Katharine A. Tillman
131 Buckingham Road
Brooklyn, NY 11226
kat@villanelle.org
(202) 957-0033

Education:

New York University
Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, May 2009
Major: Psychology
Minors: Creative Writing, Classics
GPA 3.92

Coursework includes: neuroscience, seminars in visual perception and frontal lobe functioning, advanced workshops in fiction & creative nonfiction writing, ancient religion, drawing & painting, Latin & French

Experience:

August 2010-Current
Asst Research Scientist
Department of Psychology & Center for Neural Science, NYU
PI: Denis Pelli

Research topics: perception, object recognition, reading, visual crowding, beauty, face & body recognition

July 2010-Current
Consultant
The Lived Body, Bronx, NY

Description: The Lived Body is a tech startup developing a new set of software tools for personal health tracking, graphing and sharing data, and community collaboration. I advise the Founders on scientific and communications matters, as needed.

August 2004-May 2009
Jr Research Scientist and Lab Manager, Denis Pelli Laboratory
Department of Psychology & Center for Neural Science, NYU
PI: Denis Pelli

Description: In my role as scientist, I designed and conducted psychophysical experiments, analyzed data, and co-authored many papers and abstracts. I presented my work at domestic and international conferences annually. As lab manager, I oversaw all the projects in the lab, helped mentor students of all levels from high school to postdoc, ran a weekly lab-meeting, and directed administrative aspects of the research (NIH grant applications and progress reports, IRB applications, supply acquisitions, etc).

February 2003-January 2005
Technical Editor, Journal of Vision
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Rockville, MD

Description: As Technical Editor, I ensured that accepted articles met with the layout/formatting standards of this online-only, peer-reviewed journal. This required advanced use of Microsoft Word (for text and hypertext) and Adobe Illustrator (for graphs and figures).

January 2003-July 2004
Manager and Assistant to Director, Tranquil Space Yoga, Washington, DC

Description: I was involved in all aspects of running a small business growing into one of the largest and most successful yoga studios in Washington. My duties included customer service, copywriting and editing, executive support, technical support, training and overseeing studio assistants, coordinating workshops and events, and accounting.

Selected publications:

Pelli, D. G., & Tillman, K. A. (2008) The uncrowded window of object recognition. Nature Neuroscience, 11(10):1129 – 1135.

Pelli, D. G., Tillman, K. A., Freeman, J., Su, M., Berger, T. D., & Majaj, N. J. (2007) Crowding and eccentricity determine reading rate. Journal of Vision, 7(2):20, 1-36,

Pelli, D. G., & Tillman, K. A. (2007) Parts, wholes, and context in reading: A triple dissociation. PLoS ONE 2(8): e680.

Fiction, essays, & other writings have appeared in such publications as The Sun magazine, Kiss Machine, Slash magazine, InTheFray, & Nerve.com (see Complete Publications).

Conference presentations & talks:

Vision Sciences Society annual meeting
2005-07 (Sarasota, FL); 2008-09 (Naples, FL)

European Conference on Visual Perception
2006 (St. Petersburg, Russia); 2008 (Utrecht, the Netherlands)

Technology:

Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, EndNote, SPSS, MATLAB, Kaleidagraph, HTML/CSS, social media/blogging, iWork, MacOS

Scholarships, awards, & programs:

2009 NYU Founder’s Day Scholar
2009 Certificate of Achievement in Psychology
2007 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Psychology
2003 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training Program (Tranquil Space Yoga, Washington, DC)
2001 NYU Trustees’ Scholarship
2001 National Merit Scholarship (NYU)
2001 Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship
2000 Sewanee Young Writers Program (University of the South, Sewanee, TN)
1999 Georgia Governors Honors Program (Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA)

Memberships:

Vision Sciences Society, Society for Neuroscience, NY Academy of Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Chi

Personal interests:

Contemplative spirituality, meditation, yoga, philosophy, Latin, modern art, literature, photography, the American South

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