Katherine Sledge Moore
Department of Psychology
Elmhurst College
190 Prospect Ave
Elmhurst, IL
E-mail: katherine.moore@elmhurst.edu
Website: http://katherine-moore.elmhurst.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
 Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
 Ginsburg Center Social Service Graduation Honor
2010
M.S., Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2008
B.A. in Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
 Summa Cum Laude
 Phi Beta Kappa
 Music Theory minor
2003
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
 Department of Psychology, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL
Assistant Professor
2012 – present
 Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Postdoctoral Associate for Marvin Chun
2010 – 2012
 Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 2003 – 2005
Research Technician for Ingrid Olson
COURSES TAUGHT
Elmhurst College – 3-4 courses per semester; maternity leave Fall 2013:
Research Seminar in Psychology (26 students)
Fall 2014, Spring 2015
Students involved in empirical research in either the Attention, Memory & Cognition Laboratory (Dr.
Moore) or the Elmhurst Social Psychology Laboratory (Dr. Majka) meet as a team to brainstorm
ideas, learn research skills, present articles and findings, and prepare for conference presentations.
Cognitive Processes (15-20 students per section, avg rating 4.4/5)
Fall 2012, Spring 2013 & 2014
Students design, carry out and present their own research projects in memory and cognition. In
preparation, they also complete hands-on classic psychological experiments throughout the term.
Sensation & Perception (12-17 students per section, rated 4.6/5) Spring 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2015
This advanced laboratory course is similar to Cognitive Processes except that the topic is perception,
and the hands-on experiments emphasize visual, auditory, and multisensory perception.
Research Methods (20 students, rated 4.3/5)
Spring 2013
Students learn psychological research methods and carry out an original group research project
using an experimental design.
Psychology of Music (10-20 students per section, rated 4.1/5)
Fall & Spring 2014, Spring 2015
Students explore the relationship between music and all areas of psychology in this seminar.
Students develop written and oral communication skills through leading classroom discussions and
presenting on their individual research projects (a review paper or grant proposal).
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Introduction to Psychology (30 students)
Fall 2014
Students develop scientific reasoning in this course that takes an experimental approach to the
survey of psychology. There is a heavy emphasis on the importance of psychology in everyday life.
Psychology and Culture (25 students)
Spring 2015
In this discussion-based course for both majors and non-majors, students explore the influence of
culture on psychology across all fields. Students spend a weekend in an international hostel in
Chicago, and adopt a refugee family.
Psychology of Thinking (5 students, no rating)
Spring 2014
Students read and discuss several books, each taught by a different professor. I taught
Kahnemann’s Thinking Fast and Slow
University of Michigan:
Cognitive Psychology (95 students, rated 4.9/5; sole instructor)
Spring 2009
Students engaged with the material and with each other through participating in classical
psychological experiments outside of class and by collaborating using online resources.
Introduction to fMRI (60 students, no rating; lab instructor)
Summer 2008, 2009
Graduate students and advanced undergraduates learned computer programming skills and
analysis techniques specific to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data using Eprime and
SPSS. In a parallel lecture, students learned the physics and principles of fMRI.
Brain, Learning and Memory (75 students, rated 4.9/5; lab instructor)
Fall 2007
Students learned about the neuroscience of memory by participating in laboratory activities such as
collecting data in a real-time fMRI experiment, dissecting a sheep brain, analyzing case studies of
amnesia, and simulating a learning environment for rats.
Cognitive Psychology (75 students, rated 4.7/5; discussion leader)
Fall 2006
OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING
Speaker and Fellow, Center for Scholarship and Teaching
2013 – present
I offer periodic workshops for faculty on best pedagogical practices based on cognitive psychology
research.
Graduate Teaching Consultant
2009 – 2010
I provided mid-term feedback, consultations and observations for fellow graduate student instructors
and Psychology faculty; attended bi-weekly meetings on pedagogy.
Facilitator, Intergroup Relations “Common Ground”
2008 – 2010
I facilitated workshops for fraternities, sororities, honors societies, dorms, activity groups and sports
teams on specialized topics within social identity and social justice. Example topics included gender
(e.g. in science), sexuality & gender identity, race & ethnicity, disability status, and social class.
Preparing Future Faculty Workshop (50 classroom hrs)
Summer 2008
Received extensive pedagogical training from the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
(CRLT) at the University of Michigan.
Multicultural Facilitation Course (18 classroom hrs)
Fall 2008
Received training on facilitating classroom discussions in a multicultural environment (through CRLT
at Michigan).
