Curriculum Vitae

Professional Experience
2004-present Assistant Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology
2003-2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Education
Ph.D., Experimental Psychology: Cognitive, 2003, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
    Thesis: The Effects of Transport and Realism on the Reality Monitoring of Narratives
M.A., Experimental Psychology: Cognitive, 2001, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
    Master's Thesis: Wishful Thinking and Source Monitoring
B.A., Cognitive Psychology, 1997: Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
    Senior Thesis: The Effect of Varying Sensory Detail Levels on Reality Monitoring Performance.

Research Interests
-Desire-based factors in memory and reasoning
-Narrative processing
-Source credibility judgment
-Real-world effects of cognitive bias

Peer-Reviewed Publications and Chapters
Gordon, R. (2009). Learning from fiction: applications in emerging technologies. Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society, 29, 470-475.

Barber, S., Gordon, R., & Franklin, N. (2009). Self-relevance and wishful thinking: facilitation and distortion in source monitoring. Memory and Cognition, 37, 434-446.

Gordon, R., Gerrig, R., & Franklin, N. (2009). Qualitative characteristics of memories for reality, imagination, and fiction. Discourse Processes, 46, 70-91.

Gordon, R. (2007). Reasoning about the future. In Cameron, N.M., & Mitchell, M.E. (Eds). Nanoscale: Issues and Perspectives for the Nano Century. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Graber, M., Franklin, N., & Gordon, R. (2005). Diagnostic Error in Internal Medicine. Archives of Internal Medicine, 165, 1493-1499.

Gordon, R., Franklin, N., & Beck, J. (2005). Wishful thinking and source monitoring. Memory and Cognition, 33, 418-429.

Gordon, R., & Franklin, N. (2003). Cognitive underpinnings to diagnostic error: reply to Croskerry. Academic Medicine, 78, 782.

Graber, M., Gordon, R., & Franklin, N. (2002). Reducing diagnostic errors in medicine: What's the goal? Academic Medicine, 77, 35-46.

Gordon, R., & Christianson, K. Bilingual source-language monitoring: a revised hierarchical model account. In review.

Gordon, R., & Bryant, K. Behavioral and explicit measures of source credibility judgment. In review.

Gordon, R. Expanding the border: source monitoring judgments across the reality status continuum. Under revision.

Other Publications
Gordon, R. (August 2006). Psychological factors in predicting technological development. Nano and Society E-Newsletter, 1.

Gordon, R. (April 2006). Future hopes, future fears: predicting public attitudes toward nanotechnology. Nanologues, 2, 4.

Professional Presentations
Gordon, R., & Bryant, K. (November 2009). The influence of past accuracy and desirability on source credibility judgments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA.

Bryant, K., & Gordon, R. (April 2009). The effect of desirability and past accuracy on source credibility judgments. Poster presented at the Midwest Undergraduate Cognitive Science Conference, Bloomington, IN.

Gordon, R. (February 2009). Progress and peril: how narratives influence public opinion of emerging technologies. Paper presented at the International Conference on Technology, Knowledge, and Society, Huntsville, AL.

Franklin, N., Barber, S. J., Allen, S., & Gordon, R. (November 2007). Social and emotional aspects of source monitoring. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.

Gordon, R. (August 2007). Judgments of source credibility as measured by source attributions and explicit ratings. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Nashville, TN.

Barber, S., Gordon, R., & Franklin, N. (May 2007). Self-relevance: facilitation and distortion in source memory. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Washington, DC.

Gordon, R., & Mather, M. (November 2005). The Effect of Wishful Thinking on Source Monitoring Ability in Older and Younger Adults. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Gordon, R. (March 2005). Desire-Based Reasoning in Source Monitoring. Invited presentation to the Cognitive Psychology area, University of Illinois, Chicago.

Rotello, C. M., Macmillan, N. A., Wong, M., & Gordon, R. (November 2004). On the Flexibility of Remember-Know Decision bounds. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, MN.

Gordon, R., & Franklin, N. (November 2003). Where is the Wishful Thinking Effect Located?. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Gordon, R., & Franklin, N. (November 2002). The locus of the wishful thinking effect in source monitoring. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Kansas City, MO.

Graber, M., Franklin, N., Gordon, R., & Dutcher, L. (October 2002). Diagnostic errors in internal medicine. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making, Washington, DC.

Gordon, R., & Franklin, N. (November 2001). Memory characteristics of real, imagined, and fictional events. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Orlando, FL.

Gordon, R., & Franklin, N. (November 1999). The effect of wishful thinking on source monitoring. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Los Angeles, CA.

Fellowships, Grants and Awards
Office of Undergraduate Research Fellowship (with Kristin Bryant): Illinois Institute of Technology, Fall 2008-Spring 2009
IIT College of Psychology Research Fund grant, Spring 2005
Excellence in Research Award: SUNY Stony Brook, 9/01
Curriculum Development Award: SUNY Stony Brook, 9/00, 9/01
Threshold Grant for Continuation of Thesis Work: Hampshire College, 5/97

