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CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME: Robert Ellis

EDUCATION:

1996 Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Ph. D., Psychology.

1990 Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. M. A., Psychology.

1988 Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. B. Sc., (1st Class Honours), Psychology.

1987 Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. B. A., (With Distinction), Psychology.

ACADEMIC AWARDS:

1992 - 1993 Queen's University Graduate Award

1991 - 1992 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, PG 4 Award

1990 - 1991 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, PG 3 Award

1989 - 1990 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, PG 2 Award

1988 - 1989 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, PG 1 Award

Summer 1988 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, University Undergraduate Student Research Award

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1999-2000 Supervisor, Undergraduate Project Student, University of Wales, Bangor.

1999 Instructor, Computer Programming for Experimental Psychology (Post-Graduate Course, University of Wales, Bangor.

1998 Teaching Assistant, Behavioural Pmarmacology (Correspondence), Queen's University.

1997-1998 Teaching Assistant, Cognitive Psychology, Queen's University.

1997-1998 Teaching Assistant, Intro Psychology, Queen's University.

1996-1997 Co-supervision of a B. Sc. honours thesis.

1997 Teaching Assistant, Behavioural Pmarmacology (Correspondence), Queen's University.

1997 Teaching Assistant, Brain and Behaviour II, Queen's University.

1995-1996 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Psychology (Correspondence), Queen's University.

Winter 1995 Instructor, The History and Techniques of Fly Tying with Natural Materials.

1994-1995 Teaching Assistant, Brain and Behaviour, Queen's University.

1993-1994 Teaching Assistant and Lab Demonstrator, Advanced Statistics and Experimental Design, Queens University.

Spring 1993 Teaching Assistant, Biological Psychology, Queen's University.

1992-1993 Teaching Assistant and Lab Demonstrator, Advanced Statistics and Experimental Design, Queens University.

1991-1992 Teaching Assistant and Lab Demonstrator, Advanced Statistics and Experimental Design, Queens University.

1990-1991 Teaching Assistant and Lab Demonstrator, Sensation and Perception, Queens University.

1989-1990 Teaching Assistant and Lab Demonstrator, Sensation and Perception, Queens University.

1989-1990 Teaching Assistant and Lab Demonstrator, Sensation and Perception, Queens University.

Summer 1989 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Psychology (Correspondence), Queen's University.

1988-1989 Teaching Assistant and Lab Demonstrator, Sensation and Perception, Queens University.

1988-1989 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Psychology (Correspondence), Queen's University.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

2001 Research Assistant, University of Wales Bangor, School of Psychology, Dr. Ginny Gathercole.

1999-2001 Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Wales Bangor, School of Psychology, Prof. Jane Raymond,.Centre for Experimental Consumer Psychology

1998-1999 Research Assitant, Visual Information-Processing Lab, Dr. Brian Butler.

1998 Research Assistant, Acoustical Lab, Dr. Lola Cuddy.

1997-1998 Post-Doctorate Fellowship, Dr. Randy Flanagan and Dr. Susan Lederman.

1996 Research Assistant, Robotics and Perception Laboratories, Dr. Susan Lederman.

1988-1993 Research Assistant, Robotics and Perception Laboratories, Dr. Susan Lederman.

1988-1989 Research Consultant, Experimenter, Dr. Muir, Dr. Dodwell.

Summer 1988 Research Assistant, Dr. Dodwell.

PREVIOUS THESIS RESEARCH:

1996 "Haptic Weight Illusions With and Without Vision". Ph. D. Thesis, Department of Psychology, Queen's University.

1990 "The Haptic Size-Weight Illusion: With and Without Vision". M .A. Thesis, Department of Psychology, Queen's University.

1988 "Inter- and Intra-ocular Transfer of the McCollough Effect". B. Sc. Thesis, Department of Psychology, Queen's University .

PARTICIPATION IN INDUSTRIALLY RELEVANT R .& D. ACTIVITIES

I collaborated with William Walker and Dr.Darwin Muir to perform a perception study for Graphic Controls of Canada Limited of Gananoque, Ontario. This study evaluated the ability of untrained human observers to estimate the Ethylene Oxide concentration level of a dosimeter by matching its colour to colours depicted on a blue intensity scale. The results of this study were used to improve the intensity scale Graphics Controls of Canada provides to the purchasers of its dosimeters. .

