Kevin Jarbo, PhD
Education
PhD Psychology (2018), Carnegie Mellon University + Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC)
Dissertation Defense Passed: July 10, 2018
Dissertation Title: A Corticostriatal Mechanism for Integrating Subjective Value into Processes of Risky Decision-Making
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Master of Science, Psychology (2015), Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences (2006), University of Pittsburgh
Research Experience
Starting Fall 2021 Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track), Social + Decision Sciences, CMU
2018-Present President's Postdoctoral Fellow, CMU
Primary Advisor: Dr Linda Babcock, Social + Decision Sciences
Co-Advisor: Dr Kody Manke, Psychology
2013-2018 Graduate Student Researcher Psychology + CNBC, CMU
Dissertation Chair: Dr Timothy D Verstynen
2012-2013 Clinical Research Assistant Surgical Neuroanatomy Lab, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Presbyterian Hospital
PI: Dr Juan Fernandez-Miranda
2010-2013 Clinical Research Assistant Department of Radiology, UPMC Presbyterian Hospital
2006-2013 Research Assistant Learning Research & Development Center, PITT
PI: Dr Walter Schneider
Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity Experience
2019-Present Committee Member Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Strategic Planning Committee, Tepper School of Business, CMU
Summer 2019 Student Academic Advisor Summer Academy for Math & Science (SAMS), CMU
2019-Present Committee Member Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, & Access Strategic Planning Committee, Dietrich College, CMU
2018-Present Senior Research Fellow Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion, CMU
2017-2018 Graduate Student Intern Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion, CMU
2017-2018 Graduate Student Advisory Council Member University Diversity & Inclusion Roundtable, CMU
2017-2018 Committee Member Diversity & Inclusion General Education Curriculum Committee, Dietrich College, CMU
Grants
Role Co-Principal Investigator
Grant Title Using fMRI-measured attitudes and actions to predict biased decisions to punish among White and Chinese Americans
Co-PI Roberto Vargas (PhD Candidate; Anticipated dissertation defense July 2022)
American Psychological Foundation | Amount $19,980
Status Funded
Dates 1 Apr 2022 – 31 Mar 2023
Products as of 29 April 2022 Experimental design in progress
Role Co-Principal Investigator
Grant Title “Understanding the impact of stereotype threat on decision making”
Co-PIs
Dr. Linda Babcock (PI), Social + Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Kody Manke, Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Geoff Kaufman, Human Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Russell Sage Foundation | Amount $169,611
Status Funded
Dates 1 Apr 2019 – 31 Mar 2021
Products as of 2 Mar 2019 2 survey studies in design, 1 behavioral study in design
Role Co-Principal Investigator
Grant Title “Morality under uncertainty: The impact of moral framing on spatial decision-making”
Co-PI
David Colaço, History + Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
Templeton Foundation | Amount $17,314
Status Funded
Dates 1 Aug 2016 – 30 Jun 2018
Products as of 18 Dec 2018 1 manuscript under review, 1 fMRI project in analysis, 1 survey study in design
Honors, Awards, & Fellowships
2018-2021 President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University
Primary Advisor: Dr. Linda Babcock, Social + Decision Sciences
Co-Advisor: Dr. Kody Manke, Psychology
2018 Graduate Student Service Award, Carnegie Mellon University
2016 Kavli Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience Fellow, University of California Davis + Santa Barbara
2016 Templeton Foundation Summer Seminars in Neuroscience and Philosophy Fellow, Duke University
2015-2016 Multimodal Neuroimaging Training Program Fellow, CNBC
2015 McClelland Prize for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper, CNBC
2014 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention
2013-2015 NIH Behavioral Brain Research Training Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University
2013 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention
2002-2006 Helen Faison Full Academic Scholarship, University of Pittsburgh
Manuscripts in Progress
Ng, T.L., Augustin, G., Barkley, J., Jay, L., Stempien-Smith, A., Lu, S., Jarbo, K., Manke, K., Kaufman, G. (in preparation). Effects of Syllabus Diversity Statement Authorship and Philosophies on Student Perceptions and Academic Engagement.