Professional Activities
Departmental/College of Psychology
2009-present: Space Allocation Committee, College of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology
2009-present: Academic Honesty Committee, College of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology
2009: Area Commencement Ceremony Committee, College of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology
2008-present: Chair, Subject Pool Committee, College of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology
2007-present: Bookstore liaison, College of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology
2005-present: Coordinator, Psychology Brown Bag, Illinois Institute of Technology
2004-present: Member, Psychology Undergraduate Outcomes Committee, Illinois Institute of Technology
2006-2008: Member, Industrial/Organizational Area Faculty Search committee, Illinois Institute of Technology
2004-2005: Member, Rehabilitation Area Faculty Search Committee, Illinois Institute of Technology
2001: Advisory member, Faculty Search Committee, SUNY Stony Brook

University
2010: Member, University Sustainability Initiative, Renewable Energy Working Group, Illinois Institute of Technology
2010: Faculty Advisor, GLAM (student LGBT alliance), Illinois Institute of Technology
2009-present: Faculty Judge, Interprofessional Projects Research Days, Illinois Institute of Technology
2006-present: Alumni Interview Program, Hampshire College
2007-2009: Guest instructor, Kedge Program for students at risk, Illinois Institute of Technology
2006-2009: Psychology representative, University Undergraduate Studies Committee, Illinois Institute of Technology
2004-2007: Member, Interdisciplinary nanotechnology discussion group, Illinois Institute of Technology
2004-2006: Backup psychology representative, University Undergraduate Studies Committee, Illinois Institute of Technology
2000, 2002: Reviewer for Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, SUNY Stony Brook
2000-2001: Psychology Coordinator, Community of Ideas, SUNY Stony Brook

Community
2009: Reviewer, NSF Behavioral Sciences program
2009: Ad hoc reviewer, Review of Aging
2008: Ad hoc reviewer, Academic Medicine
2008-present: Reviewer, Cognitive Science Society Annual Meeting
2007-2008: Ad hoc reviewer, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
2007: Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Applied Social Psychology
2006-2007: Ad hoc reviewer, Memory
2005-2007: Member, Advisory board, Center on Nanotechnology and Society
2005, 2007: Ad hoc reviewer, Applied Cognitive Psychology
2003: Member, Five-College Scientists' Dialogue, Five-College Consortium

Professional Memberships
2009-present: Psychonomic Society
2009-present: Association for Psychological Science
2007-present: Cognitive Science Society
2005-present: Midwest Psychological Association

Undergraduate Supervision
Spring 2010: Timothy Lipman. Research assistant in lab.
Capstone Project, Fall 2009: Sleep lab internship at Northwestern University.
Spring 2010: Erik Anderson. Research assistant in lab.
Spring 2010: Maxwell Kaim. Capstone Project: Diffusion of innovations and source credibility.
Fall 2009: Kimberly Dykeman. Research assistant in lab.
Fall 2008-Fall 2009: Erik Harpstead. Research assistant in lab.
Spring 2008-Fall 2009: Kristin Bryant. Research assistant in lab.
Capstone Project, Spring 2009: Literature review for source credibility judgment article.
Spring 2008: Edwin Steinmetz. Capstone Project: Explorations in philosophy of mind.
Fall 2007: Gustaf Josefsson. Capstone Project: Cognitive Psychological Models of Creativity.
Spring 2006-Spring 2008: Nathaniel Schuh. Research assistant in lab.
Capstone Project, Spring 2008: Literature review for narrative retelling project.
Spring 2006-Summer 2007: Carolanne Rife. Research assistant in lab.
Capstone Project, Spring 2007: Influence of gender on narrative retelling and eyewitness testimony.
Fall 2006-Spring 2007: Katherine Pyles. Research assistant in lab.
Capstone Project, Spring 2007: Narrative Retelling and Eyewitness Testimony.
Fall 2006: Anthony Gaddini. Capstone Project: Forensic psychology internship with Illinois state police.
Spring 2006: Gerald Norby. Capstone Project: The effect of optimism and just-world beliefs on desire-based source monitoring.
Spring 2005: Oliver Scuza. Capstone Project: Reconstructive memory in couples therapy.

Graduate Thesis Committees
Spring 2010-present: Ahmad Fakhra (Institute of Design), Dissertation committee member.
Spring 2008-Spring 2009: C.J. Chou (Institute of Design), Dissertation proposal committee member, dissertation committee member.
Fall 2008: Ilana Gonik, Dissertation committee member.
Fall 2008: Carolyn Giannone, Dissertation proposal committee member.
Fall 2007: Ilana Gonik, Dissertation proposal committee member.
Spring 2007: Vanessa Ramos, Dissertation committee member.
Fall 2006: Lisa Liggins, Dissertation committee member.
Spring 2006-Summer 2006: Jennifer Cooper, Dissertation committee member.
Fall 2005: Jennifer Cooper, Dissertation proposal committee member.
Summer 2005: Teri Stasiewicz, Master's thesis committee member.
Summer 2005: Vanessa Ramos, Master's thesis committee member.
Fall 2004-Summer 2006: Lisa Liggins, Dissertation proposal committee member.
Fall 2004-Spring 2005: Gregory Stasi, Dissertation committee member.

Teaching Experience
Illinois Institute of Technology:
    Mind, Brain, & Behavior (Introduction to Psychology)
    Learning Theory (developed for Summer 2005)
    Cognitive Processes Seminar (developed for Fall 2006)
    Learning, Cognition, & Motivation (graduate level) (developed for Spring 2004)
    Advanced Educational Psychology (graduate level) (developed for Spring 2008)
Stony Brook University:
    Survey in Cognition and Perception
    Introduction to Psychology
    Research Methods (lab section instructor)
    Research and Writing in Psychology (lab section instructor)