CURRICULUM VITAE
Ashley Rose Smith
Temple University
1701 N. 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Email: ashley.r.smith@temple.edu
Website:
http://sites.temple.edu/ashleyrsmith/
POSITIONS AND ACADEMIC HISTORY
2010-Present
Doctoral Candidate in Psychology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Mentors: Dr. Jason Chein and Dr. Laurence Steinberg
Degree expected February 2015
2006-2010
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda MD,
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA),
Laboratory of Clinical and Translational Studies, Section of Brain Electrophysiology and Imaging
Post-Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) (2006/2007)
Research Technician (2008-2010)
Mentors: Dr. Daniel Hommer and Dr. James Bjork
2004-2006
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg VA
Department of Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Gretchen Gotthard
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2012
2012
2008
2006
2005
Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience Fellowship, Santa Barbara CA.
Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychology Fellowship, New York NY.
Junior Investigator Award, International Conference on Applications of Neuroimaging in Alcoholism.
Frank Murray Award for Outstanding Senior Paper in Psychology (R-MWC).
Best Undergraduate Poster, Virginia Psychological Association.
FUNDING
2005
Spatial Learning and Memory in the Sand Maze: Does WIN-55.212-2 Produce State Dependent Retention
in Rats?
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College Summer Research Grant
$3,000 Co-Principal Investigator
JOURNAL ARTICLES – PEER REVIEWED
Smith, A.R., Steinberg, L., Strange, N., & Chein, J. (in press). Age differences in the impact of peers on
adolescents’ and adults’ neural response to reward. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.
Smith, A.R., Steinberg, L. & Chein, J. (2014). The role of the anterior insular cortex in adolescent decision-making.
Developmental Neuroscience. Advance online publication.
Gilman, J. M., Smith, A.R*., Bjork, J.M., Ramchandani, V.A., Momenan, R., & Hommer, D.W. (2014).
Cumulative gains enhance striatal response to reward opportunities in alcohol-dependent patients.
Addiction Biology. Advance online publication. (* denotes co-first authorship)
Smith, A. R., Chein, J., & Steinberg, L. (2014). Peers increase adolescent risk-taking even when the probabilities of
negative outcomes are known. Developmental Psychology, 50(5), 1564-1568.
Smith, A. R., Chein, J., & Steinberg, L. (2013). Impact of socio-emotional context, brain development, and pubertal
maturation on adolescent decision-making. Hormones and Behavior, 64, 323-332.
Weigard, A., Chein, J., Albert, D., Smith, A. R., Steinberg, L. (2013). Effects of anonymous peer observation on
adolescents’ preference for immediate rewards. Developmental Science, 1-8.
Bjork, J. M., Smith, A. R., Chen, G., & Hommer, D. W. (2011). Psychosocial problems and recruitment of incentive
neurocircuitry: Exploring individual differences in healthy adolescents. Developmental Cognitive
Neuroscience, 1, 570-577.
Gilman, J. M., Smith, A. R., Ramchandani, V. A., Momenan, R., & Hommer, D. W. (2012). The effect of
intravenous alcohol on the neural correlates of risky decision making in healthy social drinkers. Addiction
Biology, 17(2), 465-478.
Bjork, J. M., Smith, A. R., Chen, G., & Hommer, D. W. (2012). Mesolimbic recruitment by nondrug rewards in
detoxified alcoholics: effort anticipation, reward anticipation, and reward delivery. Human Brain Mapping,
33(9), 2174-2188.
Bjork, J. M., Smith, A. R., Chen, G., & Hommer, D. W. (2010). Adolescents, adults and rewards: comparing
motivational neurocircuitry recruitment using fMRI. PLoS One, 5(7), e11440.
Bjork, J. M., Chen, G., Smith, A. R., & Hommer, D. W. (2010). Incentive-elicited mesolimbic activation in
adolescents with externalizing disorders. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 51(7), 827-837.
Bjork, J. M., Smith, A. R., & Hommer, D. W. (2008). Striatal sensitivity to reward deliveries and omissions in
substance dependent patients. Neuroimage, 42(4), 1609-1621.
Bjork, J. M., Momenan, R., Smith, A. R., & Hommer, D.W. (2008). Reduced posterior mesofrontal cortex
activation by risky rewards in substance-dependent patients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 95(1-2), 115128.
Bjork, J. M., Smith, A. R., Danube, C. L., & Hommer, D. W. (2007). Developmental differences in posterior
mesofrontal cortex recruitment by risky rewards. Journal of Neuroscience, 27(18), 4839-4849.
JOURNAL ARTICLES – IN PREPARATION
Koski, J., Smith, A.R., Chein, J., Steinberg, L., & Olson, I. The effects of social status on peer influence during
young adulthood.
