Jonathan Sammartino, Ph.D. — Curriculum Vitae
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Education
2011 Ph.D., Psychology
University of California, Berkeley Advisor: Stephen E. Palmer
Dissertation Title: “Aesthetics of spatial composition: Position, facing, and context, and the theory of representational fit.”
2005 B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Psychology, Digital Art & Photography
Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Chi
Georgetown University
Teaching Positions
2012, Fall - Present Upper School Teacher:
AP Psychology, Introductory Psychology Logic
Trivium (Grammar, Logic Rhetoric) Computer Programming
La Jolla Country Day School
AP results to date: 168 students, 92% pass rate, 79% 4 or 5 2016, Winter Instructor -- Illusions and the Brain
University of California, San Diego Evaluations: 92% instructor, 88% class 2014, Spring Instructor -- Psychology of Consciousness
University of California, San Diego Evaluations: 96% instructor, 86% class 2014, Winter Instructor -- Illusions and the Brain
University of California, San Diego Evaluations: 97% instructor, 91% class 2013, Fall Instructor -- Sensation and Perception
University of California, San Diego Evaluations: 97% instructor, 90% class 2013, Summer Instructor -- Psychology of Consciousness
University of California, San Diego Evaluations: 100% instructor, 100% class 2013, Winter Instructor -- Illusions and the Brain
University of California, San Diego Evaluations: 95% instructor, 94% class 2012, Fall Instructor -- Psychology of Consciousness
University of California, San Diego Evaluations: 94% instructor, 82% class 2012, Summer Instructor -- Psychology of Consciousness
University of California, San Diego Evaluations: 100% instructor, 90% class 2012, Summer Instructor -- History of Psychology
University of California, San Diego Evaluations: 100% instructor, 100% class
2012, Spring Instructor -- Illusions and the Brain University of California, San Diego Evaluations: 99% instructor, 99% class 2012, Winter Instructor -- History of Psychology
University of California, San Diego Evaluations: 100% instructor, 98% class 2011, Fall Instructor -- History of Psychology
University of California, Berkeley Evaluations: 6.7/7
2011, Fall Instructor -- Introduction to Sensation and Perception University of California, San Diego
Evaluations: 90% instructor, 83% course 2011, Fall Teaching Assistant -- Introduction to Psychology
Professor: Bruce B. Mangan, Fall Program for Freshmen UC Berkeley Extension
Evaluations: 4.6/5
2011, Spring Instructor -- History of Psychology University of California, San Diego Evaluations: 96% instructor; 88% course 2011, Spring Co-Instructor -- Perception and Visual Arts
Collaborator: Professor David Whitney, University of California, Berkeley Evaluations: 6.7/7
2010, Fall Teaching Assistant – Introduction to Psychology
Professor: Bruce B. Mangan, Fall Program for Freshmen, UC Berkeley Extension
Evaluations: 4.5/5
2010, Fall Guest Lecturer – Digital Printmaking for Photographers Professor: Bijan Yashar, Multimedia Arts Department Berkeley City College
2010, Fall Guest Lecturer – Introduction to Digital Photography Professor: Bijan Yashar, Multimedia Arts Department Berkeley City College
2010, Summer Instructor – Digital Imaging With Photoshop Academic Talent Development Program University of California, Berkeley 2010, Summer Digital Printmaking Lab Assistant
Faculty Supervisor: Diane Rosenblum, Multimedia Arts Department Berkeley City College
2010, Summer Teaching Assistant – Introduction to Digital Photography Professor: Bijan Yashar, Multimedia Arts Department Berkeley City College
2010, Spring Graduate Student Instructor – Perception
Professor: David Whitney, Psychology Department University of California, Berkeley
Evaluations: 6.6/7
2009, Fall Reader – Introduction to Psychology
Professor: Bruce B. Mangan, Fall Program for Freshmen, UC Berkeley Extension
2009, Fall Teaching Assistant - Digital Printmaking for Photographers Professor: Bijan Yashar, Multimedia Arts Department Berkeley City College
2009, Fall Teaching Assistant – Introduction to Digital Photography Professor: Bijan Yashar, Multimedia Arts Department Berkeley City College
2009, Fall Digital Printmaking Lab Assistant
Faculty Supervisor: Bijan Yashar, Multimedia Arts Department Berkeley City College
2009, Summer Digital Printmaking Lab Assistant
Faculty Supervisor: Diane Rosenblum, Multimedia Arts Department Berkeley City College
2009, Summer Teaching Assistant – Introduction to Digital Photography Professor: Bijan Yashar, Multimedia Arts Department Berkeley City College
2009, Spring Graduate Student Instructor – Scientific Approaches to Consciousness Professor: John Kihlstrom, Psychology Department
