Curriculum Vitae

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Shirlene Wade

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

2020 PhD in Brain & Cognitive Sciences

University of Rochester

Advisor: Celeste Kidd

2018 Visiting Student

Department of Psychology

University of California, Berkeley

2017 M.A. in Brain & Cognitive Sciences

University of Rochester

2013 B.A. in Psychology; Linguistics (Cognition and Language)

magna cum laude

University of California, San Diego

Thesis: Bilingual Number Representation and Mappings in 5- to 7-Year-Olds (advised by Jessica Sullivan & David Barner)

ACADEMIC HONORS

2014-2017 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

2013 Honors with Highest Distinction in Psychology

Outstanding Graduate in Linguistics

2012 Phi Beta Kappa

2009-2013 Honors: Provost’s Honors

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Broad: attention, curiosity, learning, exploration, reasoning, development

PUBLICATIONS

Marchand, E., Wade, S., Sullivan, J., & Barner, D. (2020). Language-specific numerical estimation in bilingual children. Journal of experimental child psychology.

Wade, S., & Kidd, C. (2019). The role of prior knowledge and curiosity in learning. Psychonomic bulletin & review, 1-11.

Sullivan, J., Davidson, K., Wade, S., & Barner, D. (2019). Differentiating scalar implicature from exclusion inferences in language acquisition. Journal of child language, 46(4), 733-759.

Wade, S., & Kidd, C. (In Press). Cross cultural differences in the influence of peers on exploration during play. Cognitive Science. [link]

PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS PAPERS

Wade, S., & Kidd, C. (2020). Influence of Topic Knowledge on Curiosity. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.

Mollica, F., Wade, S., & Piantadosi, S. (2017). A Rational Constructivist Account of the Characteristic-to-Defining Shift. Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.

Wade, S., & Kidd, C. (2015). Cross-cultural comparison of peer influence on discovery rate during play. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Pelz, M., Wade, S., & Kidd, C. (2018). Attentional dynamics in complex learning environments: Insights from computational modeling and empirical work. XXI ICIS Biennial Congress. Philadelphia, PA. Talk.

Mollica, F., Wade, S., & Piantadosi, S. T. (2017). A rational constructivist account of the characteristic-to-defining shift. In Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. Talk.

Marchand, E., Wade, S., Sullivan, J., Barner, D. (2017). Number word mappings in bilingual children. Talk given as part of a panel on Language and Thought: Evidence from Mathematical Cognition, Society for Research on Child Development. Austin, TX. Talk.

Marchand, E., Wade, S., Sullivan, J., & Barner, D. (2016). Estimation Abilities in Bilingual French-English Children. 2016 Math Cognition and Learning Conference. Poster.

Blumenfeld, H.K., Giezen, M.R., & Wade, S. (2016). Unexpected non-target-language cues reveal language-cognition links in Spanish-English bilingual listeners. Talk given as part of a panel on Cognitive control and language processing in bilinguals and monolinguals. International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Granada, Spain.

Wade, S., & Kidd, C. (2015). Peer influence on discovery rate during play: A cross-cultural study. More On Development, Colombus, OH. Talk.

Wade, S., Giezen, M., Hall, J., & Blumenfeld, H. (2015). Cognate status and voice onset time influence early auditory word identification in bilinguals. 10th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Rutgers, NJ. Poster.

Camacho, S., Lamb, E., Manriquez, F., Ochoa, A., Jeong, M., Hall, J., Wade, S., Causor, C., & Blumenfeld, H. (2015). Cognate status and acoustic cues influence language activation in Spanish-English bilinguals. San Diego State University Student Research Symposium 2015, San Diego, CA. Poster.

Wade, S., Sullivan, J., Barner, D. (2015). Number word mappings in bilingual children: evidence for effects of language dominance on estimation. 2015 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Poster.

Chang, L., Wade, S., Robenalt, C., Ziebol, T., Deak, G. O. (2015). What in maternal speech to infants predicts later language skills? 2015 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Poster.

Wade, S., Chang, L., Robenalt, C., & Deak, G. (2014). Maternal Speech Content During Toy Play at 9 and 12 Months: Longitudinal Stability and Predictions of Infant Language. XIX Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Berlin, Germany. Poster.

Chang, L., Wade, S., Robenalt, C., & Deak, G. O. (2014). Maternal Speech Content During Toy Play at 9 and 12 Months: Longitudinal Stability of Speech Diversity, Verb Usage, and Discourse Types. 44^th Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society. San Francisco, CA. Poster.

Wade, S., Sullivan, J., & Barner, D. (2013). Number Representations and Mappings in Bilinguals. UCSD Conference for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. La Jolla, CA. Poster.

Wade, S., Chavez, I., Valdivia, J., Sullivan, J., & Barner, D. (2013). Development of Number Representations and Mappings in Bilingual 5- to 7-Year-Olds. Poster presented at 5th Annual Neurobiology of Language Conference. San Diego, CA. Poster.

Blumenfeld, K.K., Truong, J.V., Ortega, M., Wade, S., & Giezen, M. (2013). Language proficiency and word frequency influence lexical access in bilinguals. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention. Chicago, IL. Meritorious Poster designation (scored among the top 3.2% of submissions during review).

Ko, J., Xu, J., Wade, S., Powers, A., Lau, A., Robenalt, C., & Deak, G. O. (2013). Maternal Speech Content at 9 and 12 Months Predicts Language and Social Development in the Second Year. 8th Annual Southern California Conference on Cognitive and Language Development, Irvine, CA. Poster.

Ortega, M., Truong, J., Wade, S., Geizen, M., & Blumenfeld, H. (2013). Language Proficiency Influences Lexical Activation in Bilinguals and Monolinguals. San Diego State University Student Research Symposium, San Diego, CA. Poster.

Wade, S., Sullivan, J., Davidson, K., Razhas, I., & Barner, D. (2012). The Role of Contrast in Children's Interpretations of Some and All. 7th Annual Southern California Conference and Cognitive and Language Development, La Jolla, CA. Poster.

Sullivan, J., Wade, S., Bejar, K., & Barner, D. (2011). The learning mechanisms guiding children's number word mappings. Seventh Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Philadelphia, PA. Poster.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant: Cognition, University of Rochester, Spring 2018.

Teaching Assistant: Development of Mind & Brain, University of Rochester, Spring 2017.

Teaching Assistant: Cognition, University of Rochester, Spring 2016.

Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Developmental Psychology, UC San Diego, Fall 2012.

REVIEWER

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Trends in Cognitive Science

ADMINISTRATIVE

2017-2018 - Chair, Working Group on Faculty, Student, & Trainee Onboarding, Retention and Career Advancement for Commission on Women and Gender Equity in Academia at the University of Rochester

2017-2018 - UR Brain & Cognitive Sciences Department Graduate Student Recruitment, Co-organizer

2017 - Brain & Cognitive Sciences Senior Seminar Graduate Student Panel, Panelist

2016 - David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity in Arts, Sciences and Engineering, Graduate Student Ambassador

2016 - NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Workshop, Panelist

2016 - Brain & Cognitive Sciences Senior Seminar Graduate Student Panel, Panelist

2014-2016 - Center for Language Sciences, speaker selection committee member