CURRICULUM VITAE

Gary M. Oppenheim

9/15/2008

Department of Psychology

  

University of Illinois

  

FAX: 217.244.5876

603 East Daniel Street

  

E-mail:

Champaign, IL 61820

  

Internet: http://www.psych.uiuc.edu/~goppenh2/

EDUCATION:

 2004-present University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
PhD in Psychology (expected May, 2010)
           
    2004 Klaipedos Universitetas, Klaipeda, Lithuania
Lietuviu kalbos kursai
           
 

 

 2000 University of Iowa, Iowa City
Archaeological Field School
           
    1999 Univerzita Palackého, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Letní škola slovanských studií & ACM Central European Studies Program
           
    1997-2001 Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
B.A. in Anthropology with a concentration in Russian and Eastern European Studies
           
    1995 Oakland University, Rochester Hills, Michigan
Non-matriculated status
           

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

   Oppenheim, G. M., Dell, G. S., & Schwartz, M. F. (in prep.). Incremental lexical learning produces cumulative semantic interference and repetition priming.
     
    Dell, G. S., Oppenheim, G. M., & Kittredge, A. K. (2008). Saying the right word at the right time: Syntagmatic and paradigmatic interference in sentence production. Invited paper for Language and Cognitive Processes, 23, 583-608.
     
    Oppenheim, G. M. & Dell, G. S. (2008). Inner speech slips exhibit lexical bias, but not the phonemic similarity effect. Cognition, 106, 528-537. *.pdf
           
    Oppenheim, G. M., Dell, G. S., & Schwartz, M. F.(2007). Cumulative semantic interference as learning. Brain and Language, 103, 175-176. Extended abstract. *.pdf
           

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

  

Oppenheim, G. M., Dell, G. S., & Schwartz, M. F.(2008). Cumulative semantic interference: the dark side of repetition priming. Poster presented at the Fifth International Workshop on Language Production, July 27-30, Annapolis, MD. *.pdf
     

 

  

Oppenheim, G. M., Dell, G. S., & Schwartz, M. F.(2007). Cumulative semantic interference as learning. Talk presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia, October 20-22, Washington, D.C.
     
    Oppenheim, G. M. & Dell, G. S. (2006). Inner-speech slips exhibit lexical bias, but not the phonemic similarity effect. Poster presented at the Third International Workshop on Language Production, August 13-15, Chicago, IL. *.pdf
           
    Oppenheim, G. M. (2006). Inner and Overt Speech Errors: A Comparative Analysis. Poster presented at the 78th annual meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, May 4-6, Chicago, IL.
           

OTHER PRESENTATIONS:

   Cumulative semantic interference as incremental learning. Talk presented at the UIUC Department of Psychology, Cognitive Division Brownbag, April 18, 2008, Champaign, IL.
           
    On the Abstractness of Verbal Imagery. Talk presented at the UIUC Department of Psychology, Cognitive Division Brownbag, March 9, 2007, Champaign, IL.
           
    Voices in Your Head. Talk presented at the UIUC Department of Psychology, Cognitive Division Brownbag, September 16, 2005, Champaign, IL.
           
    Western Utopias of the Eastern Bloc. Talk presented at Grinnell College, May, 2001, Grinnell, IA. [Portions of this manuscript have been used in curricula at more than ten universities in at least four countries.]
           
    Context-Dependent Reconciliation Patterns in a Captive Chimpanzee Colony at the Detroit Zoo . Talk presented at Grinnell College, May, 2001, Grinnell, IA.
           

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

   2004-present  Research Assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Psychology Department. Principal Investigator: Gary S. Dell.
           
    2003-2004 Research Specialist, University of Wisconsin - Madison Psychology Department: Language and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory. Principal Investigators: Maryellen C. MacDonald & Mark S. Seidenberg.
           
    2001-2003 Associate Research Specialist, University of Wisconsin - Madison Psychology Department: Language and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory. Principal Investigators: Maryellen C. MacDonald & Mark S. Seidenberg.
           
    2001 Field Archaeologist, Louis Berger Group, East Orange, NJ.
           
    2000-2001 Capstone Research on Pan troglodytes reconciliation behavior, Detroit Zoological Institute, Royal Oak, MI. Advisor: Vicki Bentley-Condit
           
    1999 Research Assistant, Grinnell College Anthropology Department, Grinnell, IA. Principal Investigator: John Whittaker.
           

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

   2008 Teaching Assistant for Psych 331: Laboratory in Neural Networks, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Psychology. Instructor: John Hummel
           
    1999-2001 Figure drawing instructor, Experimental College at Grinnell College.
           

SERVICE:

   2007-Present NASCO Properties Representative / member, Board of Directors
North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO), Ann Arbor, MI
       
    2007-Present Member, Board of Directors
NASCO Properties, Ann Arbor, MI
       
    2007-Present Member, Board of Directors
NASCO Community Ownership, Ann Arbor, MI
       
    2007-Present Vice-president for NASCO Properties
Cooperative Organization of Urbana-Champaign Housing (COUCH), Urbana, IL
       
    2005-Present Division Representative, Graduate Students' Organization (GSO)
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
       
    2004-2007 Membership Coodinator
Gwendolyn Brooks Cooperative, Urbana, IL
       
    2003-2004 Education Committee
Madison Community Cooperative, Madison, WI
       
    2000-2001 Student Educational Policy Committee
Anthropology Department, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
       
    1996-1997 Service Committee
Wildlife Interpretive Gallery, Detroit Zoological Institute, Royal Oak, MI
       

AWARDS:

   1997-2001 National Merit Scholarship
       
    1997-2001 Grinnell College Trustees Honor Scholarship
       
    1997-2001 Chrysler Fund Scholarship
           

FUNDING RECEIVED:

   2000-2001 Mentored Advanced Project (MAP) Travel Funds, Grinnell College.
       

FOREIGN LANGUAGES:

 Latin, Spanish, Czech, Lithuanian
           

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES:

 Basic, C++, Matlab, Pascal, Perl, Scheme; also, web technologies (cgi, css, html, js, ssi)
           

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

   1997 Dinokeeper
Detroit Zoological Institute, Royal Oak, MI
       
    1996-1997 Peer Counselor and Outreach Specialist
The Sanctuary, Inc. (Youth Shelter), Royal Oak, MI
       
    1996-1997 Gallery Guide
Wildlife Interpretive Gallery, Detroit Zoological Institute, Royal Oak, MI