Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments
Portrait of Dr. Carmen E Westerberg

Dr. Carmen E Westerberg

  • Professor at Psychology, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Associate Chair, Psychology Department. September 2021 - Present.
  • Member, Cognitive Neuroscience Society Poster Committee. 2024 - Present.
  • Attendee / Participant, Texas Academic Leadership Academy (TALA). June 2024 - Present.

2024

  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation. 2024.
  • Chair, Alliance of Researchers in Aging (ARIA). January 2024 - December 2024.
  • Chair, Promotion and Outreach Committee. January 2024 - December 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Graduate Student Conference Award, Psychonomic Society. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Neuroscience. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Brain Communications. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Scientific Reports. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, NeuroImage. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 2024.
  • Participant, Brown Bag Research Seminar. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, SLEEP 2025. 2024 - December 2024.
  • Psychology Department Representative, TXST Mexico, Queretaro, MX. October 2024 - December 2024.
  • Member, Phi Beta Kappa. August 2024 - December 2024.
  • Member, Personnel Committee. January 2024 - December 2024.
  • Participant, Department Faculty Meetings. January 2024 - December 2024.
  • Conference Session Moderator, Dallas and Austin Area Memory Meeting. 2024 - October 2024.
  • Co-Organizer, Patch Adams Event. September 2024 - October 2024.
  • Participant, College of Liberal Arts Fall Faculty Meeting. August 2024.
  • Member, Graduate Program Committee. January 2024 - August 2024.
  • Co-Organizer, Psychology Department Colloquium. April 2024 - May 2024.
  • Chair, Assistant Professor of Instruction Search Committee. January 2024 - May 2024.
  • Chair, Psychology Day Committee. January 2024 - May 2024.
  • Participant, Psychology Department Spring Fling. April 2024.
  • Participant, MAPR Graduation Celebration. April 2024.
  • Panel Chair, Undergraduate Research Conference. April 2024.
  • Participant, Clinical Faculty Search. February 2024.

2023

  • Chair, Administrative Assistant II Search Committee. 2023.
  • Chair, Homecoming Office Decorations Committee. 2023.
  • Member, Psychology Department Strategic Plan Committee. 2023.
  • Member, Faculty Mentoring Committee. 2023.
  • Member, Psychology Tenure and Promotion Committee. 2023.
  • Member, Personnel Committee. 2023.
  • Faculty Mentor in Grant Writing, Grant Proposal. 2023.
  • Participant, Psychology Department Faculty Meetings. 2023.
  • Participant, Brown Bag Research Presentations. 2023.
  • Participant, Faculty Search Job Talks. 2023.
  • Member, ARMADILLO Conference Planning Committee. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Graduate Student Conference Award, Psychonomic Society. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, NeuroImage. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Frontiers in Sleep. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Ebsco/Salem Press. 2023.
  • Member, Graduate Program Committee. August 2023 - December 2023.
  • Guest Speaker, Psychology Association Meeting. November 11, 2023.
  • Participant, COLA Fall Faculty Recognition Celebration. October 2023.
  • Conference Session Moderator, ARMADILLO. October 2023.
  • Member, Dean of Liberal Arts Summative Review Committee. October 2022 - July 2023.
  • Participant, Run to R1 Town Hall and 1K Walk/Run. May 2023.
  • Panel Chair, Undergraduate Research Conference, Honors College. April 2023.
  • Participant, Psychology Department Spring Fling. April 25, 2023.
  • Participant, Psychology Day Poster Session and Lunch. April 19, 2023.
  • Participant, Phi Beta Kappa Site Visit. February 2023.
  • Undergraduate Research Faculty Representative, Phi Beta Kappa site visit. February 2023.

2022

  • Reviewer / Referee, Neuropsychologia. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of General Psychology. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Neuropsychology. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Cognition. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Gerentology: Psychological Sciences. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, SLEEP 2023. December 2022.
  • Member, Mentoring Program Committee. August 2022 - December 2022.
  • Member, Psychology Tenure and Promotion Policy Review Committee. August 2022 - December 2022.
  • Chair, Alliance of Researchers in Aging (ARIA). May 2022 - December 2022.
  • Member, Personnel Committee. January 2022 - December 2022.
  • Chair, Promotion/Outreach Committee. January 2022 - December 2022.
  • Faculty Mentor, Psychology Faculty Mentor. January 2022 - December 2022.
  • Participant, Psychology Department Faculty Meetings. January 2022 - December 2022.
  • Participant, Psychology Department Brown Bag Meetings. January 2022 - December 2022.
  • Chair, Undergraduate Research Conference, Honors College. November 2022.
  • Participant, Psychology Department Faculty Search. November 2022.
  • Participant, Communication Design Department Visual Storytelling class. October 2022 - November 2022.
  • Guest Speaker, Psychology Association. November 8, 2022.
  • Moderator, Dallas and Austin Area Memory Meeting 2022. November 4, 2022.
  • Participant, Halloween Mixer. October 31, 2022.
  • Participant, College of Liberal Arts Fall Faculty Meeting. August 2022.
  • Chair, Mentoring Committee. January 2022 - July 2022.
  • Co-Chair, Workload Policy Committee. August 2021 - July 2022.
  • Participant, Graduate College Awards Ceremony. April 22, 2022.
  • Guest Speaker, Psi Chi. February 2022.

