Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor of Psychology · Department of Integrated Studies · University of Wisconsin–Whitewater
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Education
University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison, WI
Ph.D., Psychology (Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Area)July 2026
Dissertation: The psychological space of linear function representations and connections to problem solving
Advisors: Martha W. Alibali & C. Shawn Green
University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison, WI
M.S., Psychology (Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Area)May 2021
University of California–Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA
B.S., Cognitive Science — Specialization in ComputingJun 2018
Honors: summa cum laude
Research Experience
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of PsychologyMadison, WI
Graduate Research AssistantSept 2019 – Aug 2026
Learning and Transfer Lab (PI: C. Shawn Green)
Cognitive Development and Communication Lab (PI: Martha W. Alibali)
- Research focuses on cognition, learning, and generalization with an emphasis on representational knowledge, flexibility, and motivation in mathematics
University of California–Los Angeles, Department of PsychologyLos Angeles, CA
- Research Assistant, Teaching and Learning Lab (PI: James Stigler) — Oct 2018 – Jan 2019
- Lab Manager, Rissman Memory Lab (PI: Jesse Rissman) — Jan 2018 – Jun 2018
- Research Assistant, Reasoning Lab (PI: Patricia Cheng) — Sept 2017 – Jun 2018
- Research Assistant, Rissman Memory Lab (PI: Jesse Rissman) — Jun 2017 – Dec 2017
Teaching Experience
University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, Department of Integrated StudiesJanesville, WI
Instructor, Introduction to PsychologySept 2026 – Dec 2026
Instructor, Lifespan DevelopmentSept 2026 – Dec 2026
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of PsychologyMadison, WI
Instructor, Psychology of Academic Learning (senior capstone course)Jan 2025 – May 2025
- Developed and taught new undergraduate depth course; course size: 25 students (5/5 overall instructor effectiveness rating on student course evaluations)
Instructor, Introduction to PsychologySept 2024 – Dec 2024
- Facilitated (lectured and wrote exams) large in-person lecture course; course size: 229 students (4.47/5)
Instructor, Introduction to PsychologyJun 2024 – Aug 2024
- Facilitated asynchronous online course; course size: 124 students (4.64/5)
Instructor, Introduction to PsychologyJun 2023 – Aug 2023
- Facilitated asynchronous online course; course size: 124 students (4.52/5)
Teaching Assistant, Basic Statistics for PsychologySept 2022 – Dec 2022
- Developed and taught four discussion sections per week; course size: 60 students (4.91/5)
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Psychology (online course)Jun 2022 – Aug 2022
- Graded student work and provided feedback; course size: 111 students
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to PsychologySept 2021 – Dec 2021
- Graded student work and provided feedback; course size: 238 students
Mentoring Experience
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of PsychologyMadison, WI
Master’s students mentored/supervised:
Carolinne Vieira (2025–2026)
Undergraduates mentored/supervised:
- Grace Carman (Spring 2026)
- Amelia Dittman (Spring 2026)
- Connor Wood (Spring 2026)
- Amanda Rhee (2025–2026)
- Leila Tannous (2025–2026)
- Anxhela Tata (2025–2026)
- Greg Dekker (Fall 2025)
- Christine Becerra-Lopez (2022–2025) — McNair Scholars Program, Senior Thesis
- Pragati Maheshwary (2022–2025) — Honors Summer Sophomore Apprenticeship, Hilldale Research Fellowship, Senior Thesis
- Isaiah Stevens (Summer 2024) — Summer Education Research Program
- Kendall Callery (2023–2024)
- Zachary Fredrich (2023–2024)
- Levi Kasten (2022–2023)
- Daniel Otchere (2021–2023)
- Trenton Mercadel (Summer 2022) — Psychology Research Experience Program (PREP)
- Hannah Alpert (2021–2022)
- Lauren Smith (2021–2022) — Hilldale Research Fellowship
- Zach Demko (2020–2021)
- Katelyn Van Buren (2019–2021)
- Lauren Verhulst (2019–2021)
Publications
*Undergraduate coauthor
- Anthony, L. E., Cochrane, A., *Klaas, V., Hecht, C. A., & Green, C. S. (2025). Applications of expectancy-value theory in promoting motivated behavior in cognitive training. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement. doi.org/10.1007/s41465-025-00332-6
- Vest, N. A., Anthony, L. E., *Callery, K., *Shack, A. P., *Becerra-Lopez, C., & Alibali, M. W. (2025). Does focusing on the unit of change help children learn growing pattern skills? Journal of Cognition and Development, 1–24. doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2025.2484221
- Alibali, M. W., Matthews, P. G., Rodrigues, J., Meng, R., Vest, N. A., Jay, V., Menendez, D., Murray, J. O., Donovan, A. M., Anthony, L. E., & McNeil, N. M. (2024). A bird’s-eye view of research practices in mathematical cognition, learning, and instruction: Reimagining the status quo. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 248, 106056. doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2024.106056
Under Review / Submitted
- Anthony, L. E., Donovan, A. M., Stephens, A. C., Matthews, P. G., & Alibali, M. W. (In press). More than the same: A substitutive conception of the equal sign is associated with better algebraic reasoning. Journal of Numerical Cognition.
