Curriculum Vitae

PhD, Psychology (2022--2026)

University of Western Ontario

MSc, Psychology (2020--2022)

University of Western Ontario

BA, Psychology & Mathematics (2016--2020)

Minor: Communication Studies

Ohio University

Social Science Graduate Alumni Award 
University of Western Ontario 
June 2024

G. Keith Humphrey Memorial Award
University of Western Ontario
May 2024

J. Frank Yates Student Conference Award
Psychonomic Society
November 2023

David Kucharski Graduating Senior Award
Ohio University
April 2020

Psychology Research and Teaching Endowment Scholarship
Ohio University
April 2018

First Prize: Appalachian Rural Health Initiatives
Ohio University Student Research and Creativity Expo
April 2018

Templeton Scholarship
Ohio University
August 2016--May 2020

Ohio Trustee Award
Ohio University
August 2016--May 2020

1. Cruz, A. & Minda, J. P. (2026). Prototype Abstraction Is Reduced by Concurrent Judgments of Learning. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 48(0), 4687-4694. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4wj488cg

2. Kalra, P., Minda, J. P., Roark, C. L., & Cruz, A. (2025). Reply to ‘Single and multiple systems in probabilistic categorization.’ Nature Reviews Psychology, 4(1), 65–65. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44159-024-00390-1

3. Roark, C. L., Minda, J. P., Kalra, P., & Cruz, A. (2025). Reply to ‘Structure-based dissociations provide agnostic evidence to the multiple-systems debate.’ Nature Reviews Psychology, 4(1), 67–67. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44159-024-00396-9

4. Minda, J. P., Roark, C. L., Kalra, P., & Cruz, A. (2024). Single and multiple systems in categorization and category learning. Nature Reviews Psychology, 3, 536–551. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44159-024-00336-7

5. Cruz, A., & Minda, J. P. (2024). Was That My Cue? Reactivity to Category-Level Judgments of Learning. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 46(0), 4671-4678. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0nr5974b

6. Cruz, A., & Minda, J. P. (2024). The Spacing Effect in Remote Information-Integration Category Learning. Memory & Cognition, 52, 1653–1672. https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13421-024-01569-w

Oral Presentations

1. Cruz, A. & Minda, J. P. (2026). Prototype Abstraction Is Reduced by Concurrent Judgments of Learning. Flash talk presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (remote).

2. Cruz, A. & Minda, J. P. (2025, July 8–11). Are there two distinct mechanisms of JOL reactivity? Talk presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS), Dundee, Scotland.

3. Cruz, A. (2023, October 3). Harnessing smartphone power: A breakthrough approach to medical diagnostic category learning. Talk presented at the Centre for Education Research and Innovation (CERI) 2023 Research Symposium, London, ON.

4. Cruz, A. & Minda, J. P. (2022, November 17–20). Sorry, I Can’t Talk Right Now: Category Learning on the Go. Talk presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA.

Poster Presentations

1. Cruz, A. & Minda, J. P. (2026, June 1–3). Playing it Safe: The Role of Judgments of Learning in Prototype Abstraction. Poster presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS), York, Canada.

2. Cruz, A., Njeru, A., & Minda, J. P. (2024, November 21–24). Boost or Bust? Role of JOLs in Word Pair Recognition. Poster presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New York, NY.

3. Cruz, A. & Minda, J. P. (2024, July 24–27). Was That My Cue? Reactivity to Category-Level Judgments of Learning. Poster presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Rotterdam, NL.

4. Cruz, A. & Minda, J. P. (2023, November 17–19). Give Me a Break: Pausing to Reflect May Lessen Attention Attenuation in Massed Learning. Poster presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, San Francisco, CA.

5. Cruz, A. & Minda, J. P. (2023, July 17–19). PRaM-Scaping: Efficient Similarity Data Collection through Trial Reduction. Poster presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS), Guelph, ON.

6. Cruz, A., Saulnier, K. G., Huet, A. & Allan, N. P. (2020, May 2–5). Attentional control as a potential mechanism linking worry and error monitoring: An event-related potential study. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) 2020 Annual Meeting, Virtual.

