JEANINE K STEFANUCCI portrait
  • Adjunct Professor, School Of Computing
  • Adjunct Professor, School Of Computing
  • Professor, Psychology Department
  • Assistant Professor, Psychology Department

Professional Service

  • IEEE VR. Role: Member. Best Dissertation Selection Committee. 08/01/2021 - 11/30/2021
  • IEEE VR. Role: Chair. Journal Paper Chair for Conference. 06/01/2021 - 03/14/2022
  • Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. Associate Editor. 08/01/2020 - present
  • IEEE VR. Role: Member. Best Dissertation Selection Committee . 05/01/2020 - 12/01/2020
  • ISMAR. Reviewer for Conference Papers. 03/09/2020 - 03/31/2020
  • Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. Associate Editor. 01/01/2020 - 04/01/2024
  • IEEE VR. Chair of Workshops for conference. 08/01/2019 - 03/27/2020
  • IEEE VR. Role: member. Conference paper committee. 11/01/2018 - 01/15/2019
  • Women in Cognitive Science. Role: Mentor. Faculty mentor to graduate students and post-doctoral scholars (or junior faculty). 03/20/2017 - present
  • National Science Foundation. Role: Reviewer. Graduate Research Fellowship Cognitive Panel. 11/15/2016 - 01/13/2017
  • Virtual Environments: Frontiers in Robotics and AI. Role: Member. Editorial Board. 01/01/2015 - present
  • American Psychological Association. Membership Chair, Division 21. 01/01/2015 - present
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Role: Member. Editorial Board. 01/01/2013 - present
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science. Role: Member. Editorial Board. 01/01/2013 - 07/01/2017
  • APA Division 21. Role: Program Chair for conference. Program Chair for Conference in 2014. 12/01/2012 - 09/01/2014
  • ACM: Symposium on Applied Perception. Role: Program Co-chair for conference. Program Co-Chair for ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Applied Perception (2013). 10/01/2012 - 10/01/2013
  • ACM Siggraph. Role: reviewer. Reviewer for 2012 ACM SIGGRAPH conference papers. 06/01/2012 - 08/01/2012
  • Human Factors Society. Role: Reviewer. Reviewer for 6th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. 09/01/2011 - present
  • Rocky Mountain Psychological Association and APA. Role: Presenter. Panelist for American Psychological Association on “How to Publish” at the 2011 Rocky Mountain Psychological Association annual meeting. 04/10/2011 - 04/10/2011

Internal Service

  • Career-Line Hiring Committee. Head, 12/01/2022 - 05/01/2023. Department service.
  • CNS Hiring Committee. Head, 08/15/2022 - 04/01/2023. Department service.
  • USHE Panel on Understanding DFWI Rates in Gateway Courses. Psychology representative from U of U, 08/17/2020 - present. University service.
  • SLCC Transfer Pathways Committee. Psychology representative from U of U, 08/17/2020 - 12/31/2020. University service.
  • Teaching and Learning Technologies Committee. CSBS Representative, 08/19/2019 - present. University service.
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies. 07/02/2018 - present. Department service.
  • Executive Committee. Junior Faculty Member, 01/31/2018 - 08/17/2020. Department service.
  • Honors College Policy Board. Member for CSBS, 09/01/2017 - present. University service.
  • PIE Committee member. Faculty Co-Chair, 08/25/2017 - present. Department service.
  • Outreach Committee. Chair, 08/25/2017 - present. Department service.
  • Professional Issues and Ethics Committee. Faculty member, 08/25/2017 - 07/01/2018. Department service.
  • CNS Area Head. 08/15/2015 - 07/01/2016. Department service.
  • CNS and Developmental area job search committee. committee member, 09/2013 - 12/2013. Department service.
  • Honors College Advisor for Research Theses in the Department of Psychology. 08/2013 - present. College service.
  • Faculty advisor to Psi Chi and SAC. advisor, 08/2013 - present. Department service.
  • Cognitive Neuroscience Position Search Committee. committee member, 10/01/2012 - 12/10/2012. Department service.
  • Developmental Neuroscience Search Committee member. committee member, 10/01/2012 - 12/10/2012. Department service.
  • Search committee for Quantitative psychology position. member of committee, 10/2011 - 12/2011. Department service.

Community Partnership

  • Women's Resource Center - Go Girlz day in the Psychology department. 02/20/2019 - 02/20/2019
  • Keystone Girls in STEM camp in Colorado - presentations on psychological science. 06/01/2018 - 06/04/2018
  • Utah Rural Schools Association - organizing presentations to rural schools on psychological science. 02/08/2018 - present
  • Joshua Butner - mentee for Science Fair Project in virtual reality at West High School. 01/01/2015 - 04/01/2015

Outreach

  • Cedar City Academy to present on psychology as a science to high schoolers. 09/20/2018 - 09/21/2018
  • Presentation on How to do Research in the Psychology Department. 11/16/2015 - 11/16/2015
  • Faculty presenter at CSBS Career Day Forum. 04/01/2011 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Celebrate U Researcher Award . University of Utah, 03/22/2019
  • Superior Teaching Award for Senior Faculty in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences . University of Utah, 03/08/2019
  • Inaugural Career Services Award. Career Services Center, 02/17/2016
  • Superior Research Award for Junior Faculty in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 04/24/2015
  • Earl Alluisi Award for early career achievement in the field of Applied Experimental/Engineering Psychology. APA Division 21, 06/01/2014
  • Irwin Altman Outstanding Psychology Faculty Award . Department of Psychology, 05/02/2014
  • Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers . Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 02/2013
  • Fellowship for Experienced Researchers . Alexander von Humboldt Foundation , 11/10/2012
  • Honorary Membership. National Society of Leadership and Success, Sigma Alpha Pi, 04/15/2012
  • Excellence in Teaching Award . National Society of Leadership and Success, Sigma Alpha Pi , 04/15/2012
  • Excellence in Teaching Award from the National Society of Leadership and Success. Sigma Alpha Pi, 12/05/2011
  • HCC, Small Grant: A New Method for Evaluating Perceptual Fidelity in Computer Graphics, Co-P.I. with Sarah Creem-Regehr and William Thompson (2009-2012) . National Science Foundation, 06/01/2009
  • Curriculum development grant to design a Computational Methods in Cognitive Science course with Co-P.I., Noah Schwartz . QEP Mellon Foundation, 01/15/2009
  • Conducted research on the Tablet PC as it is used in academia. Microsoft Future Professoriate Fellowship, 06/01/2003

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