OFFICE:
Department of Psychology
5848 S. University Ave., Green 510
Chicago IL 60637
773.702.1562


EDUCATION:
University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
PhD., June 2006

University of Chicago
General Honors in the College
B.S. Psychology with Departmental Honors, 2000
B.S. Mathematics, 2000

Kantonsschule Baden
Baden, Switzerland
Rotary International Foreign Exchange Student, 1995-6


HONORS AND AWARDS:
John Dewey Prize Lectureship, 2004
Psychology Graduate Student Organization Research Award, 2004
Psychology Graduate Student Organization Travel Award, 2004
Doolittle-Harrison Travel Award, 2003
Honorable Mention - NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, 2001
Century Fellowship for Graduate Study -University of Chicago, 2000-4
Foreign Language Acquisition Grant - University of Chicago, 1999
National Merit Scholarship - University of Chicago, 1996-2000


PUBLICATIONS:
Wagner, S. M. & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2006 - in press). The Role of Gesture in Learning: Do Children Use Their Hands to Change Their Minds? Journal of Cognition and Development.

Goldin-Meadow, S. & Wagner, S.M. (2005). How our hands help us learn. Trends in Cognitive Science, 9, 234-241

Wagner, S. M., Nusbaum, H., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2004). Probing the Mental Representation of Gesture: Is Handwaving Spatial? Journal of Memory and Language, 50, 395-407.

Goldin-Meadow, S., Nusbaum, H., Kelly, S., & Wagner, S. (2001). Explaining Math: Gesturing Lightens the Load. Psychological Science, 12, 516-522.


PRESENTATIONS:
Wagner, S. M. & Goldin-Meadow, S. Children can use their hands to change their minds. Paper presented at Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA, April, 2005.

Wagner, S. Thinking and learning by hand. Invited colloquium presented at Northwestern University, January, 2005.

Wagner, S. M., Suriyakham, L. W., Nusbaum, H., Goldin-Meadow, S., & Small, S. An fMRI study of gesture-speech perception: Hands help brains reduce cognitive load. Poster presented at American Psychological Society, Chicago, IL, May, 2004

Wagner, S. M. "Making the learner gesture: Can facilitating embodiment through gesture production enhance learning?" Paper presented at Cognitive Development Society, Park City, UT, October, 2003.

Wagner, S. M., Lourenco, S. F., Ellois, V., & Parisi, D. "Hands on Learning: How Do Children Attend to Teachers' Gesture?" Poster presented at Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL, April, 2003.

Wagner, S. M., Goldin-Meadow, S., & Nusbaum, H. "The Relationship between Gesture and Visuo-spatial Working Memory." Paper presented at Gesture: The Living Medium, Austin, TX, June, 2002.

Wagner, S. M., Goldin-Meadow, S., & Nusbaum, H. "The Relationship between Gesture and Visuo-spatial Working Memory." Northwestern-University of Chicago Annual Graduate Student Talks, Chicago, IL, April, 2002.

Wagner, S. M., Goldin-Meadow, S., Nusbaum, H. & Kelly, S. "Cognitive Benefits of Gesturing." Poster presented at Cognitive Development Society, Virginia Beach, VA, October, 2001.

Goldin-Meadow, S., Nusbaum, H., Kelly, S., & Wagner, S. "Gesturing Helps Us Remember." Paper presented at ORAGE, Aix-en-Provence, France, June, 2001.

Goldin-Meadow, S., Nusbaum, H., Kelly, S., & Wagner, S. "Gesturing Helps Us Remember." Paper presented at Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN April, 2001.

Wagner, S. M. "The Association of Gesture and Improved Cognitive Performance." Northwestern-University of Chicago Annual Graduate Student Talks, Evanston, IL, April, 2001.


TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Gesture in Cognition and Communication
John Dewey Prize Lectureship (Spring 2005)

Fundamentals of Statistical Reasoning
Lecturer - University of Chicago Summer Session (Summer 2004, Summer 2003

Psychology of Language
Teaching Assistant (Spring 2004)

Developmental Psychology
Teaching Assistant (Autumn 2001, Autumn 2003)

Mind I, II, III
Course Intern - Social Sciences Undergraduate Core (2002-3, Autumn 2004)

Psychological Statistics
Teaching Assistant (Winter 2001)


DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
Curriculum Committee, Student Representative (2000-3)
Subject Pool List Administrator (2001-3)
Prospective Students' Weekend Coordinator (2000-1)


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Psychological Society
Society for Research in Child Development
Cognitive Development Society