7. Cruz, A. (2019, July). Understanding patterns of interlock use based on failure times, failure rates, invalid test rates, and rolling retest rates. Poster presented at the University of Missouri Summer Undergraduate Research & Creative Achievements Forum, Columbia, MO.

8. Cruz, A. & Sharrock, A. (2018, April). National suicide trends and suicide trends in Southeast Ohio. Poster presented at the Ohio University Student Research and Creativity Expo, Athens, OH.

Graduate Teaching Assistantships

1. Psychology 9041: Introduction to Data Management and Linear Models in R 
   University of Western Ontario
   Fall 2022--2024

2. Psychology 9040: Scientific Computing
   University of Western Ontario
   Winter 2024--2026

3. Psychology 4225: Individual Differences in Cognitive Neuroscience
   University of Western Ontario
   Fall 2025

4. Psychology 3139: Introduction to Cognitive Science
   University of Western Ontario
   Winter 2021

5. Psychology 2820: Research Methods & Statistical Analysis in Psychology
   University of Western Ontario
   Fall 2021, Winter 2022

6. Psychology 2802: Research Methods in Psychology II
   University of Western Ontario
   Winter 2023

Supplemental Instruction

1. Psychology 2110: Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
   Ohio University
   Fall 2019, Winter 2020

2. Mathematics 1350: Survey of Calculus
   Ohio University
   Winter 2019

Science Writing

1. Cruz, A. (2026, May 5). Is he a bird? What happens when your two memory systems disagree. The Dorsal Column, 7(1). https://songsuwo.ca/thedorsalcolumn/vol7-iss1-anthony-cruz

2. Cruz, A. (2025, July 15). The ROAR-CAT’s out of the bag: A reliable, efficient reading assessment. Psychonomic Society Featured Content. https://featuredcontent.psychonomic.org/the-roar-cats-out-of-the-bag-a-reliable-efficient-reading-assessment/

3. Cruz, A. (2025, June 17). Have you ever tried this one? Mental simulation helps us understandbiological motion. Psychonomic Society Featured Content. https://featuredcontent.psychonomic.org/have-you-ever-tried-this-one-mental-simulation-helps-us-understand-biological-motion/

4. Asmar, A. & Cruz, A. (2025, May 20). Beyond pairwise: Adding hypergraphs to your psychometrics toolbox. Psychonomic Society Featured Content. https://featuredcontent.psychonomic.org/beyond-pairwise-adding-hypergraphs-to-your-psychometrics-toolbox/

5. Cruz, A. (2025, April 16). Similarity-based processing is in the eye of the inferrer. Psychonomic Society Featured Content. https://featuredcontent.psychonomic.org/similarity-based-processing-is-in-the-eye-of-the-inferrer/

6. Cruz, A. (2025, March 19). From pitchy to pitch perfect: Training absolute pitch in adults. Psychonomic Society Featured Content. https://featuredcontent.psychonomic.org/from-pitchy-to-pitch-perfect-training-absolute-pitch-in-adults/

Science Podcasting: All Things Cognition

1. Cruz, A. (Host), & Cruz, A. & Mickes, L. (Producers). (2025, August 7). The overconfidence of LLMs. In All Things Cognition. https://featuredcontent.psychonomic.org/the-overconfidence-of-llms/

Science Podcasting: GradCast

2. Cruz, A. & Bushra, A. (Hosts), MacKay-Barr, E. (Producer). (2026, August 25). Health Literacy, Patient Activation, and Specific Learning Conditions: The Impact of Health Communication. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/568-health-literacy-and-specific-learning-conditions-exploring-how-health-communication-impacts-people-with-slds/

3. Cruz, A. & Mammen, M. (Hosts), MacKay-Barr, E. (Producer). (2026, August 13). More than Meets the Archive: Sustainable Approaches to Preserving Shared Identity and Culture. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/566-more-than-meets-the-archive-sustainable-approaches-to-preserving-shared-identity-and-culture/

4. Cruz, A. & Schneider, M. (Hosts), Bushra, A. (Producer). (2026, July 7). Popping the Bubble: International Experiences at Western. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/561-popping-the-bubble-international-experiences-at-western/