University of California, Berkeley Evaluations: 6.5/7
2009, Spring Teaching Assistant – Introduction to Digital Photography Professor: Bijan Yashar, Multimedia Arts Department Berkeley City College
2009, Spring Digital Printmaking Lab Assistant
Faculty Supervisor: Bijan Yashar, Multimedia Arts Department Berkeley City College
2008, Spring Graduate Student Instructor – Social Cognition Professor: John Kihlstrom, Psychology Department University of California, Berkeley
Evaluations: 6.6/7
2007, Fall Graduate Student Instructor – History of Psychology Professor: Stephen Glickman, Psychology Department University of California, Berkeley
Evaluations: 6.0/7
2007, Summer Graduate Student Reader – Introduction to Psychology Instructor: Laura Sazlow, Psychology Department University of California, Berkeley
2007, Spring Graduate Student Instructor – History of Psychology Professor: Stephen Glickman, Psychology Department University of California, Berkeley
Evaluations: 5.9/7
2006, Fall Graduate Student Instructor – Perception
Professor: Stephen Palmer, Psychology Department University of California, Berkeley
Evaluations: 5.6/7
2005, Fall Graduate Student Instructor – Perception
Professor: Stephen Palmer, Psychology Department University of California, Berkeley
2005, Spring Teaching Assistant – Psychology, Photography, & Visual Arts Professor: David Carter, Psychology Department
Georgetown University 2005, Spring Teaching Assistant - Cognition
Professor: Chandan Vaidya, Psychology Department Georgetown University
2004, Fall Teaching Assistant – Psychology, Photography, & Visual Arts Professor: David Carter, Psychology Department
Georgetown University 2004, Spring Teaching Assistant – Cognition
Professor: Chandan Vaidya, Psychology Department Georgetown University
2002 – 2005 Lab Manager, Napolitano Digital Art Lab
Supervisors: Roberto Bocci & Calvin Custen, Digital Art Department Georgetown University
Professional Service
2012–Present Mentored 5 Undergraduate Instructional Assistants, UCSD Psychology Dept. Jan. 2015–Present Chairperson, All School Curriculum Committee, LJCDS
Oct. 2013– Jan. 2015 Faculty representative, All School Curriculum Committee, LJCDS Jan. 2014–Present Faculty representative, Cum Laude Society, LJCDS
2012–2015 Member, Admissions Committee, LJCDS
2013–2014 Hiring Committee for Dean of Upper School Educational Technology, LJCDS 2012– Present Ethics Council, student advocate 6 times, LJCDS
2012– Present Faculty Review Board, ad-hoc board member 2 times, LJCDS November 2014–Present Faculty Representative, Dress Code Committee, LJCDS
March 2015 Faculty representative, Dress Code Committee, La Jolla Country Day School 2011–Present Dine with a Professor Program, UCSD
Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer, Behavioral Sciences
Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer, PLOS One
Educational Outreach
Dec. 2010 Group leader & facilitator -- Mind & Brain Night Alliance Academy Middle School, Oakland, CA
May 2010 Group leader, module designer – Whitney Lab Outreach Program John F. Kennedy High School, Sacramento, CA
Research Positions
2010, Summer Graduate Student Researcher – Psychology
Professor: Stephen E. Palmer, Psychology Department University of California, Berkeley
2009, Fall Graduate Student Researcher – Psychology
Professor: Stephen E. Palmer, Psychology Department University of California, Berkeley
2009, Summer Graduate Student Researcher – Psychology
Professor: Stephen E. Palmer, Psychology Department University of California, Berkeley
2008, Fall Graduate Student Researcher – Psychology
Professor: Stephen E. Palmer, Psychology Department University of California, Berkeley
2006 Graduate Student Researcher – Vision Science Professor: Marty Banks, Vision Science Department University of California, Berkeley
Publications
BooksSammartino, J., & Rappaport, G. (2015). Introduction to the Fundamental Liberal Arts: Grammar, Logic, and
Rhetoric. Littleton, NH: Whole Mind Press.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Palmer, S.E., Schloss, K.B., & Sammartino, J. (2013). Visual aesthetics and human preference. Annual Review
of Psychology, 64, 77-107.
Sammartino, J., & Palmer, S.E. (2012). Aesthetic issues in spatial composition: Representational fit and the
role of context. Perception, 41(12), 1434-1457.
Sammartino, J., & Palmer, S.E. (2012). Aesthetic issues in spatial composition: Effects of vertical position and
perspective on framing single objects. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception &
Performance, 38(4), 865-879.
Leyssen, M.H.R., Linsen, S., Sammartino, J., & Palmer, S.E. (2012). Aesthetic preference for spatial composition in multi-object pictures. i-Perception, 3, 25-29.
