES




























Professor Ezequiel Morsella Ph.D.:















Assistant Professor San Francisco State University, Assistant Adjunct 






Professor at Professor at University of California San Francisco, and 






Director of The Action and Consciousness Laboratory


















San Francisco State University, Psychology Department,







Ethnic Studies & Psychology Bldg. Room 301








1600 Holloway Avenue,











San Francisco, CA 94132  











(415) 338-1831












morsella@sfsu.edu



























Professor Amy Smith JD, Ph.D.:   Assistant Professor San Francisco State University & thesis adviser

















San Francisco State University, Psychology Department, 







Ethnic Studies & Psychology Bldg. Room 301








1600 Holloway Avenue,











San Francisco, CA 94132  











(415)338-1275












smithae@sfsu.edu



























Professor Max Wintermark, M.D.: Assistant Professor in Residence in Neuroradiology, and Director of the 






NeuroCardioVascular Imaging Lab University of California San Francisco

















Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Section








505 Parnassus Ave., Box 0628










San Francisco, CA 94143  











(415) 353-8749












max.wintermark@radiology.ucsf.edu


























Professor Dane Johnson Ph.D.: Associate Professor, Undergraduate Adviser, and Graduate Coordinator     





for Comparative and World Literature at San Francisco State University

















Department of Comparative and World Literature, 








Humanities Bldg. Room 377, 1600 Holloway Avenue, 








San Francisco, CA 94132  











(415) 338-3072












danej@sfsu.edu