5. Perera, C., Lau, V., Schneider, M., Mammen, M., & Cruz, A. (Hosts), Cruz, A. (Producer). (2026, May 28). Special Episode: 40th Annual Western Research Forum. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/special-episode-40th-annual-western-research-forum/

6. Cruz, A. & Ambrogio, M. (Hosts), Bushra, A. (Producer). (2026, May 26). Marc Lalonde and The Grad Club, the Heart of Grad Life at Western. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/555-marc-lalonde-and-the-grad-club-the-heart-of-grad-life-at-western/

7. Cruz, A. & Platkin, R. (Hosts), Siciliano, E. (Producer). (2026, March 24). Chick-a-Dee-Coding the Accents of Birds. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/544-chick-a-dee-coding-the-accents-of-birds/

8. Cruz, A. & Mesquita, B. (Hosts), Mammen, M. (Producer). (2026, January 20). Midwives on the Frontline of Maternal Mental Health Care. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/534-midwives-on-the-frontline-of-maternal-mental-health-care/

9. Cruz, A. & Mammen, M. (Hosts), MacKay-Barr, E. (Producer). (2025, December 23). Taking a Close Look at Protein Oxidation Using Mass Spectrometry. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/532-taking-a-close-look-at-protein-oxidation-using-mass-spectrometry/

10. Cruz, A. & Ambrogio, M. (Hosts), MacKay-Barr, E. (Producer). (2025, November 18). STEM Teacher Retention and Our Sense of Belonging in Education. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/527-stem-teacher-retention-and-our-sense-of-belonging-in-education/

11. Schneider, M. & Mammen, M. (Hosts), Cruz, A. (Producer). (2025, November 1). A Pocket Guide to Trans Inclusivity through Art and Activism. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/523-a-pocket-guide-to-trans-inclusivity-through-art-and-activism/

12. Schneider, M. & Cruz, A. (Hosts), Mesquita, B. & Khan, M. (Producers). (2025, October 28). Halloween Special: Publish or Perish. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/halloween-special-publish-or-perish/

13. Cruz, A. & Ambrogio, M. (Hosts), MacKay-Barr, E. (Producer). (2025, October 21). Can We Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy with Nonsense Suppressor tRNA? In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/524-can-we-treat-duchenne-muscular-dystrophy-with-nonsense-suppressor-trna/

14. Cruz, A. & Walters, S. (Hosts), Seanor, K. & Khan, M. (Producers). (2025, October 9). Thrive, Don’t Just Survive #4: Writing and Learning Support for Grad Students. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/thrive-don-t-just-survive-4-writing-and-learning-support-for-grad-students/

15. Cruz, A. & Perera, C. (Hosts), Zeraati, M. & Khan, M. (Producers). (2025, October 2). Thrive, Don’t Just Survive #3: The Hidden Curriculum: Navigating the Ins and Outs of Grad School. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/thrive-don-t-just-survive-the-hidden-curriculum-navigating-the-ins-and-outs-of-grad-school/

16. Cruz, A. & Walters, S. (Hosts), Seanor, K. (Producer). (2025, September 9). Matrices All the Way Down: The Limits of Large Language Models. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/521-matrices-all-the-way-down/

17. Pereira, K. & Cruz, A. (Hosts), Zeraati, M. (Producer). (2025, September 1). Archaeological Insights into Infant Feeding in Colonial Quebec. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/520-archaeological-insights-into-infant-feeding-in-colonial-quebec/

18. Cruz, A. & Sidhu, R. (Hosts), Sidhu, R. & Seanor, K. (Producers). (2025, July 29) The Price of Precision: Are Surgical Robots Worth It? (No. 515). In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/515-the-price-of-precision-are-surgical-robots-worth-it/

19. Schneider, M. & Ambrogio, M. (Hosts), & Cruz, A. & Perera, C. (Producers). (2025, July 1). Reaching, Grasping, and Research Abroad (No. 512) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/512-reaching-grasping-and-research-abroad/

