CURRICULUM VITAE
KEVIN G. F. THOMAS
University of Arizona
Psychology Department
PO Box 210068
Tucson, AZ 85721-0068
Telephone: (520) 626-4825
Fax: (520) 621-9306
E-mail: thomaske@u.arizona.edu

 
Education
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Predoctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology, 1998-present.

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. MA in Psychology, August 1996.

Harvard College, Cambridge, MA. BA in Psychology, Cum Laude in General Studies, 1987-1991.
Professional Experience
Adjunct Faculty. University of Arizona, Sierra Vista, Psychology Department, 1997-present.

Clinical Assessment Extern. Vista Care Facility and Vista Care Charter School, Hereford, AZ, 1998-present.

Psychological Assistant. Forensic Psychology Practice of Joseph Geffen, Ph.D., Tucson, AZ, 1996-1998.

Research Intern. University of Arizona, Psychology Department, 1996-1997.

Program Consultant. Going for the Goal Southern California, University of Southern California, Psychology Department, 1993-1995.

Clinical Extern. Montebello High School, Guidance and Special Education Department, Montebello, CA, 1994.
Awards and Honors
University Merit Fellow. University of Southern California, 1993-1996.

John Harvard Scholarship. Harvard College, 1988-89, 1990-91.

Harvard College Scholarship. Harvard College, 1989-90.
Committees
Arizona Psychological Association Ethics Committee. 1999-present.

Curriculum Committee. University of Arizona South, 1999-2000.

Curriculum Committee. University of Arizona, Sierra Vista, 1998-1999.

Strategic Planning Committee. University of Arizona, Sierra Vista, 1998-1999.
Specialized Training and Continuing Education
Assessment of Psychotic Symptomatology. University of Arizona, Psychology Department, Tucson, AZ. (Scott Sponheim, Ph.D., workshop leader.) Completed February 2000. 

Clinical Hypnosis. University of Arizona, Psychology Department, Tucson, AZ. (George Gafner, CISW, and Bob Hall, Ph.D., workshop leaders.) Completed November 1999.

Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Vista Care Facility, Hereford, AZ. (Rhonda Pruitt, MSW, workshop leader.) Completed June 1998.

Certification in Radiation Protection. University of Arizona, Psychology Department, Tucson, AZ. (Charles A. Sondhaus, Ph.D., Director, Radiation Control.) Completed October 1996.

Certification in Radiation Safety. University of Southern California, Department of Psychology, Los Angeles, CA. (Professor Armando Zea, supervisor.) Completed September 1995.

Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. University of Southern California, Department of Psychology, Los Angeles, CA. (Marsha Linehan, Ph.D., director.) Completed September 1995.
Teaching Experience
 UNDERGRADUATE
 
Cognitive Psychology
Contemporary Issues in Psychology
Drugs, Brain and Behavior
Ethical Issues in Psychology
Forensic Assessment: Treatment and Intervention
Human Memory
Introduction to Biopsychology
Introduction to Psychology
Mechanisms of Learning
Sensation and Perception
Stress, Health, and Coping/Performance
Funding History
McDonnell-Pew Program in Cognitive Neuroscience. 1996-1997. Research assistantship. Amount of Award: $12,000 per year.

University Merit Fellow. 1993-1996. Fellowship from the University of Southern California. Amount of Award: $14,000 per year plus tuition and fees.

Marston Research Fund. 1996. Research award administered by the University of Southern California Department of Psychology, Clinical Area. Amount of Award: $350.00.

Marston Research Fund. 1997. Research award administered by the University of Southern California Department of Psychology, Clinical Area. Amount of Award: $150.00.

Harvard University Scholarship. 1987-1991. Scholarship from Harvard University. Amount of Award: Complete payment of room, board, tuition, and fees.
Work in Progress

                  Hsu, M., Ryan, T. L., Nadel, L., Thomas, K. G. F., & Jacobs, W. J. Functional neuroimaging of place learning in computer-generated space.

                  Kállai, J., Jacobs, W. J., Karádi, K., Thomas, K. G. F., & Nadel., L. The role of spatial orientation disturbances in maintenance of panic disorder with agoraphobia.

                   Laurance, H. E., Thomas, K. G. F., Newman, M. C., Kaszniak, A. W., Rubin, S. R., Nadel, L., & Jacobs, W. J. Age-related changes in human place learning.
 
 
Work in Review

                   Jacobs, W. J., Laurance, H. E., Hancock, T., Nadel, L., & Thomas, K. G. F. Cognitive consequences of an acute social stressor: Implications for sex differences in anxiety disorders.

                   Payne, J. D., Nadel, L., Allen, J. J. B., Thomas, K. G. F., & Jacobs, W. J. Stress increases false memories.
 
 
Work in Press

                   Thomas, K. G. F., Hsu, M., Laurance, H. E., Nadel, L., & Jacobs, W. J. (in press). Place learning in virtual space III: Investigation of spatial navigation training procedures and their application to fMRI and clinical neuropsychology. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers.
 
 
Work Published

                          Thomas, K. G. F., Laurance, H. E., Luczak, S. E., & Jacobs, W. J. (1999). Age-related changes in a human cognitive mapping system: Data from a computer-generated arena. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 2, 545-566.

                    Thomas, K. G. F., Nadel, L., & Jacobs, W. J. (1998). Learning and remembering spaces and places. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 12, 273.