Shulman, L., Chein, J., Smith, A.R., Silva, K., Duell, N., Icenogle, G., & Steinberg, L. Revisiting the dual systems
account of adolescent risk-taking.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS - PAPERS
Smith, A. R., Chein, J., Weigard, A., & Steinberg, L. (March, 2012). The influence of peers on the calculation of
risk in a probabilistic gambling task. Paper presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Annual
Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
Smith, A. R., Chein, J., Uckert, K., Albert, D., & Steinberg, L. (November, 2011). Developmental differences in
reward processing in the presence of peers. Paper presented at the Society of Neuroscience Annual
Conference, Washington, DC.
Smith, A. R., Gilman, J., Bjork, J.M., Ramchandani, V.A., Momenan, R., & Hommer, D.W. (June, 2010). Using
fMRI to examine the neural correlates of risky decision-making in alcohol-dependent patients. Paper
presented at the Research Society on Alcoholism Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Smith, A. R. (June, 2008). Spin the bottle: Alcohol & risk taking. Paper presented as part of the Randolph College
Summer Lecture Series, Lynchburg, VA.
Smith, A. R., & Gotthard, G. H. (April, 2006). Examination of the state dependent properties of WIN-55.212-2 on
spatial learning and memory in rats in the sand maze. Paper presented at the Virginia Psychological
Association Annual Conference, Virginia Beach, VA.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS - POSTERS
Smith, A. R., Steinberg, L., & Chein, J. (September, 2014). Anonymous peers increase engagement of reward
processing regions during adolescent risk-taking. To be presented at the annual Flux Congress, Los
Angeles, CA.
Smith, A. R., Chein, J., & Steinberg, L. (September, 2013). Peer influence on the receipt of reward during
adolescence. Poster presented at the annual Flux Congress, Pittsburgh, PA.
Smith, A. R., Steinberg, L., & Chein, J. (November, 2012). Peer influences on the integration of reward valuation
and impulse control processes during adolescence. Poster presented at the Society of Neuroscience Annual
Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Smith, A.R., Gilman, J.M., Momenan, R., Ramchandani, V.A., Crouss, T., & Hommer, D. W. (2010). Using fMRI
to examine the neural correlates of risky decision-making in alcohol dependent patients. Poster presented at
the Human Brain Mapping Annual Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
Smith, A.R., Gilman, J., Momenan, R., Bjork, J.M., & Hommer, D.W. (2009). Validation of a risk-taking task for
neurodevelopmental fMRI research. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference,
Chicago, IL.
Smith, A.R., Bjork, J.M., & Hommer D.W. (2008). Limbic system activation by rewards and losses in detoxified
alcoholics: Anticipation, receipt, and frustration. Poster presented at the International Conference on
Applications of Neuroimaging in Alcoholism (ICANA-2), New Haven, CT.
Smith, A.R., Bjork, J.M., & Hommer D.W. (2007). Effect of plasma catecholamine precursor depletion on
incentive-elicited brain activation: An fMRI study. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual
Conference, San Diego, CA.
Smith, A.R., Bjork, J.M., Danube, C.L., & Hommer D.W. (2007). Developmental differences in posterior
mesofrontal cortex recruitment by risky rewards. Poster presented at the American Psychological Society
Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Smith, A.R., Bjork, J.M., & Hommer, D. W. (2006). Motor response and uncertainty of reward activates ventral
striatum in a monetary incentive delay task. Poster presented at the National Institutes of Health Research
Festival, Bench to Bedside, Washington, DC.
Smith, A.R., & Gotthard, G.H. (2006). Examination of the state dependent properties of WIN-55.212-2 on spatial
learning and memory in rats in the sand maze. Poster presented at the SYNAPSE – Symposium for Young
Neuroscientists and Professors of the Southeast, Davidson College, Davidson, NC.
Smith, A.R., & Gotthard, G.H. (2005). Examination of the state dependent properties of WIN-55.212-2 on spatial
learning and memory in rats in the sand maze. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual
Conference, Washington, DC.
Smith, A.R., & Gotthard, G.H. (2005). Spatial learning and memory in the sand maze: Does WIN-2 produce a state
dependent retention in rats? Poster presented at the Virginia Psychological Association Annual
Conference, Williamsburg, VA.
TRAINING
2014
2010
Neurometrika: fMRI Design and Analysis Using SPM and FSL (August, 2014), Philadelphia, PA
AFNI Bootcamp, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
SERVICE
2011-present
2011
2012-2014
Graduate Recruitment Committee, Temple University (2011-present)
Volunteer at The Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr- Consortium Honors Seminar, AP Biology Seminar
on Brain Development
Ad hoc reviewer for:
Psychological Science
Journal of Research on Adolescence
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor
2014
Conducting Psychological Research, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Co-Instructor
2013
Mini AFNI Bootcamp, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Guest Lecturer
2013
Sensory, Perception, and Motor Development
Presentations given for Infancy course (February, 2013), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2012
Using fMRI to Understand Risky Decision-Making in Adolescents
Presentation given for “Brain Matters” course (June, 2012), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Flux Society
Society for Research in Child Development