20. Cruz, A. & Baxter, R. (Hosts), & Seanor, K. (Producer). (2025, June 24). Mapping It Out: The Cerebellum in Action (No. 511) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/511-mapping-it-out-the-cerebellum-in-action/

21. Mesquita, B. & Cruz, A. (Hosts), & Sidhu, R. (Producer). (2025, June 17). Music and Math? You don’t know the half of it! (No. 510) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/510-music-and-math-you-dont-know-the-half-of-it/

22. Hutchinson, A., Cruz, A., Ambrogio, M., & Frame, A. (Hosts), & Hutchinson, A. & Ambrogio, M. (Producers). (2025, May 1). Chairs Chat 2 [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/chairs-chat-2/

23. Cruz, A. & Casbourn, G. (Hosts), & Sidhu, R. (Producer). (2025, April 29). Owning your future: Transferring skills from academia to the job market (No. 503) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/503-i-owning-your-future-transferring-skills-from-academia-to-the-job-market/

24. Clifford, L., Zeraati, M., Sidhu, R., & Ambrogio, M. (Hosts), & Cruz, A. (Producer). (2025, April 24). Special Episode: 39th Annual Western Research Forum [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/special-episode-39th-annual-western-research-forum/

25. Clifford, L. & Cruz, A. (Hosts), & Clifford, L. (Producer). (2025, April 17). #GlobalGrads Redux: Policy and Practice [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/globalgrads-redux-policy-and-practice/

26. Schneider, M. & Cruz, A. (Hosts), & Cruz, A. (Producer). (2025, April 15). #InspiringMinds: Fit or Fixated? Unpacking Emerging Fitness Ideals and the Role of Disordered Eating (No. 501) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/501-inspiringminds-fit-or-fixated-unpacking-emerging-fitness-ideals-and-the-role-of-disordered-eating/

27. Cruz, A., Sidhu, R., & Clifford, L. (Hosts), & Cruz, A. (Producer). (2025, February 11). #GradLife — For the Love of Grad School [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/gradlife-for-the-love-of-grad-school/

28. Cruz, A. & Voll, M. (Hosts), & Mesquita, B. (Producer). (2024, October 15). Black Paint on a Black Canvas (No. 479) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/479-black-paint-on-a-black-canvas/

29. Clifford, L. (Host), & Cruz, A. (Producer). (2024, September 26). #TheScoopOnSOGS — Vice-President Advocacy (Jasmine Proctor) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/thescooponsogs-vice-president-advocacy-jasmine-proctor/

30. Clifford, L. (Host), & Cruz, A. (Producer). (2024, September 19). #TheScoopOnSOGS — President (Cherin Chung) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/thescooponsogs-president-cherin-chung/

31. Clifford, L. (Host), & Cruz, A. (Producer). (2024, September 12). #TheScoopOnSOGS — Vice-President Finance (Evan Sauve) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/the-scoop-on-sogs-are-your-finances-in-order/

32. Ambrogio, M. & Casbourn, G. (Hosts), & Cruz, A. (Producer). (2024, September 10). Ultracool Dwarf Planets (No. 474) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/474-ultracool-dwarfs/

33. Baxter, R., Ambrogio, M., & Cruz, A. (Hosts), & Cruz, A. (Producer). (2024, September 3). #GradLifeXXI — Right Place, Right Thai-m [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/gradlifexxi-right-place-right-thai-m/

34. Cruz, A. & Sidhu, R. (Hosts), & Cruz, A. (Producer). (2024, August 20). Sorry, Can You Repeat That? (No. 473) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/473-sorry-can-you-repeat-that/

35. Cruz, A. & Voll, M. (Hosts), & Sidhu, R. (Producer). (2024, August 13). Talking Teddy Bears: Obama is that you? (No. 471) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/471-talking-teddy-bears-obama-is-that-you/

36. Cruz, A. & Schneider, M. (Hosts), & Cruz, A. (Producer). (2024, July 16). Can AI Be Poetic? A Dialogue on AI Ethics and Instapoetry in the 21st Century (No. 468) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/468-can-ai-be-creative-a-dialogue-on-ai-ethics-and-poetry-in-the-21st-century/