                    Thomas, K. G. F., Gatz, M., & Luczak, S. E. (1997). A tale of two school districts: Lessons to be learned about the impact of relationship building and ecology on consultation. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 8, 297-320.

                    Thomas, K. G. F., & Jacobs, W. J. (1997). Keeping pace with the revolution: A review of Schacter’s "Searching for memory." Traumatology [On-line], 3:1. Available: http://rdz.stjohns.edu/trauma/traumaj.html.

                    Thomas, K. G. F., Laurance, H. E., Jacobs, W. J., & Nadel, L. (1995). Memory for traumatic events: Formulating hypotheses and critical experiments. Traumatology [On-line], 1:2. Available: http://rdz.stjohns.edu/trauma/traumaj.html.

                    Jacobs, W. J., Laurance, H. E., & Thomas, K. G. F. (1997). Place learning in virtual space I: Acquisition, overshadowing, and transfer. Learning and Motivation, 28, 521-541.

                    Jacobs, W. J., Laurance, H. E., Thomas, K. G. F., Luczak, S. E., & Nadel, L. (1996). On the veracity and variability of traumatic memory. Traumatology [On-line], 2:2. Available: http://rdz.stjohns.edu/trauma/traumaj.html.

                    Jacobs, W. J., Thomas, K. G. F., Laurance, H. E., & Nadel, L. (1998). Place learning in virtual space II: Topographical relations as one dimension of stimulus control. Learning and Motivation, 29, 288-308.

                    Laurance, H. E., Thomas, K. G. F., Jacobs, W. J., & Nadel, L. (1998). Place learning in real and computer-generated space: Performance of younger and older adults. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 16-16, Suppl. S., Mar. 18.

                    Nadel, L., Thomas, K. G. F, Laurance, H. E., Skelton, R. W., Tal, T. S., & Jacobs, W. J. (1998). Human spatial cognition in a computer generated arena. In C. Freksa, C. Habel, & K. F. Wender (Eds.), Spatial cognition: An interdisciplinary approach to representing and processing spatial knowledge (pp. 399-427). Berlin: Springer.

                   Skelton, R. W., Bukach, C., Laurance, H. E., Thomas, K. G. F., & Jacobs, W. J. (2000). Humans with traumatic brain injuries show place-learning deficits in computer-generated virtual space. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 22, 157-175.
 
Presentations

                   Thomas, K. G. F., Laurance, H. E., Hsu, M., Nadel, L., & Jacobs, W. J. (1999, November). Examining human spatial cognition: Data from a computer-generated task. Presented at the University of Arizona Neuroscience Community Data Blitz, Tucson, AZ.

                    Thomas, K. G. F., Laurance, H. E., Nadel, L., & Jacobs, W. J. (1998, November). Learning and remembering spaces and places. Poster presented at the University of Arizona Student Showcase, Tucson, AZ.

                    Thomas, K. G. F., Nadel, L., & Jacobs, W. J. (1998, August). Learning and remembering spaces and places. Poster session at the 106th Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

                    Thomas, K. G. F., Laurance, H. E., & Jacobs, W. J. (1997, April). Place learning in virtual space. Presented at the Spring 1997 Clinical Psychology Research Deluge, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

                    Thomas, K. G. F., Laurance, H. E., & Jacobs, W. J. (1996, August). Spatial learning in humans: Cognitive mapping in a virtual arena. Poster session at the 104th Convention of the American Psychological Association convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

                    Thomas, K. G. F., Jacobs, W. J., Laurance, H. E., & Douer, S. (1996, April). A dissociation between spatial and nonspatial performance during the menstrual cycle. Presented at the Sixth Annual Liebovitz Clinical Psychology Research Conference, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

                    Skelton, R. W., Hsu, M., Thomas, K. G. F., Nadel, L., Laurance, H. E., Biggan, S., McLean, S., Ryan, T. L., Trouard, T., & Jacobs, W. J. (2000, November). Traumatic brain injury and hippocampal function in humans: Initial results from fMRI, virtual environments, and neuropsychological tests. Poster accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.

                    Hsu, M., Ryan, T. L., Nadel, L., Thomas, K. G. F., & Jacobs, W. J. (2000, January). Functional neuroimaging of place learning in a computer-generated space. Poster session at the External Scientific Advisory Committee Meeting of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Phoenix, AZ.

                   Jacobs, W. J., Thomas, K. G. F., Laurance, H. E., & Nadel, L. (1998, November). Place learning in a computer-generated arena. Presented at University of Arizona Psychology Department Cognitive Brown Bag, Tucson, AZ.

                    Laurance, H. E., Thomas, K. G. F., Jacobs, W. J., & Nadel, L. (1998, April). Place learning in real and computer-generated space: Performance of younger and older adults. Poster session at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society 1998 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

                    Jacobs, W. J., Thomas, K. G. F., Laurance, H. E., Skelton, R. W., Tal, T. S., & Nadel, L. (1997, September). Human spatial cognition in a virtual arena. Presented at the Trier Stress Conference, Rome, Italy.

                    Nadel, L., Thomas, K. G. F., Laurance, H. E., Skelton, R. W., Tal, T. S., & Jacobs, W. J. (1997, September). Human spatial cognition in a virtual arena. Presented in Berlin, Germany.
 
 
Professional Organizations

 American Psychological Association

 Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology
 
Reviewer For
Harcourt Brace College Publishers
Learning and Motivation
Traumatology

 
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