Elise C. Rosa
Dept. of Psychology, CB#3270, Davie Hall ▪ Chapel Hill, NC 27514 ▪ (406) 396-0102
erosa@unc.edu
EDUCATION
PhD in Cognitive Psychology
UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Concentration in Quantitative Psychology
Masters of Arts in Cognitive Psychology
UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Bachelor of Arts in Cognitive Science
Pomona College, Claremont, CA
John Purvis Prize for best Cognitive Science thesis
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
May 2015
May 2014
May 2013
May 2008
Fall 2006
EXPERIENCE
Graduate Researcher
August 2010-present
UNC Language Processing Lab, UNC Chapel Hill
▪ Conceived of novel research ideas about the cognitive mechanisms of language production,
proposed research program, developed experimental protocols
▪ Analyzed own and other lab members’ data with multilevel models and other statistical
techniques
▪ Gained extensive experience writing and editing manuscripts and grant proposals
▪ Presented findings as published works, in regular meetings, and at conferences
Statistics and Research Methods Teaching Assistant
August 2010-present
UNC Psychology Department, UNC Chapel Hill
▪ Independently taught weekly sessions on Statistics and Research Methods
Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Awardee
May 2008-August 2010
Neuropsychology Group, Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, NIMH, NIH
▪ Investigated cognitive performance of patients with schizophrenia, their siblings, and healthy
controls using a battery of neuropsychological tasks to determine genetic risk for schizophrenia
▪ Operationalized the Tonic/Phasic dopamine hypothesis, examined the effects of the COMT
Val158Met polymorphism on reaction time performance of patients with schizophrenia and
healthy controls
▪ Maintained and analyzed database of neuropsychological test results, presented information at
conferences and weekly meetings
Research Assistant
February 2007-May 2008
Cognition & Aging Lab, Pomona College
▪ Studied the emotional valence of stories produced by older and younger adults, analyzed data,
presented at a conference and compiled as experimental senior thesis
E.C.Rosa
SKILLS
Proficient in: Microsoft Office, SPSS, SAS, Statistica, CEFA, IRTPro, PRAAT, SuperLab
SERVICE
UNC Pre-Graduate Advisor
August 2014-present
UNC Student Congress Graduate and Professional Student Rep.
January 2013-present
Pomona College Alumni Interview Volunteer
September 2013-present
Ad Hoc Reviewer-JAMA Psychiatry
June 2013-present
Carolina Experience Enrichment Scholarship Selection Committee
Spring 2013
Carolina Summer Reading Program Volunteer
Summer 2012, 2013, 2014
Graduation Student Marshal
May 2012, 2013
For Love of Children Reading Tutor
March 2009-August 2010
PUBLICATIONS
Arnold, J.E., Pancani, G.C., Rosa, E.C. (under revision). Listeners perceive acoustic prominence
differently for distracted and fluent speakers.
Rosa, E.C., Finch, K., Bergeson, M., & Arnold, J.E. (2015). The Effects of Addressee Attention
on Prosodic Prominence. Language, Cognition, & Neuroscience, 30:1-2.
Rosa, E.C. & Arnold. J.E. (2011). The role of attention in choice of referring expression. In L.
Carlson, C. Hoelscher, & T.F. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the
Cognitive Science Society, Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Rosa, E.C., Dickinson, D., Apud, J., Weinberger, D.R. & Elvevåg, B. (2010). COMT
Val156Met polymorphism, cognitive stability and cognitive flexibility: an experimental
examination. Behavioral and Brain Functions, 6:53.
TALKS
Rosa, E.C., Finch K., Bergeson M., Arnold J.E. (2011). The effects of addressee attention on
prosodic prominence. Presented as a talk at the ETAP 2 Conference, Montreal, Canada.
Rosa, E.C. & Arnold, J.E. (2011). The role of attention in choice of referring expression.
Presented as a talk at the Cognitive Science Society Conference, Boston, MA.
E.C.Rosa