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CURRICULUM VITAE
Aryn L. H. Bush, Ph.D.
CAMPUS: LAB:
University of South Florida Polytechnic USFP Applied Neuroscience &
College of Human and Social Sciences Cognitive Electrophysiology Lab
3433 Winter Lake Rd. 199 Avenue B NW, Suite 205
Lakeland, FL 33803 Winter Haven, FL 33881
Email: ******@****.***.*** Email: ******@****.***.***
Phone: 863-***-**** Phone: 813-***-****
USFP Office: LMC 8031
EDUCATION
Ph.D. 2006 The University of Akron Akron, OH
Applied Cognitive Aging Psychology
M.A. 2003 The University of Akron Akron, OH
Psychology
B.A. 2001 The University of Akron Akron, OH (Summa Cum Laude)
Psychology
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2011 present Assistant Professor, College of Human and Social Sciences, Psychology,
University of
South Florida Polytechnic, Lakeland, FL
2010 present Instructor, College of Human and Social Sciences, Psychology, University
of South
Florida Polytechnic, Lakeland, FL
2008 2010 Visiting Instructor, Division of Applied Arts and Sciences, Psychology,
University of
South Florida Polytechnic, Lakeland, FL
20072008 Adjunct Faculty, Division of Applied Arts and Sciences, University of South
Florida
Polytechnic, Lakeland, FL
2006 present Courtesy Faculty, School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida,
Tampa, FL
20062010 Cognitive Aging Psychologist, University of South Florida Polytechnic Rath
Senior
ConNEXTions and Education Center, Lakeland, FL
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2010presentLaboratory Developer, University of South Florida Polytechnic Applied
Neuroscience
and Cognitive Electrophysiology Laboratory
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20012002Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, The University of Akron, Akron,
OH
Area of Investigation: Attention/Psychological Refractory Period
20012002Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, The University of Akron, Akron,
OH
Area of Investigation: Time-of-Day Effects on College Students Cognitive Processing
2000Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
Undergraduate Faculty Advisor: Jan D. Yoder, Ph.D
.
1999Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
Undergraduate Faculty Advisor: Paul E. Levy, Ph.D.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2007presentUniversity of South Florida Polytechnic, Lakeland, FL
PSB:4004C:191 Physiological Psychology (
Spring 2008; Summer 2009, 2010, 2011
;
Fall 2010
)
EXP:4101:191 Sensory Processes (
Fall 2008; Spring 2010, 2011)
EXP:4680C:191 Cognitive Psychology (Fall 2008, 2009, 2010; Spring 2011)
GEY:3601:191 Physical Changes and Aging (Spring 2009)
SOP:4004:191 Social Psychology (Fall 2008, 2009; Spring 2010)
GEY:4612:191 Psychology of Aging (Fall 2007)
CLP:4143:191 Abnormal Psychology (Fall 2007)
PSY:4913:144 Directed Study (Spring 2010)
2001 - 2003 Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
Honors Section: Introduction to Psychology (1 Course)
Introduction to Psychology (6 Courses)
HONORS AND AWARDS
2011 University of South Florida Polytechnic Student Government Association
Exemplary Professor Certificate201120122010 University of South Florida Polytechnic Outstanding Faculty Award 2009 2010
2002 2006 Chancellor s List, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
1999 2001 National Dean s List
1999 Inducted: Phi Sigma Alpha Scholastic Honorary of the Buchtel College of Arts and
Sciences, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
1999 Inducted: Golden Key National Honor Society
1998 Inducted: Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society
1997 Inducted: Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society
1996 2001 Dean s List, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
ACADEMIC SERVICE
2011 Member, University of South Florida System Technology Standards Board
2011 present Member, University of South Florida System Faculty Advisory Council Ad Hoc
Committee on System Programs and Curriculum
2011 present Member, USFP College of Human and Social Sciences Curriculum Committee
2011 Member, USFP Search Committee: ERDC Help Desk Analyst
2011 Member, USFP Search Committee: Psychology (Industrial/Organizational Psychology)
2011 Member, USFP Search Committee: Psychology (Engineering Psychology)
2010 2011 Campus Representative, University of South Florida System Faculty Advisory
Council
2010 present Advisory Board Member, USFP Center of Policy Analysis, Research and
Evaluation
(CPARE)
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2010 present Member, USFP Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee 2020 Vision Editorial Board
2010 present Member, USFP Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Student Assessment of
Instruction
(SAI)