Ai, A., Lapadat, A., Nam, K., Lu, S., Jarbo, K., Manke, K., Kaufman, G. (in preparation). Do the source and motivation of diversity statements matter?
Jarbo, K. (in preparation). How the Importance of Trust Impacts Risk Preferences in Help-Seeking Decisions.
Colaço, D., & Jarbo, K. (in preparation). Predicting Moral Judgments from Moral Dispositions: Lessons from Decision-Making.
Manke, K., Jarbo, K., Turetsky, K. M., Purdie-Greenaway, V., Cohen, G. L. (in prep). Stereotype Threat Perseverance
Kaufman, G., Jarbo, K., & Gonzalez, C. (under review at Computers in Human Behavior). Bias at Play: Investigating Sensitization and Desensitization to Diversity and Inclusion via Interactions with Bots
Sanchez-Romero, R., Ramsey, J. D., Liang, J. C., Jarbo, K., Glymour, C. (under revision). Estimation of Voxelwise Effective Connectivities: Applications to High Connectivity Sub- Regions within Hippocampal and within Corticostriatal Networks. bioRxiv preprint: http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/02/08/039057
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Jarbo, K., Lobczowski, N. G., Richey, J. E., Morton, E., & Koedinger, K. (2021). Student-Teacher Relationships Drive Student Help-Seeking from Teachers for Math Learning Challenges. (Single Paper Presentation at EARLI 2021 Annual Meeting)
Richey, J. E., Lobczowski, N. G., Jarbo, K., Morton, E., & Koedinger, K. (2021). Perceptions of Preparedness and Success Inform Undergraduates’ Feelings of Belonging. (Single Paper Presentation at EARLI 2021 Annual Meeting)
Jarbo, K., Colaço, D., & Verstynen, T. (2020). Contextual framing of loss impacts harm avoidance during risky spatial decisions. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.2180
Jarbo, K., Flemming, R., & Verstynen, T. D. (2018). Sensory uncertainty impacts avoidance during spatial decisions. Experimental brain research, 236(2), 529-537. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-017-5145-7
Faraji, A. H., Abhinav, K., Jarbo, K., Yeh, F., Shin, S. S., Pathak, S., Hirsch, B. E., Schneider, W., Fernandez-Miranda, J. C., Friedlander, R. M. (2015). Longitudinal evaluation of corticospinal tract in patients with surgically resected brainstem cavernous malformations using high definition fiber tractography and diffusion connectometry analysis: preliminary experience. Journal of Neurosurgery 123(5): 1133-1144. http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/2014.12.JNS142169
Presson, N., Krishnaswamy, D., Wagener, L., Bird, W., Jarbo, K., Pathak, S., Puccio, A. M., Borasso, A., Benso, S., Okonkwo, D. O., Schneider, W. S. (2015). Quantifying White Matter Structural Integrity with High Definition Fiber Tracking in Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Military Medicine, 180(35): 109-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00413
Jarbo, K. & Verstynen, T. (2015). Converging structural and functional connectivity of orbitofrontal, dorsolateral prefrontal, and posterior parietal cortex in the human striatum. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(9): 3865-3878. http://doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2636-14.2015
Fernandez-Miranda, J. C., Pathak, S., Engh, J., Jarbo, K., Verstynen, T., Wang, Y., Boada, F., Schneider, W., Friedlander, R. (2012). High-Definition Fiber Tractography of the Human Brain: Neuroanatomical Validation and Neurosurgical Applications. Neurosurgery, 71(2): 430-53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182592faa
Shin, S., Verstynen, T., Pathak, S., Jarbo, K., Hricik, A., Maserati, M., Beers, S.R., Puccio, A. M., Okonkwo, D., Schneider, W. (2012). High Definition Fiber Tracking for Assessment of Neurological Deficit in a Case of Traumatic Brain Injury: Finding, Visualizing, and Interpreting Small Sites of TBI Damage. Journal of Neurosurgery, 116: 1062-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/2012.1.JNS111282
