CURRICULUM VITAE
Jordan Seliger
jmseliger@gmail.com
(415) 279-6014
Education
2013 – present Master of Arts (expected), Mind, Brain, and Behavior (Psychological Research),
San Francisco State University
2010 – 2013 Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, San Francisco State University, with great honors
(Magna Cum Laude)
2006 – 2009 Associate of Arts, Liberal Studies, Sierra College
Research Experience
8/14 – present Lab Manager, Complex Cognition Lab (PI: Dr. Avi Ben-Zeev), San Francisco
State University
8/13 – present Graduate Researcher, Complex Cognition Lab (PI: Dr. Avi Ben-Zeev), San
Francisco State University
1/14 – present Graduate Researcher, Cognitive Psychophysiology Lab (PI: Dr. Mark W. Geisler),
San Francisco State University
4/11 – 7/13 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Complex Cognition Lab (PI: Dr. Avi BenZeev), San Francisco State University
Teaching Experience
Fall 2014 Psychology 371, Introduction to Psychological Statistics, Graduate Teaching Assistant,
San Francisco State University
Spring 2014 Psychology 494, Cognitive Psychology, Graduate Teaching Assistant, San Francisco
State University
Spring 2012 Psychology 494, Cognitive Psychology, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, San
Francisco State University
Fall 2011 Psychology 371, Introduction to Psychological Statistics, Undergraduate Teaching
Assistant, San Francisco State University
Summer 2011 Psychology 371, Introduction to Psychological Statistics, Undergraduate Teaching
Assistant, San Francisco State University
Professional Membership
2015 – present Cognitive Neuroscience Society
2014 – present Association for Psychological Science
2013 – present Society for Personality and Social Psychology
2012 – present The International Honors Society (Psi Chi) San Francisco State Chapter.
Awards
Graduate Award for Distinguished Achievement, Department of Psychology: Mind, Brain, and
Behavior, San Francisco State University, May 2015
Awarded 4th place at the College of Science and Engineering Student Project Showcase,
Graduate Behavioral Science Division, San Francisco State University, May 2015.
Posters and Presentations
Seliger, J., and Ben-Zeev, A. (May 2015). Who are you?: Categorization and social
repercussions after racial cosmetic surgery. Poster presented at the annual San Francisco State
University College of Science and Engineering Student Showcase, San Francisco, CA.
Niblett, S.P., Seliger, J., Fogarty, A., Lee, R.S., Rutkowska, L.B., Geisler, M.W., and Ben-Zeev,
A. (2015, May). Your brain on stereotypes: Social context biases early cortical attention. Poster
presented at the annual College of Science and Engineering Student Project Showcase, San
Francisco, CA.
Seliger, J., and Ben-Zeev, A. (April 2015). Who are you?: Categorization and social
repercussions after racial cosmetic surgery. Poster presented at the annual San Francisco State
University Graduate Research and Creative Works Showcase, San Francisco, CA.
Niblett, S.P., Seliger, J., Fogarty, A., Lee, R.S., Rutkowska, L.B., Geisler, M.W., and Ben-Zeev,
A. (2015, April). Your brain on stereotypes: Social context biases early cortical attention. Poster
presented at the annual San Francisco State University Graduate Student Showcase, San
Francisco, CA.
Niblett, S.P., Seliger, J., Fogarty, A., Splan, E.D., Ben-Zeev, A., and Geisler, M.W. (2015,
March). Meeting one’s match? Stereotype congruency influences cortical processing of
marginalized groups. Poster presented at the annual convention for the Cognitive Neuroscience
Society, San Francisco, CA.
Seliger, J., McDaniel, J., and Ben-Zeev, A. (May 2014). White by choice?: Voluntarily
changing racial-phenotypic features causes policing of group boundaries. Poster accepted and
to be presented at the annual meeting of the convention for the Association for Psychological
Science, San Francisco, CA.
Seliger, J., McDaniel, J., and Ben-Zeev, A. (April 2014). White by choice?: Voluntarily
changing racial-phenotypic features causes policing of group boundaries. Poster was presented
at the annual San Francisco State University Graduate Research and Creative Works Showcase,
San Francisco, CA.
Seliger, J., McDaniel, J., and Ben-Zeev, A. (April 2014). “One of us”: How changing one’s
phenotype to appear more White affects racial categorization. Talk given at San Francisco State
University’s MBB/Social Brownbag, San Francisco, CA, April 16, 2014.
Seliger, J., and Ben-Zeev, A. (February 2014). “One of us”: How changing one’s phenotype to
appear more White affects racial categorization. Poster was presented at the annual convention
for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
Scharnetzki, L., Seliger, J., Shelton, C., Lehr, D., and Ben-Zeev, A. (February 2014).
Perceptions of women as a social minority in a category accentuation paradigm. Poster was
presented at the annual convention for the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
Seliger, J., and Ben-Zeev, A. (May 2013). Categorization and transformation: the effects of
social status on group membership. Poster was presented at the annual meeting of the Stanford
Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Palo Alto, CA.
Scharnetzki, L., Shelton, C., Seilger, J., and Ben-Zeev, A. (2013, January). Women as
a social minority: Status overrides base rates in perceptions of “other.” Poster was
presented at the annual convention for the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Ward, L, Garcia, J., King, C., Ben-Zeev, A., and Seliger, J. (May 2011). Determinants of social
categorization and their determinants for psychological essentialism. Poster was presented at
annual Berkeley Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Berkeley, CA.
Technical Skills
Proficient in SPSS, Qualtrics Survey Software, and Survey Monkey.
Extensive Experience with PsyScope Experiment Software and FACES Facial Composite
Software.
Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel, and PowerPoint.