UNIVERSITY ADDRESS

Department of Psychology
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Moorhead, M.N. 56563
(218) 477-4079; nawrot@mnstate.edu
http://www.mnstate.edu/nawrot

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 1993.
M.A. Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 1990.
B.S. Psychology, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1988.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Teaching

• Minnesota State University Moorhead, M.N. Department of Psychology, Associate Professor,
  Fall 1997 to present.
• North Dakota State University, Fargo, N.D. Department of Psychology, Assistant Professor, Fall 1995-Spring 1997. Child Development Family Science Department, Adjunct Instructor, Fall 1996.
• Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA. Department of Psychology. Visiting Assistant Professor. Fall 1992- Spring 1995.
• U.C. Berkeley, Graduate Student Instructor, Fall, 1988 & Fall, 1991.

Research

• Minnesota State University Moorhead. Primary Investigator. The Development of Social Cognition Research Project. Research spanning infancy through childhood understanding of emotional expression. Fall, 1997- Present. The Development of Depth from Motion Parallax. Fall 2005-present.
• North Dakota State University. Primary Investigator. The Development of Social Cognition Research Project. Research spanning infancy through early childhood understanding of social cognition. Fall 1995- Spring 1997.
• University of Iowa, Research Assistant, Department of Neurology, Vision Function Laboratory, Dr. Matthew Rizzo. Data collection and analysis for ongoing projects of visual function in brain damaged patients. July 1992-July 1993.

PUBLICATIONS

Nawrot, E. (2003). The perception of emotional expression in music: Evidence from infants, children and adults. Psychology of Music, 31(1), 75-92.

Nawrot, E. Your Amazing Baby! Bright Beginnings: Understanding and Enhancing the Growth and Development of Your Young Child. NDSU Extension Service Parent Education Program, 2001.

Nawrot, E. Infants may understand the emotional message in music (1999). The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter, November.

Shannon (Nawrot), E., Banks, M.S., & Skoczenski, A.M. (1995) Retinal illuminance and contrast sensitivity in human infants. Vision Research, 36(1), 67-76.

Nawrot, M., Shannon (Nawrot), E., & Rizzo, M. (1995) The relative efficacy of cues for 2-D shape perception. Vision Research, 36(8), 1141-1152.

Nawrot, M., Shannon (Nawrot), E., & Rizzo, M. (1993) Measuring visual function. Current Opinions in Ophthalmology, (December).

Banks, M. S., & Shannon (Nawrot), E. Spatial and chromatic visual efficiency in human neonates (1993). In C.E. Granrud (ed.) Visual perception and cognition in infancy, pp. 1- 46. Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc., Hillsdale: New Jersey.

Shannon (Nawrot), E., Banks, M.S., & Skoczenski, A.M. (1992) The effects of retinal illuminance on human infants' contrast sensitivity. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, vol. 33(4).

Shannon (Nawrot), E., Banks, M. S., & Allen, D. (1991) The development of short wavelength cones in human neonates. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, vol. 32(4).

Allen, D., Banks, M. S., Norcia, A. M., & Shannon (Nawrot), E. (1990) Human infant VEP responses to isoluminant stimuli. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, vol 31(4).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (* with students)

Nawrot, E., & Nawrot, M. The development of depth perception from motion parallax in infancy. Poster presented at the Vision Sciences Society meeting in Sarasota, FL, May 2006.

*Olson, K., Mayo, S., Smykowski, S., (& Nawrot, E.). The development of depth perception from motion parallax in infancy. Poster presented at the Red River Psychology Conference, NDSU, April 2006. (Awarded "Best Poster" at the conference)

*Nylander, K., Tweet, E., & Nawrot, E. Toddlers emotion referencing. Poster presented at the Midwest Psychological Assocation meeting in Chicago, IL, May 2004.

Nawrot, E., Ascano, A., & Gentile, D. Infants' perception of emotion in music. Inivited symposium at the International Society for Infant Research meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2004.

*Ascano, A., (& Nawrot, E.) Infants' instrumental interpretations. Paper presented at the Red River Psychology Conference, MSUM, 2003.

*Nawrot, E. & McIntyre, K. The Family Firearm Safety Survey: Is "just say no" enough to teach firearm safety skills? Paper presented at the Midwest Psycholgical Association meeting, Chicago, Ill., May 2002.

*Nawrot, E. & Schuelke, N. PsycheMon: Psychology Card Game. Poster presented at the Council for Teachers of Undergraduate Psychology "Creative Classroom", Chicago, Ill., May, 2002.

