R.BrookeBays,Ph.D. CurriculumVitae(Abbreviated)
SkidmoreCollege
PsychologyDepartment
815NorthBroadway SaratogaSprings,NY12866
rbays@skidmore.edu
518‐580‐5315(office)
518‐580‐5319(fax)
AcademicPositionsandProfessionalExperience________________________________________________
AssistantProfessor
SkidmoreCollege,PsychologyDepartment,SaratogaSprings,NY
2014–present
VisitingAssistantProfessor 2013‐2014
SkidmoreCollege,PsychologyDepartment,SaratogaSprings,NY
PostdoctoralFellowship
2011‐2013
SkidmoreCollege,PsychologyDepartment,SaratogaSprings,NY
PI:Dr.MaryAnnFoley;NationalScienceFoundationResearchGrant
Pre‐doctoralFellowship
2007‐2011
GeorgiaStateUniversity,EducationalPsychologyDepartment,Atlanta,GA PI:Dr.AnnCaleKruger;ArtsEducationModelDevelopmentand
DisseminationResearchGrant
Education_________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ph.D.,EducationalPsychologywithCertificationinQuantitativeStatistics
2011
GeorgiaStateUniversity,Atlanta,GA
Dissertation:InvestigatingaModelofFalseMemoryConstruction:
IsSeeingBelieving?
Advisor:Dr.KarenZabrucky
M.S.,EducationalPsychology
2007
GeorgiaStateUniversity,Atlanta,GA
Thesis:FalseMemoryCreationforImplausibleAutobiographical
Events:TheRoleofRepetitionofImaginingsYieldingIncreasedDetail.
Advisor:Dr.KarenZabrucky
B.S.,Psychology,B.A.,Sociology
2003
UniversityofGeorgia,Athens,GA UpdatedMay,2015
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TeachingExperienceatSkidmoreCollege______________________________________________
PS202‐ResearchMethodsinPsychologicalScienceI
PS218‐CognitivePsychology
PS251‐ForensicPsychology
PS275/276‐ExploratoryResearchinPsychology
PS306‐ExperimentalPsychology
PS312‐RealWorldRemembering PS371‐IndependentStudyinPsychology
PS373‐ResearchIndependentStudyinPsychology
PS375/376‐SeniorResearchProjectIandII
HF371‐HonorsForumIndependentStudy
ExpertiseandResearchInterests__________________________________________________________ FalseAutobiographicalMemories
AssociativeFalseMemories
ImaginationInflation
CollaborativeMemory/Learning
CognitiveAging ComprehensionCalibration
SelectPublications(*indicatesstudentco‐authors)_____________________________________________
Bays,R.B.,Zabrucky,K.M.,&Foley,M.A.(inpress).Imageryinductionprocesses
differentiallyimpactimaginationinflation.Imagination,Cognition,andPersonality.
Zabrucky,K.M.&Bays,R.B.(inpress).Improvingstudents’retentionofmaterial
throughthetestingeffect.CollegeTeaching.
Foley,M.A.,Bays,R.B.,Foy,J.,&*Woodfield,M.(2015).Sourcemisattributionsandfalse
recognitionerrors:Examiningtheroleofperceptualresemblanceandimagery
generationprocesses.Memory,23(5),714‐735.doi:10.1080/09658211.2014.925565
Bays,R.B.,*Ashong,C.,Ward,T.&Commander,N.(2014).Deconstructingpre‐service
teachers’fieldexperiencenarratives:Theroleofepistemologicalbeliefs.i.e.:inquiry
ineducation,5(1),1‐16.
Foley,M.A.,*Fried,A.,*Cowan,E.,&Bays,R.B.(2014).Collaborativeencodingand
memoryaccuracy:Examiningtheeffectsofrelationalfeaturesofco‐
constructionprocesses.JournalofExperimentalPsychology:Learning,Memory
andCognition,40(1),25‐40.doi:10.1037/a0034303
Bays,R.B.,Foley,M.A.,&Zabrucky,K.M.(2013).Timingdoesmatter:Examining
imagery’simpactonthetemporaloriginsoffalsebeliefs.ActaPsychologica,
142(1),30–37.doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.10.004
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Bays,R.B.,Zabrucky,K.M.,&Gagne,P.(2012).Whenplausibilitymanipulationswork:
Anexaminationoftheirroleinthedevelopmentoffalsebeliefsandmemories.
Memory,20(6),638‐644.doi:10.1080/09658211.2012.692797
Zabrucky,K.M.&Bays,R.B.(2011).Helpingstudentsknowwhattheyknowand
donotknow.CollegeTeaching,59,123.doi:10.1080/87567555.2010.511314
RecentConferencePresentations(*indicatesstudentpresenters)______________________________
*Johnson,E.,*Alpert,R.,*Weigel,M.,&Bays,R.B.(accepted2015,May).DRMitemsin
autobiographicalmemory.AssociationofPsychologicalScience,NewYork,NY.
*Wilberg,E.,*Behari,K.,*Johnson,E.,*Oliver,M.,Bays,R.B.,&Foley,M.A.(2014,March).
TheimpactofimageryonDRMerrors.EasternPsychologicalAssociation,Boston,MA.
*Wellen,B.&Bays,R.B.(2014,March).Theeffectofphotographsonfuturethoughts.
EasternPsychologicalAssociation,Boston,MA.
*Wicks,Jennifer&Bays,R.B.(2014,March).Facetofaceintheageoftechnology?Life
EventsSurveysOnline.EasternPsychologicalAssociation,Boston,MA.
Bays,R.B.,*Sadler,O.,*Oliver,M.,Zabrucky,K.M.,&Foley,M.A.(2014,March).Acontent
analysisofimagination.SoutheasternPsychologicalAssociation,Nashville,TN.
*Oliver,M.,Bays,R.B.,&Zabrucky,K.M.(2014,March).TheDRMParadigm:Effectsof
imagery,listandtesttype.SoutheasternPsychologicalAssociation,Nashville,TN.
Bays,R.B.(2013,November).Effectsofcollaborativeencodinganddelayedtestingonfalse
recognition.PsychonomicSociety,Toronto,Canada.
MembershipsinProfessionalOrganizations_______________________________________________________
AssociationforPsychologicalScience(APS)
CouncilonUndergraduateResearch(CUR)
InternationalAssociationforMetacognition
PsychonomicSociety,AssociateMember
WomeninCognitiveScience(WICS)
SocietyforTeachingPsychology(STP)
UpdatedMay,2015
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