2010 Member, University of South Florida Polytechnic Annual Review Committee: Division of
Applied Arts and Sciences
2010 2011 Member, University of South Florida Polytechnic Service Learning
Collaborative
2010 Member, University of South Florida Polytechnic, Polytechnic Summit Work Group
2010 2011 Member, University of South Florida Polytechnic Faculty Senate Ad Hoc
Committee on
Instructor Line Advancement
2010 Member, University of South Florida Polytechnic Search Advisory Committee:
Technology, Learning, and Innovation Program Planner Analyst
2009 2010 Co-Advisor, University of South Florida Honors Undergraduate Research
Project,
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2009 2010 Member, University of South Florida Polytechnic Search Advisory Committee:
Sociology
2009 2010 Member, University of South Florida Polytechnic Search Advisory Committee:
Criminology
2009 2010 Member, University of South Florida Polytechnic Search Advisory Committee:
Gerontology
2009 2010 Member, University of South Florida Polytechnic Search Advisory Committee:
Nutrition
2009 2011 Member, University of South Florida Polytechnic Faculty Senate Division of
Applied Arts
and Sciences Representative
2009 present Member, University of South Florida Polytechnic Faculty Senate
Undergraduate Council
2009 present Member, University of South Florida Polytechnic Faculty Technology
Integration Institute
(FTII)
2009 2010 Member, University of South Florida Polytechnic Faculty Retreat Steering
Committee
2009 present Member, Central Florida Gifted and Talented Institute
2009 2010 Member, University of South Florida Polytechnic Faculty Senate Ad Hoc
Committee on
Adjunct Concerns
2009 present Co-Advisor, University of South Florida Polytechnic Psychology Club
2008 2010 Member, University of South Florida Polytechnic Faculty Senate Committee for
Technology in Instruction & Research Ad Hoc Subcommittee on E-Portfolios
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2009 2010 Member, University of South Florida Polytechnic East Regional Data Center
Email Work
Group
2009 2010 Member, University of South Florida Polytechnic Extended University Speaker s
Bureau
2009 2010 Member, USF-MINDS Idea Forum
2009 Member, University of South Florida Polytechnic Search Advisory Committee:
Statistical
Analyst
2001 2002 Cognitive Aging Planning Committee, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2011 Facilitator, Living Healthy Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, USFP Applied
Neuroscience and Cognitive Electrophysiology Lab, Winter Haven, FL (Summer)
2011Alzheimer s Association Florida Gulf Coast Chapter Board of Directors Development
Retreat, St. Petersburg, FL
2011Facilitator, Living Healthy Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, Palm Terrace,
Lakeland,
FL (Winter)
2011 Facilitator, BASE IV: Beginning Alzheimer s Support and Education Program, USFP,
Lakeland,
FL
2010Co-Facilitator, At the Crossroads: Family Conversations about Alzheimer s Disease,
Dementia &
Driving,
University of South Florida Polytechnic, Lakeland, FL.
In partnership with the Alzheimer s Association Florida Gulf Coast Chapter.
2010 Facilitator, Beginning Alzheimer s Support and Education (BASE) IV: University of
South
Florida Polytechnic, Lakeland, FL
2010Alzheimer s Association Florida Gulf Coast Chapter Board of Directors Development
Retreat,
St. Petersburg, FL
2010Program Developer & Trainer, Beginning Alzheimer s Support and Education (BASE)
Program
Facilitator Training Program: Alzheimer s Association Florida Gulf Coast Chapter
Program
Specialists Representing 17 Counties
2010Supervisor, University of South Florida Polytechnic Applied Cognition Laboratory
2010Trainer/Facilitator,
Posit Science Brain Fitness Technology-Based Cognitive Training
2009Facilitator, Beginning Alzheimer s Support and Education (BASE) III: Watson Clinic,
Lakeland,
FL
2009Facilitator, Focus on Caregiver Health and Well-Being, Lakeland, FL
20092010Instructor, University of South Florida Polytechnic Rath Senior ConNEXTions
and Education
Center Senior Scholars Maintain Your Brain Courses
2009 present Consultant, Beyond BASE: Early-Stage Dementia Education and Support Group
2008 2009 Member, Meet Me at MoMA at AEI Planning Subcommittee
2008 2010 Facilitator, Beyond BASE Online: Virtual Environment Providing Web-Based
Support for BASE
Alumni
2008 2009 Facilitator, Beyond BASE: Early-Stage Dementia Education and Support Group
2008 2010 Supervisor - Student Volunteers/Interns, University of South Florida
Polytechnic Rath Senior
ConNEXTions and Education Center
2010 Consultant, Transcending Limitations through Creativity (TLC) program
2008 2010 Program Facilitator, Transcending Limitations through Creativity (TLC)
program
2007 2010 Program Developer, In partnership with the Alzheimer s Association Florida
Gulf Coast