*Balliet, S., Husom-Snyder, T., & Nawrot, E. Who wants to study a millionaire? Poster presented at the Midwest Psychological Assocation meeting, Chicago, Ill., May 3, 2001.

*Husom-Snyder, T., & Nawrot, E. The Family Firearm Safety Survey. Poster presented at the Red River Psychology Conference, Concordia College, March 30, 2001.

*Jesinoski, M., & Nawrot, E. The effects of word relatedness and education on memory. Poster presented at the Red River Psychology Conference, Concordia College, March 30, 2001.

Nawrot, E. Lifespan Development: Web and CD-ROM packaged course. Poster presented at the MSUM Instructional Technology Conference, May 17, 2000.

Nawrot, E. Infants may understand the emotional message in music. Presented at the American Psychological Society meeting, Denver, C.O., May, 1999.

Nawrot, E. Artistic impressions of lifespan development. Poster presented at the 5th annual Institute for the Teaching of Psychology, Washington D.C., May, 1998.

Nawrot, E. Preschool children interpret emotion in music similar to adults. Poster presented at the American Psychological Society, Washington D.C., May, 1998.

*Geisler, C., Stenseth, K., & Nawrot, E. Infant discrimination of emotion from happy-sad music. Paper presented at the 12th annual Red River Psychology Conference, Concordia College, April, 1997.

*Garmann, H., Stenseth, K., & Nawrot, E. Perception of emotional expression in preschoolers through music. Poster presented at the 12th annual Red River Psychology Conference, Concordia College, April, 1997.

*Stenseth, K., Geisler, C., Reinardy, R., McDonald, R., & Nawrot, E. Children's social referencing through tone of voice in the absence of facial expression. Poster presented at the 12th annual Red River Psychology Conference, Concordia College, April, 1997.

Shannon (Nawrot), E. What kind of noise annoys a plant? A demonstration of research design methods. Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Council for Teachers of Undergraduate Psychology, May, 1994.

Shannon (Nawrot), E.S. The development of color vision. Presented at the Berkeley-Stanford Conference on Developmental Psychology. Berkeley, CA. May, 1992.

Shannon (Nawrot), E. S. Infant color vision: Rayleigh and tritan discriminations. (unpublished Master's thesis) Presented at the Stanford-Berkeley Conference on Cognitive and Physiological Psychology. Palo Alto, CA. May, 1990.

INVITED COLLOQUIA

"Can music soothe the savage baby?". NDSU colloquium series, December 8, 2000.

"Brain development in infancy and early childhood". NDSU Extension Service Spring conference, Fargo, N.D., April 5, 2000.

"The importance of attachment in infancy and early childhood". NDSU Extension Service Spring conference, Fargo, N.D., April 5, 2000.

"Delivering online courses and course materials" MSUM Brown Bag Seminar series, January 17, 2001.

"The development of social cognition". NDSU colloquium series, March, 1997

"Do babies have color vision?" NDSU colloquium series, April, 1995

ACADEMIC SERVICE

Psychology Department:

• Administrative Advisory Committee, Fall, 1999.
• Academic Policies Committee, chair 1998-99; 2001-02, member 1997-98 & 2000-2001
• Faculty Search Committee, 1998, 1999, 2003 (Chair)
• Faculty Advisor to Psi Chi/Psychology Club, 1997-present.
• Student Affairs Committee (NDSU), 1996.
• Faculty Advisor to Psychology Club & Kappa Delta Chi (Cornell College), 1994-95.
• Research in Psychology Colloquium series organizer (Cornell College), 1994-95.

University:

• Self Study for Reaccreditation, Criterion One Team co-chair, 2005-07.
• Family Studies Task Force, Fall 2001.
• Institutional Review Board, Fall 2000-03.
• College of Social and Natural Sciences Comstock Committee, Fall 2000-03.
• Tri College Women United Committee, 1998-2000 (chair in Fall, 1999)
• Red River Psychology Conference coordinator, Spring 1999, 2002, 2005

AWARDS & GRANTS

• MSUM Faculty Improvement Grant, 2006
• Instructional Improvement Grant, 2004
• MSUM Faculty Improvement Grant, 2002
• Dille Fund for Excellence Award, 2002
• MSUM Lead Faculty Group Mini Grant for Technology, 2000
• MSUM Faculty Improvement Grant, 1998
• American Association of University Women Emerging Scholar Award (nominee Spring, 1998)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Psychological Society (APS)
  
• Vision Sciences Society (VSS)
• Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
• International Society for Infant Studies (ISIS)
• Psi Chi Honor Society