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Camillia Matuk Annenberg Hall Room 330 2120 Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60208-0001

Biography

After completing my undergraduate degree in Biology at the University of Windsor, competing interests in art, science and education led me to pursue an M.Sc. in Biomedical Communications at the University of Toronto. Following graduation, I worked for two years as a professional medical illustrator, animator, and new media designer at InViVo Communications, Inc. in Toronto. There, I helped create illustrations, computer animations, multimedia presentations and web applications for the instruction of medical, scientific and surgical procedures, serving major pharmaceutical, and biotechnology clients from around the world.

This will be my fourth year in the Learning Sciences program. I hope to extend my academic and professional background with research into visual learning and visual design in informal science education.

Websites

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Awards/Honors

2008 - Cognitive Science Graduate Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Research Projects

2008 - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship Award

2004 - Vesalius Trust Scholarship

2004 - The Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning Bursary

2003 - Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons Scholarship

2003 - University of Toronto Fellowship

2002 - Ontario Graduate Scholarship

1999 - University of Windsor Entrance Scholarship

Research/Scholarship
Education

Year		Degree		Institution
2004		M.Sc. Biomedical Communications		University of Toronto
2004		Ontario College Graduate Certificate in Computer Animation		The Sheridan Institute ofTechnology and Advanced Learning
2002		A.R.C.T. Piano Performance		Royal Conservatory of Music
2002		B.Sc. Biological Sciences		University of Windsor

Master’s Project

Year	Title
2004	The Plastic Brain: Understanding Cortical Reorganization during Motor Skills Acquisition using Computer Animation

Selected Publications

Matuk, C.M. & Uttal, D.H. (In Press/Under Review). Mediascapes and narrative spaces: Spatial-temporal metaphors in the popular representation and understanding of evolution in K.S. Rosengren, et al., Evolution challenges: Integrating research and practice in teaching and learning about evolution.

Matuk, C. (2007). Images of Evolution. The Journal of Biocommunication.
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Matuk, C. (December, 2006). Mr. Oldenburg extends his invitation: A history of the scholarly journal. Journal of Biocommunication: (Viewpoint).

Matuk, C. (September, 2006). Seeing the body: The divergence of Ancient Chinese and Western medical illustration. The Journal of Biocommunication.
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Matuk, C. (May, 2006). Master of all trades, doctor of none. The Journal of Biocommunication.

Selected Presentations

Donovan, S. & Matuk, C.F., et al. (November, 2009). Understanding the tree of life. Poster presented at the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Professional Development Conference. Denver, CO.

Matuk, C.F., Uttal, D.H. (October, 2009). When form contradicts content: The cognitive and communicative functions of cartoons for teaching evolution.  Paper presented at the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA2009). Chicago, IL.

Matuk, C.F., Diamond, J., & Uttal, D.H. (October, 2009). Heroes, villains and viruses: How graphic narratives teach science.  Paper presented at the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA2009). Chicago, IL.

Matuk, C.F., & Uttal, D.H. (August, 2009). Collages of Meaning: Creating Understanding of Evolution from Animation.  Poster presented at the American Psychological Association (APA) Convention. Toronto, ON, Canada.

Matuk, C.F., & Uttal, D.H. (August, 2009). Interpretation, invention, and interaction: How students (mis)understand cladograms. Paper presented at the Understanding the Tree of Life Harvard Conference. Cambridge, MA.

Matuk, C.F., & Uttal, D.H. (July, 2009). Inventing an intuitive representation of relatedness.  Poster presented at the Gordon Research Conference on Visualization in Science and Education. Oxford, United Kingdom.

Matuk, C. F. (June, 2009). Reconstructing evolutionary histories: A game about the tree of life.  Poster presented at the Games, Learning and Society Conference 5.0. Madison, WI.

Matuk, C., & Uttal, D.H. (May, 2009). Animating narratives of evolution: A case of diagrammatic interpretation with cladograms. Paper presented at the Conference on Research and Training in Spatial Intelligence. Evanston, IL.

Matuk, C.F., Uttal, D.H. (May, 2009). Animating narratives of evolution: A case of diagrammatic interpretation with cladograms. Paper presented at the Conference on Research and Training in Spatial Intelligence. Evanston, IL.

Matuk, C.F., Uttal, D.H. (April, 2009). Countering Diagrammatic Narratives: The Effects of Animation on the Interpretation of Evolution.  Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Meeting (AERA). San Diego, CA.

Matuk, C.F. & Uttal, D.H. (February, 2009). Countering narratives of evolution: How animation influences the spatial temporal metaphors interpreted from cladograms. Paper presented at the International Spatial Learning Center conference. Seattle, WA.

Matuk, C. (September, 2008). Animated Cladograms: Interpreting Evolution from Diagrams. Poster presented at the Fifth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams (Diagrams). Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany.

Matuk, C. (September, 2008). Animating Trees of Life: How Animation Influences the Perception of Evolution. Poster presented at the International Conference on Spatial Cognition (SC08). Freiburg, Germany.

Matuk, C.F. (August, 2008). Animated Cladograms: The Perception and Conception of Evolution. Paper presented at the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction Special Interest Group: Comprehension of Text and Graphics conference (EARLI-SIG2). Tilburg, Netherlands.

Matuk, C., Uttal, D. (June, 2008). Entertaining Evolution: Understanding Science from Animations. Poster presented at the International Conference for the Learning Sciences (ICLS). Utrecht, Netherlands.

Symposia and Workshops

Year		Description
2009		Matuk, C.F. & Uttal, D.H. (2009, October). Re-telling the tree: How viewers spatialize folk theories of evolution. In K. S. Rosengren (Discussant), Creationism is not the (only) issue: developmental constraints on an understanding of evolution. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, San Antonio, TX.
2008		Matuk, C. F. (2008, May). Persuasive displays: Science, art, and power in natural history exhibits. In R. Hariman (Respondent), Displays of Science, Knowledge, and Argument within the Museum Context. Symposium conducted at the Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America (RSA), Seattle, WA.
2008		Forbus, K.D., Lovett, A., Lockwood, K., Wetzel, J., Matuk, C.F., Jee, B.D. & Usher, J.M. (July 13-17, 2008). CogSketch. In the Proceedings of the Twenty-Third AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2008. Chicago, IL
2008		Matuk, C. F. (2008, September). Mapping Narrative Spaces: The perception and conception of evolution. Presentation at the NSF International Workshop on Spatial Cognition for two spatial cognition research centers: The Transregional Collaborative Research Center Spatial Cognition – Reasoning, Action, Interaction (SFB/TR8 ) in Germany, and the NSF-funded Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center (SILC). Freiburg, Germany.

Research Interests

Visual learning; Visual narratives; Narrative/folk understanding of science; Creativity in the practice and learning of science; Construction of models (drawn, built or imagined) as means for understanding and problem solving;  Interdisciplinary learning; Informal learning; Museum exhibit design; Multimedia design; Multimedia learning

Service/Recognition
Editorial Boards

Year		Journal Name		Position
2008		AAAS		Science Books and Film

Community Service

September, 2008 - February, 2009		Darwin Fellow, One Book One Northwestern Program (OBONU)
September, 2007 - Present		Co-organizer of student volunteers for the Hilda's Place meals for the homeless program

Professional
Employment History

		Piano teacher and accompanist, Private
		Medical Illustrator, Animator, and Multimedia Designer, InViVo Communications, Inc.