- Anthony, L. E., Green, C. S., & Alibali, M. W. (In press). Opportunities for perceptual learning influence problem solving in mathematics. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.
- Stephens, A. C., Anthony, L. E., Donovan, A. M., Matthews, P. G., & Alibali, M. W. (In press). Promoting a substitutive conception of the equal sign. The Banneker Banner.
- Joëssel, F., Anthony, L. E., Cochrane, A., Jiang, S., Yüksel, E. M., Dale, G., & Green, C. S. Shifts in fluid intelligence and personality measures along academic terms in undergraduate samples. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. (Submitted July 2026)
Presentations
*Undergraduate coauthor
Talks
- Anthony, L. E., Donovan, A. M., Stephens, A. C., Matthews, P. G., & Alibali, M. W. (2025, April 23–27). More than the same: A substitutive conception of the equal sign predicts algebraic problem solving [Talk]. AERA Annual Meeting. Denver, CO.
- Vest, N. A., Anthony, L. E., *Callery, K., *Shack, A. P., *Becerra-Lopez, C., *Maheshwary, P., & Alibali, M. W. (2024, Jun 26–28). Does focusing on the unit of change help children extend and abstract shape and number patterns? [Talk]. MCLS Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
- Anthony, L. E., Green, C. S., & Alibali, M. W. (2023, June 5–8). Experience with equations in sequence enhances problem-solving performance [Talk]. MCLS Annual Conference, Loughborough, England.
- Silla, E. M., Vest, N. A., Nagashima, T., Bartel, A. N., Anthony, L. E., Aleven, V., & Alibali, M. W. (2022, Feb 25). Efficacy of tape diagrams: Evidence from an intelligent tutoring system [Lightning Talk]. MCLS Annual Conference, Virtual.
- Anthony, L. E., Green, C. S., & Alibali, M. W. (2021, Sept 3). Examining the effects of equations in sequence on problem-solving performance and relational reasoning [Lightning Talk]. MCLS Annual Conference, Virtual.
Posters
- Yüksel, E. M., Anthony, L. E., Cunningham, E. G., *Kasten, L., & Green, C. S. (2024, Nov 20–23). Individual differences in learning and generalizing a complex motor skill [Poster]. Psychonomic Society Annual Conference. New York, NY.
- *Stevens, I., Alibali, M. W., Anthony, L. E., *Becerra-Lopez, C., Marquardt Donovan, A., Matthews, P. G., & Stephens, A. C. (2024, Jul 31). Equal sign representation and mathematical agency in mathematics [Poster]. SERP Symposium. Madison, WI.
- *Maheshwary, P., Anthony, L. E., & Alibali, M. W. (2024, Jun 26–28). Does early abacus training affect later math performance? [Poster]. MCLS Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
- *Maheshwary, P., Anthony, L. E., & Alibali, M. W. (2024, Apr 18–20). Does early abacus training affect later math performance? [Poster]. Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
- Vest, N. A., Anthony, L. E., *Callery, K., *Shack, A. P., *Becerra-Lopez, C., *Maheshwary, P., & Alibali, M. W. (2024, Mar 21–23). Learning to extend and abstract shape and number patterns: Do lessons focused on the pattern unit help? [Poster]. Cognitive Development Society Biennial Conference, Pasadena, CA.
