Current CV

EDUCATION

University of Virginia Ph.D. program,
Developmental Psychology 2006 - present
University of Virginia M.A., Psychology 2004-2006
Goucher College B.A., Pure Mathematics 1995-1998
University of Exeter (England)
Exchange Program in Mathematics 1997-1998
Philips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire 1992-1995


HONORS AND AWARDS

Institute of Education Sciences Fellowship 2006
Interdisciplinary Pre-Doctoral Training Program in Education Sciences

Tomorrow's Professor Today 2006
Professional Development Program, University of Virginia

Maryland Psychological Association Student Research Awards, First Place 1997
Pinto, K., Hisley, J., Aranda, O., & Mills, C. (1997)

National Security Education Program Scholarship for Study Abroad 1996
Proposal for intensive language study in Brazil

Goucher College Writing Prize 1996
Statistics: “Discrepancies Between Perceived Risk and Actual Probability”

Trustees of Goucher College Merit Scholarship 1995
Four-year full tuition, room and board award

Cox Medal, Philips Exeter Academy 1995
Academic excellence


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
Research Associate, Teaching Assistant 2004 - present

U.Va. Summer Enrichment Program (Charlottesville, VA)
Master Teacher 2005-2006

Champion Tutoring (Charlottesville, VA)
Tutor 2004-2006

Wizard Language Course (Macapá-AP, Brazil)
Director of Studies 2003-2004

Aslan Language Course (Belém-PA, Brazil)
Teacher, ESL 2001-2002

The Tutoring Connection (Baltimore, MD)
Tutor 1996-1997


LANGUAGE COMPETENCY

English: Mother tongue
Spanish: Speak, read, and write fluently
(4 years study of language and literature, 1 year living abroad)
Portuguese: Speak, read, and write fluently
(3 mo. intensive immersion language study, 5 years living abroad)
French: Speak some, read reasonably well (3 years of language study)
Latin: Basic notions (1 year of language study)
Hebrew: Basic notions (1 semester of language study)


RESEARCH INTERESTS

Educational applications in cognitive development
Language acquisition: mother tongue, second and subsequent languages
Memory: development of meta-memory



PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Association for Psychological Science
Society for Research in Child Development
Cognitive Development Society



RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Lima, O., Jaswal, V., & Dodson, C. (in press). When two heads are not better than one: Partner neglect in paired memory tasks. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.



CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Lima, O. & Jaswal, V. (2007). The persistence of labels: Category induction reflects change in children's representation of labeled objects. Poster to be presented at the Biennial Convention of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA, Mar. 29 - Apr. 1, 2007.

Downer, J., Gerber, E., Lima, O., Henry, H., Nishida, T., Yoder, B. & Pianta, R. (2007). Observational assessment of young children in a preschool environment. Poster to be presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Boston, MA, Mar. 29 - Apr. 1, 2007.

Lima, O., Jaswal, V., & Dodson, C. (2006). When two heads are not better than one: Partner neglect in paired memory tasks. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY, May 25-28, 2006.

Hege, A.C.G., Seder, J.P., Lima, O.K., Riener, C., Malone, L.S. & Proffitt, D.R. (2006). Improving the Educational Quality of the Undergraduate Research Assistantship in Psychology. Paper presented at the Teaching Institute of the 18th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY, May 25-28, 2006.

Pinto, K., Hisley, J., Aranda, O., & Mills, C. (1997). The generation effect and originality in definitions of unfamiliar words. Paper presented at the 39th Annual Conference of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD, Feb.27-Mar.1, 1997.



COURSES TAUGHT

University of Virginia
Child Development Teaching Assistant 2004-2006
Research Methods & Data Analysis Teaching Assistant 2006

UVA Summer Enrichment Program
*The Science of Memory UVA Summer Enrichment Program Seminar Leader 2006
*Breakdown of the Mind: Psychology Master Teacher 2005

* proposed, designed, and presented these courses