RESEARCH MENTORING
Elmhurst College
2012 - present
Mahliqa Azeem, Rahaf Damra, Maria Daniels, Ryan Donahue, Lina Fouad, Mike Harris, Daniel
Hayes, Brianna Hovanec, Angela Jensen, Kathleen Johnstone, Steven Kreftt, Joel Meyer, Maryam
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Rehman, Jessica Ruiz, Celine Santos, Hilary Schiltz, Katie Trencheny, Elizabeth Wiemers,
Stephanie Willette, Angelina Zielonka; Greg Ramos (Notre Dame University)
Yale University
Laura Benoit, Somin Lee
2010 – 2012
University of Michigan
2007 – 2010
Patricia Chen, Elise Darling, Timothy Hinkey, Frederick Mark Holt, Amanda Lai, Marshall O’Moore,
Erika Pinsker, Clare Porter, Zenaida Rivera, Melanie Sottile, Jillian Steinberg, Alissa Stubbs
Anna Grummon (Stanford University)
Jennifer Lyu, Janu Ramakrishna (high school students)
PUBLICATIONS (undergraduate co-authors are starred)
Moore, K.S., Weissman, D.H. (2014). A bottleneck model of set-specific capture. PLoS ONE, 9(2):
e88313.
Moore, K.S., Yi, D-J., & Chun, M.M (2013). The effect of attention on repetition suppression and
multivoxel pattern similarity. Journal of Cognitive Neursocience, 25(8), 1305-1314.
Open Science Collaboration1 (2012). An open, large-scale, collaborative effort to estimate the
reproducibility of psychological science. Perspectives on Psychological Science 7(6), 657-660.
Moore, K.S., Weissman, D. H. (2011). Set-specific capture can be reduced by preemptively
occupying a limited-capacity focus of attention. Visual Cognition, 19, 417-444.
Moore, K.S., Weissman, D. H. (2010). Involuntary transfer of a top-down attentional set into the
focus of attention: Evidence from a contingent attentional capture paradigm. Attention,
Perception & Psychophysics, 72, 1495-1509.
Moore, K.S., Porter, C.B.*, Weissman, D.H. (2009) Made you look! Irrelevant instructions hijack the
attentional network. NeuroImage, 46(1), 270-279.
Lustig, C.A., Lewis, R.L., Berman, M.G., Nee, D.E., Moore, K.S., Jonides, J. (2009) Psychological and
Neural Mechanisms of Short-term Memory. In G. G. Bernston and J. T. Caccioppo (Eds.),
Handbook of neuroscience for the behavioral sciences. 567-585. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley &
Sons.
Olson, I.R., Moore, K.S, Drowos, D.B. (2008) The contents of working memory are only partly under
volitional control. Memory and Cognition, 36, 1360-1369.
Franklin, M.S., Moore, K.S., Yip, C-Y., Rattray, K., Moher, J.*, & Jonides, J. (2008) The Effects of
Musical Training on Verbal Memory. Psychology of Music. 36(3), 353-365.
Nee, D.E., Berman, M.G., Moore, K.S., and Jonides, J. (2008) Neuroscientific evidence on the
distinction between short- and long-term memory. Current Directions in Psychological Science.
17(2), 102-106.
Jonides, J., Lewis, R.L., Nee, D.E., Lustig, C.A., Berman, M.G., and Moore, K.S. (2008) The Mind and
Brain of Short-Term Memory. Annual Review of Psychology. 59, 193-224.
Olson, I.R., Moore, K.S., Stark, M., Chatterjee, A. (2006) Visual Working Memory is Impaired when
the Medial Temporal Lobe is Damaged. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 18, 1087-1097.
Olson, I.R., Page, K., Moore, K.S., Chatterjee, A., and Verfaellie, M. (2006) Working Memory for
Conjunctions Relies on the Medial Temporal Lobe. Journal of Neuroscience. 26, 4596-4601.
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Shared authorship with 71 researchers conducting wide-scale replication studies in the field. See
http://openscienceframework.org/project/EZcUj/wiki/home for more information.
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Olson, I.R., Rao, H., Moore, K.S., Wang, J., Detre, J.A., Aguirre, G.K. (2006) Using Perfusion fMRI to
Measure Continuous Changes in Neural Activity with Learning. Brain and Cognition. 60(3), 262271.
Olson, I.R., Jiang, Y. & Moore, K.S. (2005). Associative Learning Improves Visual Working Memory
Performance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 31(5),
889-900.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS (undergraduate co-authors are starred)
Moore, K.S., Kuhl, B.A., & Chun, M.M. (Under revision) Multi-voxel pattern analysis reveals target
enhancement as the primary mechanism for resolving perceptual competition.
Moore, K. S., Wiemers, E.*, Lee, S.*, Santos, C.* (In preparation) No transfer of training in
reducing set-specific capture effects.
Meyer, J.* & Moore, K.S. (In preparation) Superior fluid cognition in trained musicians.
Moore, K. S., Ramos, G.*, Trencheny, K.* (In preparation) Task switching in early visual processing.
