Katherine June Mimnaugh

Education

• BSLAS, Psychology, University of Illinois. Awarded 08/04/2008

Academic Positions

• Research Program Coordinator, Cognition and Brain Lab, Beckman Institute, Cognitive Neuroscience Division, University of Illinois, 12/1/2012 - Present

Student Organizations

• Students for Environmental Concerns, 2011-Present

Other Undergraduate Advising Activities

• Volunteer: Sierra Club, Prairie Rivers Network, Heartland Coalfield Alliance, Sierra Student Coalition, 2011 - Present

Research Interests

• Human-Computer Interaction
• Virtual Reality

Articles in Conference Proceedings

• Tengshe, C., Heller, W., Hur, J., O’Hare, A. J., Crocker, L. D., Warren, S. L., Spielberg, J. M., Mimnaugh, K. J., Bredemeier, K., & Miller, G. A. (2013, September). Relationships among anxiety types, rumination and depression. Poster submitted for presentation at the 27th annual meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Oakland, CA.
• Murdock, C. D., Crocker, L. D., Warren, S. L., Mimnaugh, K. J., Miller, G. A., & Heller, W. (2013, May). Executive function deficit in unipolar depression: The important role of emotional control. Poster presented at the 25th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.
• Letkiewicz, A. M., Heller, W., Crocker, L. D., Mimnaugh, K. J., Warren, S. L., Spielberg, J. M., & Miller, G. A. (2013, September). Rumination mediates a relationship between executive dysfunction and increases in depressive symptoms over time. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Oakland, CA.
• Finy, M. S., Hojnicki, M. P., Crocker, L. D., Warren, S. L., O'Hare, A. J., Mimnaugh, K. J., Miller, G. A., & Heller, W. (2013, September). Anxious arousal as a joint function of inhibitory dysfunction and the dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4) polymorphism. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Oakland, CA.

Pending Articles

• Letkiewicz, A. M.¸ Heller, W., Crocker, L.D., Mimnaugh, K.J., Warren, S., Spielberg, J., & Miller, G.A. (invited revision). Executive dysfunction, mediated by rumination, predicts increases in depressive symptoms. Cognitive Therapy and Research.
• Sass, S.M., Heller, W., Fisher, J.E., Silton, R.L., Stewart, J.L., Crocker, L.D., Mimnaugh, K.J., & Miller, G.A. (submitted). Time course of attention bias in depression with and without co-occurring anxiety. Frontiers.

Honors

• Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society (March 2013)

Public Service Honors

• The Bridge-Building Award (August 2012)