37. Cruz, A. (Host), & Cruz, A. (Producer). (2024, July 4). Spoken with Pride: Gender in the Romance Languages (No. 467) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/467-spoken-with-pride-gender-in-the-romance-languages/

38. Cruz, A. & Ambrogio, M. (Hosts), & Cruz, A. (Producer). (2024, July 2). It’s A Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Medical Delivery Drone! (No. 466) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/466-its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-a-medical-delivery-drone/

39. Hutchinson, A. & Cruz, A. (Hosts), & Hutchinson, A. (Producer). (2024, June 25). Categorizing the Vibes (No. 465) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/465-categorizing-the-vibes/

40. Ambrogio, M. & Casbourn, G. (Hosts), & Cruz, A. (Producer). (2024, June 18). Hold My Medal: Ethical Dilemmas in Sports (No. 464) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/464-hold-my-medal-ethical-dilemmas-in-sports/

41. Ambrogio, M. & Cruz, A. (Hosts), & Hutchinson, A. (Producer). (2024, June 4). A Study of Nostalgia as an Act of Nostalgia (No. 462) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/462-a-study-of-nostalgia-as-an-act-of-nostalgia/

42. Clifford, L. & Hutchinson, A. (Hosts), & Cruz, A. (Producer). (2024, May 21). Desk Purple Yellow Blue: The Best (Worst) Way to End a Story (No. 460) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/460-desk-purple-yellow-blue-a-valid-way-to-end-a-story/

43. Cruz, A. & Charron, C. (Hosts), & VanderBurgt, J. (Producer). (2024, March 26). Synchronize and Groove: a Three Part Story (No. 453) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/453-synchronize-and-groove-a-three-part-story/

44. Anjum, A. & Cruz, A. (Hosts), & Khan, M. (Producer). (2024, March 5). Not Boron at All: Fundamental Chemistry and Sustainability (No. 450) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/450-not-boron-at-all-fundamental-chemistry-and-sustainability/

45. Charron, C., Cruz, A., & VanderBurgt, J. (Hosts), & VanderBurgt, J. (Producer). (2024, February 6). #JarringQuestions4: Make Today Great, Drunken Cucumbers, and Morning Moods. [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/jarringquestions4-carly-anthony-and-jordan/

46. Cruz, A. & Charron, C. (Hosts), & Lee, S. (Producer). (2023, November 28). The Fast and the Curious (No. 442) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/442-the-fast-and-the-curious/

47. Charron, C. & Cruz, A. (Hosts), & Lee, S. (Producer). (2023, November 7). Dewey or Don’t We? The Harms Library Catalogues Cause (No. 439) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/439-the-secrets-of-the-library-critically-examining-library-cataloguing-systems/

48. Hutchinson, A., Cruz, A., & Anjum, A. (Hosts), & Hutchinson, A. (Producer). (2023, October 10). #JarringQuestions3: Amalie, Anthony, and Anum [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/jarringquestions3-amalie-anthony-and-anum/

49. Mandur, C. & Cruz, A. (Hosts), & Hutchinson, A. (Producer). (2023, August 22). Carrots and Dangerous Sticks: Ancient History of the Qin State (No. 428) [Audio podcast episode]. In GradCast. https://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/428-carrots-and-dangerous-sticks-ancient-history-of-the-qin-state/

1. Cruz, A. (2026, August 6). How to Network. Workshop presented at the Undergraduate Summer Research Internship workshop series, London, ON.

2. Cruz, A. (2024, March 9–11). Come see your brain waves with the Muse headband! Workshop presented at Inspiring Diversity in STEM, London, ON.

3. Kalra, P. & Cruz, A. (2023, November 1–3). Modern Realities of Behavioural Research. Talk presented at Brainhack Western, London, ON.

4. Kalra, P. & Cruz, A. (2022, November 30–2). Modern Realities of Behavioural Research. Talk presented at Brainhack Western, London, ON.

Project Management: Essential Elements Certificate
University of Western Ontario 
March 2024

Computational Neuroscience Course
Neuromatch Academy
August 2021