GRANTS
Elmhurst College Bi-disciplinary Course Development Grant
Elmhurst College Faculty-Student Collaborative Grant
Elmhurst College Faculty Research Grant
Elmhurst College Research and Performance Showcase Grant
Education Portal Instructional Grant
Yale University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Research Grant
Golden Key Honour Society Graduate Research Grant
Faculty Grant for Innovation with Teaching and Technology
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
Rackham Graduate Research Grant
Pillsbury Research Award
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Research Grant
Rackham Travel Grant
2014
2013, 2014
2013
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2006 – 2009
2008
2008
yearly, 2006 – 2009
yearly, 2005 – 2010
HONORS
Sigma Xi
Psychology Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
Michigan Teaching Fellow
Sphinx Senior Society (for outstanding undergraduate leadership)
2009
2008, 2009
2008
2002 – 2003
COLLOQUIA AND INVITED TALKS
Northwestern University
Hofstra University
Yale University
University of Michigan
Oberlin College
Notre Dame University
2013
2012
2008, 2011
2007, 2008, 2010
2009
2008
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS since 2009 (undergraduate co-authors are starred)
Meyer, J.*, Willette, S.*, & Moore, K.S. (2014) Musical expertise is associated with superior fluid
cognition. Auditory Perception, Cognition, & Action Meeting, Long Beach, CA.
Moore, K. S. & Wiemers, E.* (2014) Set-specific capture effects are modulated by associative
learning. Psychonomics Society, Long Beach, CA.
Trencheny, K.*, Ramos, G.*, & Moore, K. S. (2014) Dude, where’s my bag: Mechanisms of
multitasking in early visual processing. Tri-State Undergraduate Conference in Psychology,
Dubuque, IA.
Fouad, L.*, Azeem, M.*, Rehman, M.*, Brandon, M., & Moore, K. S. (2014) Cross-modal
associative learning of pitch and color. Tri-State Undergraduate Conference in Psychology,
Dubuque, IA.
Wiemers, E.*, & Damra, R.*, & Moore, K. S. (2014) Set-specific capture effects are modulated by
associative learning. Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Moore, K.S., Wiemers, E.*, Lee, S.*, & Santos, C.* (2013) Dual-target contingent attentional
capture effects are modulated by associative learning. Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.
Moore, K.S. (2013) The reproducibility project: How to encourage better practices in psychology
and other scientific fields. Faculty Women’s Caucus, Elmhurst, IL.
Moore, K.S. (2012) Using dialogue as a technique to address social justice across disciplines.
Scholarship of Pedagogy Symposium, Dominican University, River Forest, IL.
Moore, K.S., Lee, S.* (2012) Goal-switching costs in contingent attentional capture are modulated
by strategy and experience. Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.
Moore, K.S., Yi, D.-J., Cartmell, S., & Chun, M.M. (2012) The role of attention in repetition
attenuation and pattern similarity during visual learning. Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.
Schram, L., Moore, K. S., Jones, S., & Wright, M.C. (2010). Graduate student perspectives on a
faculty development career. POD Network Conference, St. Louis, MO.
Moore, K.S., Darling, E. F.*, Steinberg, J. B.*, Weissman, D. H. (2010) Contingent attentional
capture influences performance not only by depleting limited target processing resources, but
also by changing attentional control settings. Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.
Moore, K.S., Sottile, M.*, Darling, E. F.*, Weissman, D.H. (2009) Target colored distractors capture
featural attention. Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA.
Moore, K.S., Lai, A.*, O’Moore, M.B.*, Chen, P.*, Weissman, D.H. (2009) Catch me if you can! Set
switching increases the effects of contingent attentional capture. Vision Sciences Society,
Naples, FL.
SERVICE
General
NSF Graduate Fellowship Program Resource Person
2008 – present
Ad Hoc Reviewer
2006 – present
Attention, Perception & Psychophysics; Cognitive Neuroscience; Journal of Cognitive
Neuroscience; Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance; Journal
of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition; Memory and Cognition;
NeuroImage; Psychonomic Bulletin & Review; Visual Cognition; Brain & Behavioral Sciences
Elmhurst College
Chair, Psychology curriculum redevelopment committee
Research and Performance Showcase committee
Katherine Sledge Moore
2014 – present
2014 – present
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Board of Trustees faculty representative
Speaker for Faculty Development series on pedagogy
Founder and co-chair, faculty writing and scholarship club
Subject Pool Coordinator
Mentor for LeaderShape undergraduate leadership program
Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area (ACCA) Psychology Board
2014 – present
2014 – present
2013 – present
2013 – present
2013 – 2014
2012 – present
University of Michigan
Psychology Department Executive Committee
Psychology Departmental Associate (voting rights at dept. meetings)
Psychology Department Graduate Committee
Honors Program Fellow & seminar instructor
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Admissions Committee
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Graduate Recruitment Committee
Founded and ran grant-writing support group for graduate students
Speaker for Undergraduate student career events
Michigan Association of Psychology Scholars mentorship program
Psychology Department Graduate Council
Cognitive Forum Committee
2009 – 2010
2009 – 2010
2008 – 2009
2008 – 2009
2008, 2009
2007, 2008
2008 – 2010
2006 – 2010
2006 – 2008
2005 – 2006
2005 – 2006
University of Pennsylvania
Treasurer, Student Committee on Undergraduate Education
Founder and co-president, Cognitive Science Undergraduate Advisory
2000 – 2003
1999 – 2003
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Psychonomic Society Fellow
Vision Sciences Society
Society for Neuroscience
Association for Psychological Science
Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience
Council on Undergraduate Research
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