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About Charles Fitzsimmons

Positions

Present Faculty Member, University of North Florida ‐ Psychology
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2017 Graduate Research Assistant, Kent State University: Kent, OH ‐ Cognitive Development Lab
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2016 - 2017 Research assistant, University of North Florida: Jacksonville, Florida ‐ False memory Lab
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2016 - 2017 Research assistant, University of North Florida: Jacksonville, Florida ‐ Social Psychology Lab
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2015 - 2017 Research assistant, University of North Florida: Jacksonville, Florida ‐ Behavioral Neuroscience Lab
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Grants

2021 Impulsive Calculation: Calculating at All Costs
Graduate Student (COVID Award)
Role: Co-principal investigator
Colleague(s): Daniel Scheibe, Clarissa Thompson, Lauren Schiller
$1,000
2021 Jeanette and Louis Reuter Fellowship in Developmental Sciences
Kent State University
2020 An Educational Intervention to Combat Whole Number Bias in Risk Perceptions in an Ambiguous Health Context: COVID-19
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
Role: key personnel
$200,000
2020 Attitudes and decision making: A confirmatory factor analysis of the math attitudes questionnaire
Graduate Research Award--Kent State University Graduate Student Senate
Role: Principal Investigator
Colleague(s): Clarissa A. Thompson
$1,633.80
2020 Attitudes and decision making: A confirmatory factor analysis of the math attitudes questionnaire
Graduate Student Fall Research Fellowship-- Kent State University; Psychological Sciences Applied Psychology Center
Role: Principal Investigator
Colleague(s): Clarissa A. Thompson
$1,000
2020 Evaluating Top Hat research methods texbooks and student metacognitive monitoring in a semester long research methods course
Top Hat Efficacy Grant
Role: Co-principal investigator
Colleague(s): Clarissa A. Thompson, Laura Freberg, Robin Joynes, Melissa Beers
$8,000
2018 Judie Falls Lasser Graduate Psychology Research Award
Kent State University
$750
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2022 Graduate student job search committee representative, Kent State University
2021 Graduate student job search committee representative, Kent State University
2021 Reviewer, Kent State University Research Award review committee
2018 Writer, CogBites.org
2018 Graduate student senate representative for Psychological Sciences, Kent State University
Member, American Psychological Association
Member, Cognitive Development Society
Member, Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA)
Member, Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
Member, Psi Chi National Honor Society
Member, Psychology of Mathematics Education North America (PME-NA)
Member, Society for Research in Child Development
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Honors and Awards

  • 2022: Outstanding Presenter award--Kent State University, $200
  • 2022: Predoctoral Grant Submission award--Kent State University, $500
  • 2022, Spring: Domestic Travel Award--Kent State University, $500
  • 2021: David B. Smith Scholarship--Kent State University. $500
  • 2021: Graduate Student Paper Award--Kent State University. Department of Psychological Sciences, Applied Psychology Center. $100
  • 2020: Graduate Student Paper Award--Kent State University. Department of Psychological Sciences, Applied Psychology Center. $100
  • 2019, Spring & Fall: Domestic Travel Award--Kent State University, $500
  • 2016: Undergraduate Research of the Year Award--University of North Florida
  • 2016: Osprey Student Scholar Award--University of North Florida
  • 2014-2016: Dean's List, University of North Florida
  • 2012-2013: Persuasive Speech Scholarship

Education

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2017 - 2022 Ph.D., Kent State University: Kent, OH ‐ Psychological Sciences
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2017 - 2019 M.A., Kent State University: Kent, OH ‐ Psychology
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2013 - 2016 B.S., University of North Florida: Jacksonville, Florida ‐ Psychology
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Peer-Reviewed Publications (9)

Conference Proceedings (3)