Verstynen, T., Badre, D., Jarbo, K., Schneider, W. (2012). Microstructural organizational patterns in the human corticostriatal system. Journal of Neurophysiology, 107(11): 2984-2995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00995.2011
Jarbo, K., Verstynen, T., Schneider, W. (2012). In vivo quantification of global connectivity of the human corpus callosum. NeuroImage, 59: 1988-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.09.056 ***Cover image***
Verstynen, T., Jarbo, K., Pathak, S., Schneider, W. (2011). In vivo assessment of microstructural topographies in the human corticospinal pathways. Journal of Neurophysiology, 105: 336-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00698.2010
Invited Talks
2021 ArtLab Vanderbilt Speaker Series, Invited Talk with Student Discussion
“Mindscapes PGH”
2021 Royal Holloway University of London, Invited Social Psychology Brown Bag Talk
“Clearing the Air: Understanding Stereotype Threat Effects on Student Decision-Making”
2020 Carnegie Mellon University, Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience Methods Lecture Instructor: Roberto Vargas
“Diffusion MRI and Using Neural Circuitry to Understand Cognitive Processes”
2020 Carnegie Mellon University, Tartan Scholars Boot Camp, Invited Lecture
“Clearing the Air about Stereotype Threat”
2020 Carnegie Mellon University, Social + Decision Sciences, Faculty Job Talk
“Clearing the Air | Understanding Stereotype Threat Effects on Student Decision Making”
2019 Indiana University, Program in Neuroscience, Invited Colloquium
“Using Neural Circuitry to Understand the Implementation of Cognitive Processes”
2018 Carnegie Mellon University, Social + Decision Sciences, Research Seminar
“Context Matters! How framing choice outcomes impacts loss avoidance and neural representations during risky decision-making”
2018 Carnegie Mellon University, Psychology, Social Brown Bag
“Stereotype threat effects on avoidance during decision-making”
2017 University of Pittsburgh (ENGCMP 200): Seminar in Composition Instructor: Heather Kresge
“Ten simple rules for structuring papers”
2015 Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition Annual Retreat McClelland Prize Talk
“Converging frontal and parietal pathways in the human striatum”
2015 Carnegie Mellon University (03-763): Advanced Systems Neuroscience Instructor: Dr. DJ Brasier
“Converging frontal and parietal pathways in the human striatum”
Conference Presentations
Colaço, D., & Jarbo, K. (2021), Predicting Moral Judgments from Moral Dispositions. Abst. Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP) Annual Meeting
Lobczowski, N. G., Jarbo, K., Richey, J. E., Morton, E., & Koedinger, K. (2021). A narrative inquiry of critical moments in students’ paths to math success. Roundtable presentation. American Education Research Association (AERA) 2021 Annual Meeting
Jarbo, K., Manke, K., Schenck, B., Kaufman, G., Babcock, L. “The Impact of Stereotype Threat on Academic Help-Seeking and Procrastination”. Abst. Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2020
Jarbo, K. & Colaço, D. “Morality under Uncertainty: The impact of moral framing on spatial decisions”. Abst. Summer Seminars in Neuroscience and Philosophy 2017
Jarbo, K. & Verstynen, T. “Neural substrates of risky spatial decision making under perceptual uncertainty”. Abst. Society for Neuroscience 2016
Jarbo, K., Flemming, R., Verstynen, T. “Highway from the Danger Zone: Interactions between uncertainly and cost in spatial estimation”. Abst. Society for Neuroscience 2014
Jarbo, K. & Verstynen, T. “Convergence of posterior parietal, orbitofrontal, and lateral prefrontal inputs into the human striatum”. Abst. Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2014, CNBC 20th Anniversary, Pittsburgh MR Imaging Retreat 2014