Palmer, S.E., Schloss, K.B., & Sammartino, J. (2011). Hidden knowledge in aesthetic preferences: Color and spatial composition. In Shimamura, A.P., & Palmer, S.E., Aesthetic science: Connecting minds, brains, and
experience. New York: Oxford University Press.
Linsen, S., Leyssen, M.H.R., Sammartino, J., & Palmer, S.E. (2011). Aesthetic preferences in the size of images of real-world objects. Perception, 40(3), 291-298.
Gardner, J.S., Austerweil, J.L., & Palmer, S.E. (2010). Vertical position as a cue to pictorial depth: Height in
the picture plane versus distance to the horizon. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 72(2), 445-453. Palmer, S.E., Gardner, J.S., & Wickens, T.D. (2008). Aesthetic issues in spatial composition: Effects of position and direction on framing single objects. Spatial Vision, 21 (3-5), 421-449.
Manuscripts
Gardner, J.S. (2011). Aesthetics of spatial composition: Position, facing, and context, and the theory of
representational fit. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
Recordings
Foote, L.J., & Sammartino, J. (2015). Ocean Visions: A Relaxation and Stress Reduction Exercise. [CD]. Littleton, NH: Adventures in Tranquility.
Presentations and Published Abstracts
Langlois, T.A., Sammartino, J., & Palmer, S.E. (2012). Effects of object facing direction and implied motion on preferences for spatial composition. Presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society,
Naples, FL, May 2012.
Gardner, J.S., & Palmer, S.E. (2010). Aesthetics of spatial composition: The role of representational fit. Invited
presentation at the Aesthetic Science Symposium at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St.
Louis, MO, Nov. 2010.
Gardner, J.S., & Palmer, S.E. (2010). Representational fit in position and perspective: a unified aesthetic
account. Presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL, May, 2010.
Linsen, S., Leyssen, M.H.R., Gardner, J.S., & Palmer, S.E. (2010). Aesthetic Preferences in the size of real-world objects. Presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL, May 2010.
Leyssen, M.H.R., Linsen, S., Gardner, J.S., & Palmer, S.E. (2010). Aesthetics of spatial composition: Semantic effects in two-object pictures. Presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples,
Palmer, S. E, Schloss, K.B., & Gardner, J.S. Hidden knowledge in aesthetics: Preferences for color and spatial composition. Invited presentation at the Workshop on Knowledge and Performance in the Perception of
Objects and Living Beings. Bielefeld, Germany, October 29, 2009.
Gardner, J.S., & Palmer, S.E. (2009). Representational transparency in aesthetic judgments of spatial
composition: Effects of object position and size. Presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences
Society, Naples, FL, May 2009.
Gardner, J.S., & Palmer, S.E. (2009). Representational fit in aesthetic judgments of spatial composition.
Presented at the Berkeley Stanford Talks, Palo Alto, CA, May 2009.
Gardner, J.S., Fowlkes, C., Nothelfer, C., & Palmer, S.E. (2008). Exploring aesthetic principles of spatial
composition through stock photography. Presented at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society,
Naples, FL, May 2008.
Gardner, J.S. & Palmer, S.E. (2008). Aesthetics and Object Perception: Experiments in Spatial Composition.
Presented at the 15th Annual Workshop on Object Perception, Attention, and Memory, November 2008.
Palmer, S.E., & Gardner, J.S. (2008). Aesthetic Preferences for Spatial Composition. Presented at the
International Congress of Psychology. Berlin, Germany, July 2008.
Banks, M.S., Vlaskamp, B., Hillis, J., & Gardner, J.S. (2007). Stereopsis at Isoluminance. Presented at the 7th
Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL, May 2007.
Gardner, J.S. and Palmer, S.E. (2007). Joint effects of height-in-the-picture-plane and
distance-relative-to-the-horizon in pictorial depth perception. Presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society,
Sarasota, FL, May 2007.
Palmer, S.E. and Gardner, J.S. (2007). Framing Aesthetics: Effects of Spatial Composition. Presented at the 7th
Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL, May 2007.
Gardner, J.S. and Palmer, S.E. (2006). Framing Aesthetic Judgments. Presented at the 6th Annual Meeting of
the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL, May 2006.
Gardner, J.S. and Palmer, S.E. (2006). Framing Aesthetic Judgments. Presented at the Berkeley Stanford Talks,
Berkeley, CA, May 2006.
Professional Memberships
American Psychological Association
Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools
Awards and Honors
Scientia Pacifica Award, La Jolla Country Day, 2015
Outstanding Professor Award, Panhellenic Association of UCSD, 2014 Phi Beta Kappa, Georgetown University Chapter, 2005
Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology, 2005 Magna Cum Laude, Georgetown University, 2005