- Cunningham, E. G., Anthony, L. E., *Kasten, L. A., Yüksel, E. M., & Green, C. S. (2023, Nov 19–16). Individual differences in learning a complex visuo-motor task [Poster]. Psychonomic Society Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA.
- Anthony, L. E., Green, C. S., & Alibali, M. W. (2022, Jun 1–3). Examining the effects of pattern experience on algebraic problem-solving strategies in young adults [Poster]. MCLS Annual Conference, Antwerp, Belgium.
- Harsch, R. M., Fulsher, A. J., Anthony, L. E., & Bye, J. K. (2022, Jun 1–3). We have to use letters now?! Motivating early algebra understanding [Poster]. MCLS Annual Conference, Antwerp, Belgium.
- Anthony, L. E., Cochrane, A., Ji, M., & Green, C. S. (2022, May 13–18). Temporal dependencies in sequences of perceptual learning stimuli impact choice behavior in Gabor orientation discrimination task [Poster]. Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, St. Pete Beach, FL.
- Anthony, L. E., Green, C. S., & Alibali, M. W. (2021, Jul 26–29). Experience with equations in sequence promotes procedural fluency [Poster]. Cognitive Science Society Annual Meeting, Virtual.
- Bye, J. K., Chuang, P., Anthony, L. E., & Cheng, P. W. (2020, Jun 19–23). Teaching the purpose and meaning of algebraic variables through systems-of-equations story problems: Multimedia approaches [Poster]. International Conference of the Learning Sciences. Nashville, TN.
- Bye, J. K., Chuang, P., Anthony, L. E., & Cheng, P. W. (2020, Apr 17–21). Teaching the purpose and meaning of algebraic variables through systems-of-equations story problems: Multimedia approaches [Poster]. AERA Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. (Conference Canceled)
Invited Talks / Lectures
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of PsychologyMadison, WI
Invited Speaker, Psychology Department Annual Teaching ConferenceOct 2025
Presentation Title: “Large Lecture Discussion Activity: ‘Psychology in the News’”
Guest Lecturer, Introduction to PsychologyMar 2024
Lecture topics: Associative Learning, Psychology of Academic Learning
Honors & Awards
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of PsychologyMadison, WI
Capstone Teaching Award2026
- A competitive campus-wide award recognizing graduate students with an outstanding teaching record over the course of their UW–Madison tenure
Serendipity Award2025
Conference Travel Award2022, 2025
Meritorious Service Award2024
Menzies Research Award2021, 2023, 2025, 2026
Distinguished Service Award2022
Grants & Fellowships
UW–Madison Department of Psychology Student Research Grant2023
National Science Foundation LUCID Training Fellowship2019 – 2021
Academic Service
University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison, WI
Committee Member, Sharon M. Guten Colloquium SeriesAug 2019 – May 2023
- Chair (2021–2022)
- Treasurer (2020–2021)
Committee Member, Social Events CommitteeAug 2020 – Dec 2022
Ad Hoc Reviewer
- Cognitive Science Society Annual Meeting (CogSci) — Feb 2026
- Educational Studies in Mathematics — Jul 2025
- Journal of Experimental Child Psychology — Jun 2025
- Technology, Mind, & Behavior — Nov 2022
Professional Experience
Galin EducationMadison, WI
Academic and Test Prep TutorJul 2023 – Present
University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison, WI
Project Assistant, Department of PsychologyAug 2023 – Dec 2023
- Analyzed departmental data on undergraduate and graduate student experiences and departmental culture
Course Content Editor, Department of PsychologyMar 2022 – May 2022
- Assisted in updating online Introduction to Psychology course
Stone by Stone EducationSanta Monica, CA
Academic and Test Prep TutorAug 2015 – Dec 2017
References
Available upon request.