PATENTS AND COPYRIGHTS:

Present Software - I am currently developing a relational database for flyfishers in general although it will be most useful for those who tie their own flies. It centres around an encyclopaedia of fly patterns (complete with images for all flies) and it allows the users to track both their tying and their fishing histories with each pattern. It further allows the users to track their fishing histories with their tackle (rods, reel-line combinations) and their fishing locations. Since this database is relational, user input is minimal - the same information need never be entered twice.

1996 Software - Digram Balanced Latin Square Generator. A general program used in experimental design situations when order of presentation is considered to be a potentially confounding variable.

1996 Software - Digram Balanced Latin Square Stimulus Presentations. A general program that presents a user specified stimulus set to each experimental participant in a digram balanced determined order and prompts the user for a response to each stimulus.

1995 Software - Random Stimulus Presentations. A general program that presents a user specified stimulus set to each participant in a unique random order and prompts the user for a response to each stimulus.

1995 Software - Random Number Generator Without Replacement. A useful utility program for randomly assigning participants to control and experimental groups, conditions etc..

PUBLICATIONS:

Ellis, R. R., (submitted). The Finger Captures the Thumb in Precision Grip Lifting as Evidenced by the Material-Weight Illusion.

Ellis, R. R., (submitted). The Size-Weight Illusion in Action.

Ellis, R. R., Flanagan, J. Randall & Lederman, S. J. (1999). The influence of visual illusions on grasp position. Experimental Brain Research, 125, 109 - 114. { view PDF file}

Ellis, R. R., & Lederman, S. J. (2000). Anticipatory Effects Underlie the Golf-Ball Illusion. Golf Research News, World Scientific Congress of Golf Trust, 1(3).

Ellis, R. R., & Lederman, S. J. (1999). The material-weight illusion revisited. Perception and Psychophysics, 61 (8), 1564-1576.

Ellis, R. R., & Lederman, S. J. (1998). The golf-ball illusion: evidence for top-down processing in weight perception. Perception, 27, 193-201.

Ellis, R. R. & Lederman, S. J. (1993). The role of haptic versus visual volume cues in the size-weight illusion. Perception and Psychophysics, 53(3), 315-324.

Murray, David J., Ellis, Robert R., Bandomir, Christina A., & Ross, Helen, E. (1999). Charpentier (1891) on the Size-weight Illusion. Perception and Psychophysics, 61(8), 1681-1685.

Walker, W. D., Ellis, R. R. & Muir, D. W. (1989). Evaluation of a Colour Scale to Detect Ethylene Oxide Concentrations. Technical Report.

CONFERENCE and SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS:

Ellis, R. R. (1996). Conflicts of Interest in Weight Perception. Invited speaker for the Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science Symposium, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Oct. 3, 1996.

Ellis, R. R. & Lederman, S. J. (1995). Modality, Weight and Grip Force Effects in the Material-Weight Illusion. Annual Convention of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science (BBCS), Halifax, Nova Scotia. June 22-24, 1995.

Ellis, R. R. (1992). Inter and Intraocular Influences on the McCollough Effect. Invited speaker for the symposium, The McCollough Effect Revisited: New Findings, New Theories. Annual Convention of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science (BBCS), Quebec City, Quebec, June 13-14, 1992.

Ellis, R. R. & Lederman, S. J. (1990). The Haptic Size- Weight Illusion: With and Without Vision. Annual Convention of The American Psychological Association, Boston, August 10-14, 1990.

Ellis, R. R. & Lederman, S. J. (1990). The Effect of Haptic and/or Visual Volume Cues on Weight Perception. Annual Convention of The Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, May, 1990.

Ellis, R. R. & Lederman, S. J. (1989). A Haptic Size-Weight Illusion. Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Graduate Student Conference: "Perception and Spatial Reasoning for Robotic Tasks" (invited), London, Ontario, June, 1989.
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