Education
PhD Psychology, pre-candidacy Indiana University Primary Major: Cognitive Neuroscience Bloomington, Indiana Secondary Major: Neuroscience
Primary advisor: Karin H. James, PhD
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences College of Arts and Sciences
Expected Date of Graduation: May 2018
B.A. French Indiana University, IUPUI Campus
Indianapolis, Indiana Advisor: Didier Bertrand, PhD
Department of World Languages and Cultures School of Liberal Arts
Date of Graduation: December 2009
B.S. Biomedical Engineering Purdue University, IUPUI Campus Concentration in Computational Neuroscience Indianapolis, Indiana
Minor: Mathematics
Advisor: Karen Alfrey, PhD
Department of Biomedical Engineering School of Engineering and Technology Date of Graduation: December 2008 Peer Reviewed Journal Publications
Vinci-Booher, S., James, T.W., & James, K. H (2015). Functional connections during letter perception reflect aspects of letter writing: A gPPI functional connectivity study. Manuscript in preparation.
Vinci-Booher, S., & James, K. H. (2015). Neural Substrates of Sensorimotor Processes: Letter Writing and Letter Perception. Journal of neurophysiology, jn-01042.
Foroud, T., Wetherill, L., Vinci-Booher, S., Moore, E.S., Ward, R.E., Hoyme, H.E.,et al. (2012). Relation over time between facial measurements and cognitive outcomes in alcohol exposed children. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. 36(9), 1634-1646.
Anthony, B., Vinci-Booher, S., Wetherill, L., Ward, R.E., Goodlett, C., & Zhou, F.C. (2010). Alcohol induced facial dysmorphology in C57BL/6 mouse models of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Alcohol, 44(7-8), 659-671.
Paper Symposium Contributions
Vinci-Booher, S., James, T.W., & James, K.H. (2015, March). The influence of visual-motor experiences on the development of brain mechanisms subserving letter perception. In E. Wakefield & M. Novack, Comparing the effects of active and passive learning experiences through action and gesture. Symposium conducted at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Conference Proceedings Publications
Fang, S., Liu, Y., Huang, J., Vinci-Booher, S., Anthony, B., & Zhou, F.C. (2010). Surface feature analysis using video volumes of mouse embryos for fetal alcohol syndrome classification. International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (pp. 22-26). Sydney, Australia: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Fang, S., Liu, Y., Huang, J., Vinci-Booher, S., Anthony, B., & Zhou, F.C. (2009). Facial image classification of mouse embryos for the animal model of fetal alcohol syndrome. Symposium on Applied Computing (852-856). Hawaii: Association for Computing Machinery.
Belcher, C., Terry, M., Vinci-Booher, S., & Du, Y. (2007). Video image based multimodal face recognition system. Illinois-Indiana Section Conference (paper 14-1-10). Indiana: American Society for Engineering Education.
Poster Presentations
Vinci-Booher, S., Engelhardt, L., James, T.W., & James, K.H. (2015). Functional connections during letter perception reflect aspects of letter writing. Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, California, USA.
Vinci-Booher, S., James, T.W., & James, K.H. (2015). Investigating functional connectivity in the developing brain using generalized psychophysiological interactions analysis. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Vinci-Booher, S., Engelhardt, L., James, T.W., & James, K.H. (2014). Investigating the
development of letter perception using gPPI connectivity analysis. Presented at the Center of Excellence for Women in Technology Conference, Bloomington, Indiana.
Black, L., Vinci-Booher, S., Begyn, E., McDonald, B.C., Katzenstein, J. (2013). Neurocognitive and behavioral profile differences in children treated for medulloblastoma. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, Chicago, Illinois. Fang, S., Liu, Y., Huang, J., Vinci-Booher, S., Anthony, B., & Zhou, F.C. (2010). Surface analysis
from video volumes for fetal alcohol syndrome classification. Presented at the International Conference on 3D Data Processing, Visualization, and Transmission, Sydney, Australia. Anthony, B., Vinci-Booher, S., Wetherill, L., Ward, R., Goodlett, C., & Zhou, F.C. (2009). Alcohol
induced facial dysmorphology in C57BL/6 mouse models of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Presented at the Research Society on Alcoholism meeting, San Diego, CA. Belcher, C., Terry, M., Vinci-Booher, S., & Du, Y. (2006). Multimodal face recognition system.
Presented at the Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Abstracts
Highley, E., Vinci-Booher, S., Begyn, E., and Katzenstein, J. (2013). Evaluation of intellectual abilities pre- and post- radiation therapy in preschool aged children with solid brain tumors. Annual
Meeting of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology.
Black, L., Begyn, E., McDonald, B., Vinci-Booher, S., Katzenstein, J. (2013) Neuropsychological outcomes in children with medulloblastoma. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology.
