Education

Ph.D. in PsychologyExpected May 2016

Georgia State University, Atlanta‚ GA

• Cognitive Sciences Program

• Advisor: Rebecca Williamson, Ph.D.

• Dissertation: “Adults' and Children's Identification of Faces and Emotions from Isolated Motion Cues”

 

M.A. in PsychologyMay 2014

Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

• Cognitive Sciences Program

• Advisor: Rebecca Williamson, Ph.D.

• Thesis: “Children's Imitation of the Majority in a Goal-Directed Task: Examining Number of Demonstrators and Demonstration Modality”

 

B.S. in PsychologyMay 2011

Lehigh University , Bethlehem, PA

• Cognitive Psychology Concentration

• Senior Research Project: “Report a Study, Study a Report: Using Phrase and Word Pair Reversals to Study Speech Production”

Research Experience

Graduate Research AssistantAugust 2011 – Present

Learning and Development Lab, Georgia State University

Advisor: Rebecca Williamson, Ph.D.

The Learning and Development Lab investigates how typically developing children learn from the people around them. As a Graduate Research Assistant, I design, implement, and publish research within the realms of cognitive and social development. I also mentor undergraduates through supervising individual projects that culminate in conference presentations.

Undergraduate Lab ManagerSpring 2011

Language Production Lab, Lehigh University

Advisor: Padraig O'Seaghdha, Ph.D.

The Language Production Lab investigates speech production and planning in English-speaking adults. As Undergraduate Lab Manager, I trained research assistants in data collection and coding procedures and participated in weekly lab meetings. I also designed and implemented a senior research project investigating cognitive competition between semantic and grammatical structures.

Undergraduate Research Assistant2009 – 2011

Language Production Lab, Lehigh University

Advisor: Padraig O'Seaghdha, Ph.D.

Supported lab research covering a range of topics including sentence production, syntactic priming, and interference in speech planning; individually responsible for processing undergraduate participants and coding data using Adobe Audition

Teaching Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Georgia State UniversitySpring and Fall 2015

Instructor of record for Intro to Human Development (PSYC 2103)

• Developed course materials, activities, and assessments for enrollments of 35-75 undergraduate students
• Taught lecture-style class for 2.5 hours per week

Graduate Learning Assistant, Georgia State UniversityAugust 2011 – May 2012

Instructor: Elizabeth Sheehan, Ph.D.

• Assisted students in face-to-face and online sections of Introduction to General Psychology (PSYC 1101)
• Graded written work, monitored online discussion boards, and proctored exams

Relevant Work Experience

Resource Counselor, Daybreak Day Camp, Cambridge, MASummer 2011

Supervisor: Mia Klinger-Powell, Ed.M.

• Worked closely with Executive Director to coordinate daily activities and trips for 31 urban children with behavioral and emotional issues
• Modeled behavior management skills and provided supervision for group counselors

 

Residential Counselor, Wediko Children's Services, Windsor, NHSummer 2010

Supervisor: Katie Walsh, MSW

• Provided direct care for children with behavioral and developmental disabilities in a 6–week residential treatment program
• Strengthened leadership and interpersonal skills as kayaking and canoeing activities instructor

Technical Skills

• 5 years’ experience in research design, data collection, quantitative and qualitative analysis of human cognition and behavior
• Advanced statistics using relevant software (SPSS, SAS, M-Plus, Excel)
• Programming for experiments and general applications (E-Prime, MATLAB, HTML)
• Video and sound editing using Adobe Creative Suite (AfterEffects and Audition)

Fellowships and Honors

• Doctoral Fellow in Primate Social Cognition, Evolution, and BehaviorFall 2012 – Present

Funded by the Georgia State University Second-Century Initiative (GSU-2CI)

• Phi Beta Kappa, Lehigh University2011
• Lehigh University Student-Athlete Emerging Leaders Award2009 – 2010
• Collegiate Rowing Coaches’ Association (CRCA) Scholar Athlete2009
• Patriot League Academic Honor Roll2009
• Lehigh University Scholar Athlete Award2007 – 2011

Publications and Manuscripts in Prep

1. Williamson, R. A. & Gonsiorowski, A. (in press). Imitation. In Hopkins, B., Geangu, E., & Linkenauger, S. (Eds.). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development (2nd Edition). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
2. Gonsiorowski, A., Williamson, R. A., & Robins, D. L. (2015). Imitation of object-directed acts in young children with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2596-1
3. Perdue, B. M., Evans, T. A., Williamson, R. A., Gonsiorowski, A., & Beran, M. J. (2014). Prospective memory in children and chimpanzees. Animal Cognition, 17(2), 287-295. DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0661-8

Conference Presentations

1. Gonsiorowski, A., Hrabic, M., Ludwig, N., Williamson, R. A., & Robins, D. L. (May, 2015). Implicit social evaluations in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder. Poster presented at the 2015 International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Salt Lake City, UT.
2. Gonsiorowski, A. & Williamson, R. A. (March, 2015). Child's perceptions of goal-directed acts: Manipulating the number of demonstrators in an imitation task. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
3. Gonsiorowski, A. & Williamson, R. A. (March, 2014). The effect of prior experience on majority-biased transmission. Poster presented at the 2014 Society for Research in Human Development Biennial Meeting, Austin, TX.
4. Gonsiorowski, A., Williamson, R. A., & Robins, D. L. (October, 2013). Imitation of manner and outcome acts in toddlers with autism spectrum disorders. Poster presented at the Eighth Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Memphis, TN.
5. Gonsiorowski, A.Perdue, B., Beran, M., Evans, T., & Williamson, R. A. (April, 2013). Prospective memory and delay of gratification in 3-year-old children. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Seattle, WA.
6. Gonsiorowski, A., Robins, D. L., & Williamson, R. A. (March, 2013). Toddlers’ capacity for implicit social evaluations. Poster presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association 59th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
7. Gonsiorowski, A. (April, 2011). Report a study, study a report: Using phrase and word pair reversals to study speech production. Talk presented at the LVAIC Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Easton, PA.

Mentored Presentations

1. Prempeh, L., Gonsiorowski, A., & Williamson, R. A. (October, 2014). Do two-year-olds innovate following demonstrations using tools? Poster presented at the GSU Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Atlanta, GA.
2. Ray, S., Gonsiorowski, A., Robins, D. L., & Williamson, R. A. (October, 2013). Explicit social behavior in response to live displays. Poster presented at the GSU Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Atlanta, GA.
3. Leonard, A., Reeck, V., Gonsiorowski, A., Robins, D. L., & Williamson, R. A. (March, 2013). Toddlers' social behaviors in response to helping/hindering displays. Poster presented at the 2013 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference, Atlanta, GA.
4. Stover, R., Gonsiorowski, A., Robins, D. L., Williamson, R. A. (March, 2013). Motor skills and imitation in children with autism. Poster presented at the 2013 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference, Atlanta, GA.
5. Garcia, S., Gonsiorowski, A., Robins, D. L., & Williamson, R. A. (October, 2012). Imitation of a multi-step sequence by children with autism. Poster presented at the GSU Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Memberships

Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)

Last Updated: January 12, 2016