Steven R.

Anderson
Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Home Address
5680 SW 78th St., Unit C
Miami, FL 33143
(423) 838-1985
sranderson@post.harvard.edu

Office Address
Department of Psychology
University of Miami
5151 San Amaro Dr. Room 108
Coral Gables, FL 33146
(305) 284-8696
steven.anderson@miami.edu

HIGHER EDUCATION
Ph.D. Student
Expected June 2020

University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

Health Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience Program
Advisor: Elizabeth R. Losin, Ph.D.

Bachelor of Liberal Arts

May 2011

Harvard University Extension School, Cambridge, MA

Major: Psychology; Minor: Japanese Studies
Advisor: Matthew K. Nock, Ph.D.
GPA: 3.73, cum laude

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

2011

ASL Phi Beta Honor Society

2011

Harvard College Special Student Status

2010

Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) 2010 Conference

Diversity Fund Undergraduate Registration Award

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Masters Thesis in Progress: Sociocultural influences of the doctor-patient relationship on
pain perception
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Miami, FL
Defense Date: April 2016
Chairperson: Elizabeth R. Losin, Ph.D.
The goal of this study is to examine psychological, sociocultural, biological, and neurological factors
influencing patient pain perception in the doctor-patient relationship. Patient participants and clinician

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participants will complete simulated clinical interactions in which the patient will receive heat
stimulations on the forearm using a Medoc Pathway Pain & Sensory Evaluation System. Skin
conductance response (SCR), heart rate (HR), facial expression, and inflammatory cytokine data will
also be taken. Findings may help providers more accurately assess and treat patient pain in clinical
and nonclinical health settings.
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MedicaSafe, New York, NY
Fall 2012 Spring 2015
Principal Investigator: Michael S. Davis, Ph.D.
Project: NIH-funded projects to develop medication adherence technologies. Responsibilities: in
study implementation and technology development, including project management, graphic design,
research design, literature reviews, and Institutional Review Board (IRB) submissions; contributed to
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program grant submissions to the National Institutes of
Health (NIH).
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Intergroup Relations Lab, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Fall 2010 Spring 2011
Principal Investigator: Jim Sidanius, Ph.D.
Harvard University.
Project: Intergroup relations and ingroup pressure, led by graduate student Jennifer Sheehy
Skeffington. Responsibilities: Acting as a confederate for an experimental procedure on ingroup
pressure, weekly lab meetings; presented a research proposal to the lab titled Skin Tone Bias and
Gender in Japan.
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Undergraduate Thesis: Implicit prejudice and attentional bias to sexual orientation
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Thesis Advisor: Mahzarin R. Banaji, Ph.D.
Spring 2010
Project: Investigating implicit prejudice and attentional bias to sexual orientation. Responsibilities:
Stimulus design (Implicit Association Test, Dot-Probe Task), data collection, informed consent, data
entry and analysis, literature review, weekly lab meetings, manuscript preparation and presentation.
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Social Cognition Lab, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Summer 2009 Spring 2010
Principal Investigator: Mahzarin R. Banaji, Ph.D.
Project: Investigating how social categories shape the neural representation of emotion using a visual
face adaptation task, led by postdoctoral researcher Marte Otten, Ph.D. Responsibilities: Data
collection, informed consent, data entry and analysis, literature reviews, weekly lab meetings.
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Personality and Psychopathology Lab, Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, MA

Winter 2009 Summer 2009
Principal Investigator: Drew Westen, Ph.D.
Project: The diagnostic classification of personality disorders. Responsibilities: Coding the Structured
Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) and NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI), SPSS data entry.

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PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Anderson, S. R. (2015). A World without Pain: Therapeutic Robots and the Analgesic Imagination.
Mechademia, 10(1).
Anderson, S. R. (2014). Powers of (Dis) Ability: Toward a Bodily Origin in Mushishi. Mechademia, 9(1),
77-88.
MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED OR IN PREPARATION
Anderson, S.R., Losin, E.A.R. (In Preparation) Sociocultural influences on brain and psychological
mediators of pain perception.
Losin, E.A.R., Anderson, S.R., Chang, L.J., Powell, M., Wager, T. (In Preparation) Sociocultural
influences of the doctor-patient relationship on pain perception.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Anderson, S.R., Losin, E.A.R., Chang, L.J., Powell, M., Wager, T. Feelings of doctor-patient similarity,
trust, and liking predict pain report: Evidence from simulated clinical interactions. American Pain
Society 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting, Austin, TX.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant, Tufts University, FL
September 2011 December 2011
Teaching assistant for undergraduate level Japanese Studies class. Responsible for grading weekly
thought paper assignments, weekly film screenings, leading a guest lecture, and providing assistance
for students outside of class.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Psychological Association (APA)
Social and Affective Neuroscience Society (SANS)
American Pain Society (APS)
REFERENCES
Elizabeth R. Losin. Ph.D.
University of Miami
Assistant Professor,
Department of Psychology
(305) 284-8672

Michael S. Davis, Ph.D.

MedicaSafe
Principal Investigator
(978) 631-1108
michael.davis@medicasafe.com

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e.losin@miami.edu
Marte Otten, Ph.D.
University of Amsterdam
Faculty, Social and Behavioral Sciences
0205256840
M.Otten@uva.nl
Date Prepared: February 5, 2016