Johnathan E.

Avery
Curriculum Vitae
johnathan.avery@gmail.com

_____________EDUCATION_______________________________________________________________________________________
Ph.D. Student, Indiana University, August 2017 – Present
Program: Cognitive Science, Cognitive Psychology
Emphasis: Semantic Memory, Computational Semantics
Advisor: Michael N. Jones

Bachelor of Arts, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, 2009-2013, 2015-2017

Major: Communication Studies
Minors: Business, English, Computer Science, Psychology
Study Abroad: Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand, 2012

_____________HONORS AND AWARDS___________________________________________________________________________

Graduate Awards
Glushko Cognitive Science Travel Award, 2018, ($500)
Psychonomic Society Graduate Travel Award, 2018 ($1000)

Undergraduate Awards
Regents Scholarship, 2009 – 2013
Susan T. Buffet Scholarship, 2010 – 2013
College of Arts and Sciences Deans’s List 2011 - 2013
Dr. R. Lynn Galloway Scholarship, 2012 – 2013
Ronald Harris Foreign Studies Scholarship, 2012
College of Business Administration Deans’s List 2009 - 2012
Top Junior in Communication Studies, 2012
R. & G. Jones Scholarship, 2011 – 2012
R. Chalmers Graham Scholarship, 2010 – 2011
Thaddeus Standley Scholarship, 2010 – 2011

_______________PUBLICATIONS__________________________________________________________________________________
Avery, J. E., & Jones, M. N. (2018). Comparing models of semantic fluency: Do humans forage optimally or
walk randomly? Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of the 40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive
Science Society.

Jamieson, R. K., Johns, B. T., Avery, J. E., & Jones, M. N. (2018). An instance theory of distributional seman-
tics. Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of the 40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science
Society.

Jamieson, R. K., Avery, J. E., Johns, B. T., & Jones, M. N. (2018). An instance theory of semantic memory.
Computational Brain & Behavior. In Press.

Jones, M. N., & Avery, J. E. (2018). Semantic Memory. Oxford Bibliographies. Retrieved from http://ww-
w.oxfordbibliographies.com/. In press.

_______________PRESENTATIONS________________________________________________________________________________
Jamieson, R. K., Johns, B. T., Avery, J. E., & Jones, M. N. (2018). An instance theory of distributional seman-
tics. Presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology.

Avery, J. E., & Jones, M. N. (2018). Representation and Retrieval in Semantic Memory. Accepted for
presentation as poster at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.

Avery, J. E., & Jones, M. N. (2018). Comparing models of semantic fluency: Do humans forage optimally or
walk randomly? Presented as paper at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.

Avery, J. E., & Jones, M. N. (2018). A general, modular toolkit for semantic model implementation and
research. Presented as poster at the 2018 meeting of the Society for Computers in Psychology.
Avery, J. E., & Jones, M. N. (2018). A Comparison of Retrieval Mechanisms in Semantic Memory. Presented
as poster at the 7th Annual MidWest Cognitive Science Meeting.

Jamieson, R. K., Johns, B. T., Avery, J. E., & Jones, M. N. (2018). An instance theory of distributional seman-
tics. Presented as paper at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.

Avery, J. E. (2018). Computational Semantics - The mathematics of meaning. Presented at the Indiana
University Grey Matters, Graduate and Post-doc Colloquium / Presentation Series.

Avery, J. E. (2016). Justifying Computational Models of Cognition. Presented at the University of Nebraska
- RED Talk Series.

_____________PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW________________________________________________________________________
Indiana University, Associate Instructor, 2017-present
Bread and Cup, Server, 2017
Honest Abe’s Burgers and Freedom, Server, 2017
University of Nebraska - Lincoln, UCARE Researcher, 2016-2017
Green Gateau, Server, 2015-2016
News Link, Inc., Corporate Journalist, 2014-2015, Amtrak Corporate Liaison, 2015
Cornhusker Hotel, Barista, 2013-2014
University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Database Developer, 2013
Camp Oasis, Camp Counselor, 2010-2011, Activities Coordinator, 2012
Hartley Elementary School, America Reads America Counts Tutor, 2009-2010

_______________ SERVICE__________________________________________________________________________________________
Community
Lego Mindstorm League, 2018
Boys and Girls club, 2018
MidWest Cognitive Science Conference, Session Chair, 2018
Psychology Demos for Middle Schoolers, 2018
FoodNet, 2009-2017
Junior Achievement Reading Tutor, 2014-2015

Academia
Neural Computation, Ad hoc reviewer, 2018

_______________ TEACHING_______________________________________________________________________________________
Statistical Methods, Associate Instructor, Fall 2018
Statistical Methods, Associate Instructor, Summer 2018
Introduction to Psychology, Associate Instructor, Spring 2018
Cognitive Science, Associate Instructor, Fall 2017