Curriculum Vitae

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Academic Appointments

• Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore (2021-present)
• UC Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles (2019-2021)
• NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego (2014-2018)

Education

• PhD, Experimental Psychology, Concentration: Cognitive Psychology, University of California, San Diego (2018)
• MA, Experimental Psychology, University of California, San Diego (2014)
• BA, with Honors in Psychology, minor in Biology, summa cum laude, California State University, Los Angeles (2004; grade accelerated admission)

Honors and Awards

Selected Fellowships, Awards, and Research Grants

• Fellow, Psychonomic Society (2023)
• Top producing early career scholars in educational psychology journals, worldwide, per Educational Psychology Review (2022)
• Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP), UCLA (2019)
• Psychonomic Society Graduate Travel Award (2017)
• APF Ungerleider/Zimbardo Award, American Psychological Foundation (2016)
• APA Convention Award, American Psychological Association (2016)
• APA Early Graduate Student Researcher Award, Science Directorate, American Psychological Association (2015)
• Psi Chi APS Convention Society Research Award (2015)
• Communicating Science (ComSciCon) Fellow (2015)
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (2014-2018)
• 1st Place, 18th Annual California State University System Statewide Research Competition (2004)
• Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Award, Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (2003)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pre-Doctoral Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (T34 NRSA) / National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Career Opportunities in Research Program (2002-2004)

Publications

Full-Length Articles

For personal copies of many of these articles, and the most updated list, please see my publications page.

Chapters, Guides, and Other Scientific Articles

For the most updated list, please see my publications page.

Talks and Conference Presentations

Selected International, National, and Invited Presentations

For complete information about presentations, both previous and more recent, please see this list.

• Pan, S. C., Tajran, J., Lovelett, J. T., Osuna, J., and Rickard, T. C. (November 2017). Is it preterite or imperfect? Investigating the interleaving effect for Spanish verb conjugation skills. Poster presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, BC.
• Pan, S. C. and Rickard, T. C. (November 2017). Does retrieval practice enhance transfer of learning? A comprehensive meta-analytic review. Poster presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, BC.
• Pan, S.C. (May 2017). Bailamos or Balabamos? The effects of blocked vs. interleaved practice on Spanish verb conjugation skills. Invited talk at CogFog, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
• Pan, S.C. (September 2016). Building a better speller: evidence-based orthographic learning research. Invited talk at CogFog, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
• Pan, S. C. (August 2016). Potent but piecewise learning: the specific memory benefits of retrieval practice. Invited talk, Institute of Cognitive Science and Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
• Pan, S. C., and Rickard, T. C. (August 2016). Retrieval practice produces highly specific memories for term-definition science facts. Poster presented at the 2016 APA Convention, Denver, CO.
• Pan, S. C. (December 2015). Retrieval practice and interleaving: evidence-based learning techniques. Invited talk, Psychology Department, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA.
• Pan, S. C., Pashler, H., and Rickard, T. C. (November 2015). Testing with feedback enhances learning across a range of episodic memory abilities. Poster presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL.
• Pan, S.C. (July 2015). Investigations of retrieval-induced learning: the roles of episodic memory ability, spelling, and fact learning. Invited talk at CogFog, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
• Pan, S. C. (June 2015). Building neurons, building minds: teaching neuroscience to 3rd and 4th grade students. Poster presented at the 3rd Annual Communicating Science Workshop, ComSciCon15, Cambridge, MA.
• Pan, S. C., Gopal, A., and Rickard, T. C. (May 2015). Testing produces potent, but piecewise, learning of history and biology facts. Poster presented at the 27th Association for Psychological Science Convention, New York, NY.
• Pan, S. C. (April 2015). The power of test-enhanced learning: when does taking a test improve long-term memory? Invited talk, Psychology Department, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA.
• Pan, S. C. and Rickard, T. C. (November 2014). Does test enhanced learning transfer for triple associates? Poster presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.
• Rickard, T. C., and Pan, S. C. (November 2014). Sleep and motor learning: is there room for consolidation? Paper presented at Symposium, Sleep, Memory and Dreams, at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.
• Jones, A. C., Wardlow, L., Pan, S. C., Zepeda, C., Heyman, G. D., Dunlosky, J., and Rickard, T. C. (November 2014). Repeated quizzing enhances learning: the case of spelling. Poster presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.
• Pan, S. C. and Rickard, T. C. (May 2014). Testing, writing, and free study are equally effective for learning to spell. Poster presented at the 26th Association for Psychological Science Convention, San Francisco, CA.

Professional Activities and Service

Academic Service

• Cognitive Core Group, Psychology, National University of Singapore (2021-present)
• Administrative Pool, Psychology, National University of Singapore (2021-present)
• Distinguished Educators Advisory Panel, Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center (TDLC), National Science Foundation (NSF), UC San Diego (2017-2018)
• Diversity Committee, Department of Psychology, UC San Diego (2016-2018)
• Graduate Talk Series Committee, Department of Psychology, UC San Diego (2015-2016)
• Graduate Mentor / Mentor TA, Department of Psychology, UC San Diego (2014-2018)
• Editor-in-Chief, Honors Newsletter, California State University, Los Angeles (2002-2004)
• Assistant Editor, Honors Newsletter, California State University, Los Angeles (2002)

Organized Panels, Workshops, and Outreach Events

• Workshop organizer and presenter, How to Study Less and Remember More, UC San Diego (2017-2018)
• Organizer and moderator, Paths to PhDs, UC San Diego (2016-2018)
• Founder and organizer, GTSlam, Department of Psychology, UC San Diego (2015-2016)

Ad-hoc Reviewing

• Acta Psychologica
• Advances in Health Science Education
• American Journal of Psychology
• Applied Cognitive Psychology
• Applied Psychology
• Behavior Research Methods
• British Journal of Educational Psychology
• Cognition
• Cognitive Processing
• Cognitive Psychology
• Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
• Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
• Current Directions in Psychological Science
• Developmental Psychology
• Educational Psychologist
• Educational Psychology Review
• Experimental Brain Research
• Experimental Psychology
• Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching
• Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
• Journal of Cognitive Psychology
• Journal of Educational Psychology
• Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
• Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
• Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance
• Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition
• Journal of Memory and Language
• Journal of Second Language Studies
• Language Learning
• Learning and Instruction
• Memory & Cognition
• Memory
• Neural Processing Letters
• Neuropsychology
• Psychological Bulletin
• Psychological Research
• Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
• Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
• Review of Education
• Studies in Second Language Acquisition
• TESOL Quarterly
• Translational Issues in Psychological Science