2021

  • Participant, TH 4304: Advanced Web Series Creation. 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sleep. 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Brain Communications. 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sleep Medicine. 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Undergraduate Research. 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 2020 - 2021.
  • Member, Alliance of Researchers in Aging. January 2019 - 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, SLEEP 2022. December 2021.
  • Member, Administrative Assistant III Search Committee. November 2021 - December 2021.
  • Member, Piper Professor Selection Committee. September 2019 - December 2021.
  • Moderator, Dallas and Austin Area Memory Meeting 2021. September 3, 2021.
  • Member, Promotion/Outreach Committee. August 2020 - July 2021.
  • Member, Mentoring Program Planning Committee. August 2020 - July 2021.
  • Judge, Psychology Digital Student Poster Showcase. April 2021.
  • Guest Speaker, Psychology Association. February 2021.

2020

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Neurobiology of Disease. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of General Psychology. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sleep Medicine. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Psychonomic Society. 2020.
  • Chair, Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Autobiographical Memory Session. November 21, 2020.
  • Attendee / Participant, Psychonomic Society Networking Event. November 19, 2020.
  • Chair, Faculty Review Committee. August 2019 - July 2020.
  • Member, Technical Support Person Search Committee. January 2020 - March 2020.

2019

  • Reviewer / Referee, Neuropsychologia. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Nature and Science of Sleep. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, PLOS One. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Psychonomic Society. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Cambridge University Press. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Neurobiology of Disease. 2019.
  • Member, Open Area Faculty Search Committee. August 2019 - December 2019.
  • Member, Faculty Review Committee. August 2017 - July 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. January 2019 - March 2019.

2018

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Neuropsychologia. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Hippocampus. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, PLOS One. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers. 2018.
  • Participant, Innovation and Research in Your Backyard, Bobcats United and Common Experience. November 5, 2018.
  • Member, Colloquium Committee. August 2017 - July 2018.
  • Chair, Psychology Day Committee. August 2017 - July 2018.
  • Judge, Essay Contest, The Writing Center. January 2018 - March 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Cambridge University Press. January 2018.

2017

  • Psychology Department Respondent, International Research Conference for Graduate Students. November 7, 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Neuropsychologia. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, AIMS Medical Science. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sleep. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Neurology and Neuromedicine. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Neurobiology of Aging. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Cambridge University Press. 2017.
  • Participant, Psychology Association Graduate School Panel. September 21, 2017.
  • Member, Psychology Day Committee. August 2015 - July 2017.
  • Member, Masters of Arts in Psychological Research Committee. August 2014 - July 2017.
  • Volunteer, San Marcos High School Psychology Club. February 2, 2017.

2016

  • Reviewer / Referee, Brain Impairment. 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Hippocampus. 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Learning and Motivation. 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Neurobiology of Aging. 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Psychophysiology. 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Neuropsychologia. 2016.
  • Mentor, Jefferson County Open School. 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development. March 18, 2016 - April 11, 2016.
  • Assessor, British Psychological Society. March 15, 2016.
  • Psychology Department Representative, Texas State-Lockard Health Project. November 2014 - January 2016.

2015

  • Distinguished Research Panelist, International Research Conference for Graduate Students. November 1, 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, AIMS Neuroscience. 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Neuroscience. 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Psychophysiology. 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sleep Medicine Reviews. 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers. 2015.
  • Mentor, Project Week, Khabele School, Austin, TX. 2015.
  • Organizer, Walk to End Alzheimer's Disease. 2015.

2014

  • Contributor, Promotional video for Master of Arts in Psychological Research graduate program. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Brain Research. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Psychiatry. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Neurobiology of Aging. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Neuropsycholgia. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Neuropsychology Review. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sleep Medicine Reviews. 2014.
  • Member, Human Factors and Applied Experimental Psychology Faculty Search Committee. August 2013 - July 2014.

2013

  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation. 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Cognitive Neuroscience. 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry & Neurology. 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Neuropsychologia. 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers. 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sleep Medicine Reviews. 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers. 2013.
  • San Marcos High School, Psychology Club. 2013.
  • Member, Human Experimental Psychology Faculty Search Committee. August 2012 - July 2013.
  • Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. August 2012 - July 2013.

2012

  • Reviewer / Referee, BMC Neuroscience. 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Experimental Brain Research. 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Learning and Memory. 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Neuropsychologia. 2012.
  • Member, Colloquium Committee. August 2011 - July 2012.

2010

  • Reviewer / Referee, Memory. October 1, 2010.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Hippocampus. June 1, 2010.

2009

  • Reviewer / Referee, Memory & Cognition. August 1, 2009.

2007

  • Science Fair Judge, Lincoln Hall Middle School, Lincolnwood, IL. 2007.

2006

  • Member, Postdoctoral Steering Committee, Institute for Neuroscience, Northwestern University. September 2004 - August 2006.

2002

  • Student Representative, Faculty Search Committee, Psychology Department, University of Minnesota. January 1, 2001 - December 1, 2002.
  • Student Representative, Center for Cognitive Sciences Governing Council, University of Minnesota. August 2001 - July 2002.

2000

  • Chair, Training Meeting Committee, Center for Cognitive Sciences, University of Minnesota. August 1999 - July 2000.