Black, L., Begyn, E., McDonald, B., Vinci-Booher, S., Katzenstein, J. (2013) Behavioral outcomes in children with medulloblastoma. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Clinical
Neuropsychology. Appointed Honors & Awards
• Developmental Training Grant recipient from the National Institute of Health through Indiana University [Grant Number: 2 T32 HD007475-21] (2015-2016)
• Developmental Training Grant recipient from the National Institute of Health through Indiana University [Grant Number: 5 T32 HD 7475-20] (2014-2015)
• Graduate student poster winner at the Center of Excellence for Women in Technology Conference (2014)
• Runner-Up for Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship (2011) • Recipient of the International Experience Scholarship (2009)
• Recipient of the Margaret A. Cook Scholarship for Foreign Study (2009)
• Recipient of the Marius J. Fauré Family Scholarship for Students of French Language and Literature (2009)
• Hosted the Society of Women Engineers Region H conference at IUPUI (2009) • Recipient of the Commitment to Engineering Excellence Scholarship (2006 – 2008) Clinical Experience
9/2011 – 07/2013 Department of Neurology, Section of Neuropsychology Title: Neuropsychology Technician
Supervisor: Brenna McDonald, PhD, MBA, ABPP-CN Indiana University Health Physicians
Indianapolis, Indiana
Job description: Clinical neuropsychological assessment of children ages 4-18 Research Experience
1/2010 – 07/2013 Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics Title: Research Assistant
Mentor: Tatiana Foroud, PhD
Indiana University, School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana
Major Projects: Compare dysmorphologist’s diagnosis of FAS with a
diagnosis obtained from a 3D laser scanner and a software package using 2D images
9/2010 – 9/2011 Department of Neurology Title: Research Assistant
Supervisor: Elizabeth Sowell, PhD
Developmental Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California
Job Description: Neuropsychological assessment of children ages 5-18 and operation of Siemens MRI scanners
8/2009 – 1/2010 Department of Anthropology Title: Research Assistant Mentor: Richard E. Ward, PhD
Indiana University, School of Liberal Arts Indianapolis, Indiana
Major Projects: Human facial measurements using 3D images 8/2007 – 1/2010 Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Title: Research Assistant Mentor: Feng C. Zhou, PhD
Indiana University, School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana
Major Projects: Dysmorphology assessment of embryonic mice and osmium tetroxide staining with Micro-CT imaging to obtain 3D surface structure of embryo
8/2006 – 5/2007 Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering Title: MURI Scholar
Mentor: Eliza Yingzi Du, PhD
Purdue University, School of Engineering and Technology Indianapolis, Indiana
Major Projects: Developed a scoring system to capture the selective use of facial muscles during facial expression for use in a multi-modal biometric facial recognition computer algorithm run in MATLAB
Teaching Experience
Spring 2014 Cognitive Neuropsychology (8-week course), Graduate Teaching Assistant Indiana University, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Bloomington, Indiana
Supervisor: Karin H. James, PhD
Fall 2013 Human Neuropsychology (8-week course), Graduate Teaching Assistant Indiana University, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Bloomington, Indiana
Summer 2012 English as a Second-Language (1week course), Instructor Saint Nicolas Parish High School
Môle Saint-Nicolas, Haïti
Fall 2009 Medical Anthropology (16-week course), Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Indiana University, School of Liberal Arts
Indianapolis, Indiana
Supervisor: Richard E. Ward, PhD Continuing Education
Databrary Pre-conference Workshop at Cognitive Development Society, Columbus, OH (2015)
EEG Data Analysis Workshop at Indiana University (2014)
Received French language instruction at L’Alliance Française de Los Angeles (2011) Committee Service
Indiana University – Purdue University in Indianapolis (IUPUI) Transportation Committee (2012 – 2013) Society of Women Engineers (SWE), IUPUI Chapter (2006 – 2009) Professional Memberships
Society for Research in Child Development (2014 – present)
Cognitive Neuroscience Society (2014 – present)
Society of Women Engineers (2005 – 2009)
Volunteer and Community Activities
Bloomington Area Birth Services (BABS), Bloomington, Indiana (2014 – present) Italian Heritage Society of Indiana (IHS), Indianapolis, Indiana (2009 – present)
LabTV interviewee, Bloomington, Indiana (2014)
Project Gutenberg, Indianapolis, Indiana (2011 – 2013)
L’alliance Français and The French Connection, Indianapolis, Indiana (2009, 2011 – 2013)
School on Wheels, Indianapolis, Indiana (2011 – 2013)
Indy Velonauts, Indianapolis, Indiana (2009 – 2013)
School on Wheels, Los Angeles, California (2011)
Rotary Club of Culver City, Los Angeles, California (2010 – 2011)
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Indianapolis, Indiana (2007)
