Adam Hutcheson, Ph.D.

Georgia Gwinnett College

1000 University Center Ln

Lawrenceville, GA 30043

Office: 678-822-7327

 

Education

 

8/2005 to 8/2007                           University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Psychology

Dissertation: “The route angularity effect on distance estimation in a virtual environment”

 

8/2002 to 5/2005                          University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Master of Arts in Experimental Psychology

Master’s Thesis: “Path memory in a real-world setting”

 

8/1999 to 5/2002                           University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

Minor in Human Development

Graduated cum laude

Honor’s Thesis: “Strategy use in a wayfinding task”

 

Teaching Experience/Employment History

 

8/2012 to present                                Georgia Gwinnett College

Assistant Professor of Psychology

 

8/2008 to 5/2012                                 University of South Carolina

Full-Time Instructor in Psychology

 

8/2011 to 8/2012                                 Columbia College

Adjunct Evening Instructor

 

5/2011 to 8/2011                                 Behavior Consulting Services

Line Therapist

 

8/2007 to 5/2008                                 University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Visiting Assistant Professor in Psychology

 

8/2003 to 5/2007                                 University of South Carolina

Evening Instructor in Psychology

 

Teaching Awards

Patterson Hall’s Favorite Professors (One of Ten) in Spring 2005

Best Graduate Student Teacher for 2006-2007 by USC chapter of Psi Chi

Teaching Experience

Introduction to Psychology/Psychological Experiences

Behavioral Statistics in Psychology

Research Methods & Design

Cognitive Psychology

Introduction to Cognitive Science

Introduction to Cognition and Learning

Introduction to Neuroscience

Cognitive Neuroscience

Psychology of Learning

Social Psychology

Human Development

Laboratory in Psychology

The Psychology of Video Games

Writing in Psychology

History & Systems in Psychology

Memory

Sensation & Perception

Research Publications

Hutcheson, A., & Allen, G. L. (2005). Path memory in real-world and virtual settings. In A. G. Cohn & D. M. Mark (Eds.), Spatial Information Theory: International Conference, COSIT 2005, Proceedings. Springer: Berlin. 67-82.

Hutcheson, A. T., & Wedell, D. H. (2009). Moderating the route angularity effect in a virtual environment: Support for a dual memory representation. Memory & Cognition, 37, 514-521.

Hutcheson, A. T., & Wedell, D. H. (2012). The Role of cues in navigating to remembered locations in a virtual environment. Memory & Cognition, 40, 946-957.

Wedell, D. H., & Hutcheson, A. T. (2013). Spatial Memory. Handbook of Applied Memory. Sage.

Conference Presentations

Hutcheson, A., & Allen, G. L. (November, 2003). Path memory in a real-world setting. Poster session at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver.

Hutcheson, A., & Allen, G. L. (September, 2005). Path memory in real-world and virtual settings. Presented at the meeting of COSIT, Ellicottville, NY.

Hutcheson, A., & Wedell, D. H. (November, 2007). The route angularity effect on distance estimation in a virtual environment. Poster session at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.

Hutcheson, A. T., & Wedell, D. H. (November, 2010). Cue-based bias for location estimates on maps or in virtual environments. Poster session at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, MO.