Schneider, W., Okonkwo, D. O., Presson, N., Jarbo, K., Puccio, A. M., Borasso, A., Beers, S., Morrow, L., Pathak, S. “High Definition Fiber Tracking of Blast mTBI: Making the Invisible Wounds of War Visible with Patient-Targeted Treatment”. Abst. Military Health System Research Symposium 2014
Schneider, W., Okonkwo, D. O., Jarbo, K., Wagener, L., Bird, W., Presson, N., Braun, E., Chmura, J. “Training and Support Programs to Learn, Implement, and Support HDFT Analysis and How to Join the Group of Intake Sites”. Abst. Military Health System Research Symposium 2014
Jarbo, K., Verstynen, T., Schneider, W. “High definition fiber tracking of corpus callosum fiber pathways”. Abst. Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2011
Pathak, S., Verstynen, T., Jarbo, K., Schneider W., Fernandez-Miranda, J. C. “High definition fiber tracking in neurosurgery & traumatic brain injury”. Abst. Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2011
Phillips, A., Jarbo, K., Tokowicz, N. “Individual differences in adult second language vocabulary learning”. Abst. Eighth International Symposium on Bilingualism 2011
Schneider, W., Jarbo, K., Shin, S., Verstynen, T., Pathak, S., Fernandez-Miranda, J. C., Okonkwo, D., Boada, F. “Clinical Quality Fiber Tracking and Connectome Mapping in Neurosurgery & Traumatic Brain Injury”. Abst. Human Brain Mapping 2011
Verstynen, T., Jarbo, K., Phillips, J., Pathak, S., Schneider, W. “High definition fiber tracking of corticostriatal projection subfields in vivo”. Abst. Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2011
Tokowicz, N., & Jarbo, K. “The generation effect applied to second language vocabulary learning”. Abst. Fiftieth Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society 2009
Moss, J., Schunn, C., Van Lehn, K., Schneider, W., McNamara, D. S., & Jarbo, K. “They Were Trained, But They Did Not All Learn: Individual Differences in Uptake of Learning Strategy Training”. In B. C. Love, K. McRae, & V. M. Sloutsky (Eds.), Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (p.1389). Cognitive Science Society 2008
Student Leadership Positions
2017-2018 Activism Chair, Black Graduate Student Organization, CMU
2014-2018 Social Committee Co-Chair, CNBC
2016-2017 Graduate Advocate, Department of Psychology, CMU
2014-2017 Graduate Social Chair, Department of Psychology, CMU
2005-2006 Programming Chair, Beta Epsilon Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., PITT
Teaching Experience
2022 Carnegie Mellon University (88-302 and 88-602): Behavioral Decision Making (Spring)
Duties: Instructor, lecture, grading, office hours, supervising graduate TA
2021 Carnegie Mellon University (66-131): Grand Challenge First-Year Seminar - We’re Not Beyond Race: Race & Identity in America (Fall)
Duties: Co-Instructor with Dr. Kody Manke, course design, lecture, grading, office hours
2016 Carnegie Mellon University (08-241): Social Psychology
Duties: Teaching assistant, lectured, grading, and office hours
2016 Carnegie Mellon University (08-211): Cognitive Psychology
Duties: Teaching assistant, lectured, grading, and office hours
2015 Carnegie Mellon University (08-102): Introduction to Psychology
Duties: Teaching assistant, led recitation sections, lectured, grading, and office hours
2013 University of Pittsburgh (PSY 2471): Topics in Psychology: Brain Connectivity Mapping
Duties: Guest lecturer, guided laboratory tutorials, lesson planning, and grading
2012 University of Pittsburgh (PSY 2471): Topics in Psychology: Mapping Brain Connectivity
Duties: Guest lecturer, guided laboratory tutorials, lesson planning, and grading
Current Professional Affiliations
Society for Judgment and Decision Making
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Cognitive Science Society
Nu Rho Psi National Honor Society
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Neuropsychologia
Movement Disorders
Philosophy of Science
Cerebral Cortex