Research

Selected Student Presentations:

Pineda-Moore, A., Pacheco, E., Tiras, E. (2022). Communication, Personal Loss, and Beliefs: Student Perspective on the Effects of COVID-19. Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. I mentored these students.

Sanchez, A. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 on Academic Performance. Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. I mentored this student.

Gonzalez, X., Rodriguez, A., Travis, B., Wierbinski, B., & Gonzales, A. (2019). The Relationship Between College Payment Strategies and GPA. Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Pasadena, CA. I mentored these students.

Landis, E., Jimenez Hernandez, N., Farrar, W. (2018). A Community College Perspective of Undocumented Students: Understanding the Influence of Scapegoat Theory. Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. I mentored this student.

Rodriguez, L., Gonzales, A., Fermaint, M., Alvarado, L., and Wager, E. (2018). Prevalence and Perceptions of Substance Use at an Arizona Community College. Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

Clark, B., Wager, E., Hernandez, N. (2017). Community College Students' Perception of Sexual Assault. Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA.

Taylor, D., Wager, E., Hernandez, N. (2017). This is NOT Taboo, Gender-role Attitudes and the Perception of Rape. Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA.

Alvarado, L., Gonzalez, A., Rodrigues, L., Fermaint, M., Wager, E. (2017). Substance Use in EMCC Students: Where Do We Stand and What is Our Perspective? Maricopa District-Wide Student Conference, Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, AZ.

Hafezi, A., Folstein, J. R., Kousik, S., Wager, E., Scalf, P. (2015) Exploring how learned and unlearned stimuli configurations compete in human visual cortex. Undergraduate Biology Research Program Conference, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

At WPA (Western Psychological Association) students are able to meet Dr. Phillip Zimbardo! Here are pictures of students at WPA conferences!

Selected Conference Presentations and Publications:

Cantú, L., Manning, L., & Wager, E. (2022). Learning from our students to better serve them. AZ HSI Institute. Avondale; Estrella Mountain Community College.

Cantú, L., Manning, L., & Wager, E. (2022). Exploring the student experience. Student Success Virtual Conference, Maricopa Community Colleges.

Cantú, L., Manning, L., & Wager, E. (2022). Exploring the student experience. Presentation on Title V and MCLI Research Study. Avondale; Estrella Mountain Community College.

Cantú, L., Manning, L., & Wager, E. (2021). Mobilize data to action: Assessing EMCC Equity Gaps, Student Success Virtual Conference, Maricopa Community Colleges.

Cantú, L., Manning, L., & Wager, E. (2021). Mobilize data to action: Assessing EMCC Equity Gaps. Presentation on Title V Research. Avondale; Estrella Mountain Community College.

Wager, E. (2020). Sleep – What You Need to Know. Your Brain on College Presentation. Chandler Gilbert Community College, Chandler, AZ.

Book Chapter Contribution: I contributed/interviewed for a book by Educational Consultant Nancy Hensel, EdD, in 2019 & 2020 about undergraduate research at Estrella Mountain Community College. I am referenced in: Chapter Six, Research: Course-Based Research and in Chapter 10: Inclusive Pedagogy.

Wager, E., Brzuzy, S. (2019). Testing Student Success Data; Findings and Recommendations. Higher Learning Commission, with support from Lumina Foundation.

Cacciamani, L., Wager, E., Peterson, M. A., & Scalf, P. E. (2017). Age-related changes in perirhinal cortex sensitivity to configuration and part familiarity and connectivity to visual cortex. Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 9, 291.

Wager, E., Peterson, M. A., Folstein, J. R., & Scalf, P. E. (2015). Ground-based inhibition: suppressive perceptual mechanisms interact with top-down attention to reduce distractor interference. Journal of Vision, 15(8), 9-9.

Wager, E., Humphreys, G., & Scalf, P.E. (2015). Correct action affordance among unattended objects reduces their competition for representation in VO1, an fMRI study (in preparation)

Wager, E., Youngstedt, S., Parthasarathy S., Jean-Louis, G., Irwin, M., Havens, C., Bootzin, R. (2015). Older long sleepers take longer on a visual attention and inhibition task than average sleepers. Associated Professional Sleep Societies Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

Wager, E., Scalf, P. (2014). Wake Up And Smell The Coffee: Differential Effects of Caffeine On A Visual Selective Attention Task. SLEEP - Associated Professional Sleep Societies Annual Meeting, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN

Cacciamani, C., Wager, E., Peterson, M., Scalf, P. (2014) Connectivity between the perirhinal cortex and the visual cortex in young and older adults. Neuroscience Annual Conference, Washington, DC

Wager, E., Humphreys, G., & Scalf, P.E. (2014). Correct action affordance among unattended objects reduces their competition for representation in VO1, an fMRI study. Neuroscience Annual Conference, Washington, DC

Wager, E., Humphreys, G., Scalf, P. (2014). Correct action affordance among unattended objects reduces their competition for representation in V4. Vision Sciences Society, Annual Meeting St. Pete Beach, FL

Wager, E., Peterson, M. A., Folstein, J. R., & Scalf, P. E. (2013). Automatic top-down processes mediate selective attention. University of Arizona - Arizona State University Cognitive Science Conclave, Tucson, AZ

Wager, E., Peterson, M. A., Folstein, J. R., & Scalf, P. E. (2013). Automatic top-down processes mediate selective attention. Vision Sciences Society, Annual Meeting, Naples, FL

Wager, E., Nadel, L., Gómez, R. (2012). The Role of Spatial Awareness in Memory Updating University of Arizona - Arizona State University Cognitive Science Conclave, Tempe, AZ