Chapter: Beginning Alzheimer s Support and Education (BASE) program
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2007Program Developer, In partnership with the Dementia Advisory Council of Polk County:
Creativity and Cognition Initiative (CCI)
2007 Program Developer, In partnership with the Alzheimer s Association Florida Gulf
Coast
Chapter and the Arts Ensemble Healing Arts Center: Transcending Limitations through
Creativity (TLC) program
2007 2008 Facilitator, Mild Cognitive Impairment/Early Dementia Education and Support
Group
2007 present Certified Facilitator, Alzheimer s Association Florida Gulf Coast Chapter
Azheimer s Support
Group
2006 2010 Founding Chairperson, Dementia Advisory Council of Polk County
20062010Consultant, National Parkinson s Foundation Parkinson s Disease Support Group
2000Volunteer, Portage Path Emergency Mental Health Center, Akron, OH
1998Volunteer, Portage Path Emergency Mental Health Center, Akron, OH
Invited Professional Speaking Engagements2010Invited Speaker, Watson Clinic Center for Cancer Care and Research, Lakeland, FL
Title: As I See Myself Introduction: The Brain & Chemotherapy, Brain
Health, and Creativity
2010 Invited Panelist, University of South Florida Polytechnic, Young, Gifted, and
Professional Panel
Discussion
2010 Invited Speaker, Better Living for Seniors Coalition, Winter Haven, FL
Title: Beginning Alzheimer s Support and Education (BASE) Program
2010 Invited Speaker, Alzheimer s Association Florida Gulf Coast Chapter, Brandon, FL
Title: Dementia Medication Fundamentals and Current Research
2010 Invited Speaker, Watson Clinic Dementia Care Summit 2010, Lakeland, FL
Title: Dementia Medication Fundamentals
2010 Invited Speaker, Alzheimer s Association Florida Gulf Coast Chapter Caregiver
Training
Title: Dementia Medication Fundamentals
2009 Invited Speaker, Watson Clinic Dementia Care Summit 2009, Lakeland, FL
Title: Community Resources: Services for the Dementia Caregiver in Polk County
2009 Invited Speaker, Alzheimer s Association Florida Gulf Coast Chapter Dementia Care
Summit,
Plant City, FL
Title: The Brain, Dementia, and the Diagnostic Process
2009 Invited Speaker, Creativity and Cognition Unveiling, Arts Ensemble Healing Arts
Centre, Winter
Haven, FL
Title: Interventions for Individuals with Early-Stage Dementia: Beginning Alzheimer s
Support and Education (BASE) and Transcending Limitations through Creativity (TLC)
2009 Invited Speaker, Highlands County Interagency Annual Meeting, Sebring, FL
Title: Interventions for Individuals with Early-Stage Dementia
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2009 Invited Speaker, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Alzheimer s Project Training Seminar,
Lakeland, FL
Title: Dementia Education Module
2009 Invited Speaker, Polk County Family Caregivers Caregiver Summit, Lakeland, FL
Title: Dementia: Common Differential Diagnoses, Associated Neuropathology, and Resulting
Symptomology
2009 Invited Speaker, Hospice-Related Psychosocial Professionals in Polk County,
Lakeland, FL
Title: Dementia: Common Differential Diagnoses, Respective Neuropathology, and Resulting
Symptomology
2008 Invited Speaker, Polk County Family Caregivers Caregiver Summit, Lakeland, FL
Title: Alzheimer s Disease and Related Dementias
2007 Invited Speaker, Polk County Case Workers Association Seminar, Lakeland, FL
Title: Alzheimer s Disease and Related Dementias
2007 Invited Speaker, Polk County Family Caregivers Caregiver Summit, Lakeland, FL
Title: Caregiver Stress and Depression
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2011 Retail, Health, Tourism, and Education: NFC Applications Seminar, University of
South
Florida Polytechnic, April 11, 2011
2011 Mindstreams NeuroTrax Training Seminar, February 24, 2011
Title: Use of Computerized Cognitive Assessment for Children with ADHD
2010 Living Healthy Leader Training and Certification, Florida Department of Health
(Chronic Disease Self-Management Program)
2010 University of South Florida Polytechnic, Faculty Technology Integration Institute
Summer
Revival: Reconnect with Tech
2010 National Institute of Health State-of-the-Science Conference, Preventing Alzheimer s
Disease
and Cognitive Decline, Live Webinar Participant
2010 National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI), University of South Florida
Polytechnic Diversity
Office
2009 University of South Florida Polytechnic Teaching & Learning Innovation 2009 Summer
Workshop Series
2009 Kognito Interactive At-Risk: Identifying and Referring Students in Mental Distress
USFP Faculty
Training Simulation Pilot Study
th
2009 7 Annual Mild Cognitive Impairment Symposium, Miami, FL
2008 2010 Certified, Alzheimer s Foundation of America Qualified Dementia Care Provider
2007 Certified, Memories in the Making Program Facilitator, Alzheimer s Association,
Florida Gulf
Coast Chapter
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
2011 Invited Speaker, Alzheimer s Association Florida Gulf Coast Chapter Awareness Event,
January 29, 2011, Sarasota, FL
2011 Volunteer, Annual USF Poly RoboBattle, January 29, 2011
2010 present Alzheimer s Association Florida Gulf Coast Chapter Board of Directors
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2010 present Chairperson, Alzheimer s Association Florida Gulf Coast Chapter Board of
Directors
Program Committee
2010 2011 Alzheimer s Association Florida Gulf Coast Chapter Board of Directors
Development
Committee
2009 2010 Coalition on Aging Journey through Aging Conference Planning Committee
2007 2008 Alzheimer s Association Memory Walk 2008 Executive Planning Committee
2007 2008 Esteem Music, Inc., Executive Advisory Board
2007 United Way Mentoring Children of Prisoners Executive Advisory Council
2007 Prevent Alzheimer s Crisis (PAC) Executive Advisory Board
MEMBERSHIPS
2011 present Society for Psychophysiological Research
2011 present Alzheimer s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer s
Research and
Treatment (ISTAART)
2009 present Cognitive Neuroscience Society
2009 present Association for Psychological Science
20092010Florida Council on Aging
2009 present Alzheimer s Early Detection Alliance (AEDA) Champion
2009 2010 Better Living for Seniors Coalition
2008 present Alzheimer s Research Forum
2006 2010 Chairperson, Dementia Advisory Council of Polk County
20062011Coalition on Aging Transitions and Technology
2006presentAlzheimer s Association Florida Gulf Coast Chapter
2007Co-Chair, University of South Florida Polytechnic Rath Center Agency Collaborative
20062007National Parkinson s Disease Foundation
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Gerontology Association
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009presentDesign Consultant
Grace Manor at Lake Morton Assisted Living Memory Care (unremunerated)
Grace Manor Assisted Living Memory Care (unremunerated)
20012004 Human Factors Engineering Design Projects, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
Assisted living environment for Alzheimer s disease patients based on disease-related
sensory, perceptual, and functional limitations
Independent living environment to maximize independence and quality of life for
cognitively healthy older adults by accounting for potential age-related sensory,
perceptual, and functional limitations
Automatic teller machine (ATM) based on potential sensory, perceptual, and functional
limitations of older adults
MEDIA
Articles/Coverage
Student News. (2011, March 6). The Ledger. p. D3.
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State-of-the-Art Assisted Living Memory Care to Open March 2011 in Port Orange, Florida
(
2011, January 18).
Retrieved January 26, 2011, from Yahoo! News Web site:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20110118/
bs_prweb/prweb8071201
Adams, R. (2010, October 26). Medical People. The Ledger, p. B8.
Adams, R. (2010, October 18). Health Events. The Ledger, p. B7.
White, G. (2010, September 6). Lakeland man deals with cruel disease at age 58. The
Ledger, p. A1.
Adams, R. (2010, August 23). News. The Ledger, p. B8.
Adams, R. (2010, August 1). School Notes. The Ledger, p. D3.
Adams, R. (2010, July 20). Medical People. The Ledger, p. B8.
Adams, R. (2010, June 20). School Notes. The Ledger, p. D2.
Adams, R. (2010, March 23). Medical People. The Ledger, p. B8.
Hagerty, T. (2008, December 31). [Cover Story] Shared passion makes a difference. Polk
Voice, pp. 1-2, 4.
Health profile: Help when you need it. (2009, Winter). Woman to Woman, pp. 26-27.
Two-part brain engagement and creativity program. (2009, May 4). The Ledger, p. B8.
Alzheimer s group presents lectures. (2009, April 22). News Chief, p. A2.
Andrew, B. (2008, September 24). The aging brain: Planning for the future. Polk Voice, p.
5.
Session planned on aging of brain. (2008, September 24). The Ledger, p. B3.
Hagerty, T. (2008, September 6). Polk art therapy program aids individuals with
Alzheimer s. News Chief, p. A3.
Andrew, B. (2007, August 8). Stress reducing techniques that work. Polk Voice, p. B4.
Andrew, B. (2007, July 25). Recognizing and coping with caregiver stress and depression.
Polk Voice.
Family caregiver stress and depression. (2007, June 19). The Ledger, p. D6.
Photographs
Crate, P. (2009, March 22). Help for caregivers. News Chief, p. 2A.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Electroencephalography
Event-Related Potentials
Cancer-Associated Cognitive Impairment
Early-Stage Dementia Education and Intervention Strategies
Technology-Based Interventions for Individuals with Cognitive Impairment
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