Ph.D. - UCLA, Cognitive Psychology: June 2009
Dissertation: Using adaptive feedback to optimize learning
Minor: Human-Computer Interaction

M.A. - UCLA, Psychology: June 2006
Thesis: Extending desirable difficulties to educationally relevant contexts

B.S. - Duke University, Psychology: May 2002
Graduation with Distinction in Psychology
Thesis: Order effects and operation validity: Confounds of the operation-span task
Minor: Chemistry
Dean's List with Distinction: Spring 2001, Spring 2002
Dean's List: Spring 1999, Fall 2000, Fall 2001
Carolinas Psychology Conference Jeopardy Champion 2002 (teammate: Matthew Makel)

Solomon, S., Hays, M. J., Artstein, R., Chen, G., & Rosenberg, M. (in press). Learning about culture from a human behavior model in the CAB framework.

Kornell, N., Hays, M. J., & Bjork, R. A. (2009). Unsuccessful retrieval attempts enhance subsequent learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 35, 989-998. (PDF)

Hays, M. J., Lane, H. C., Auerbach, D., Core, M. G., Gomboc, D., & Rosenberg, M. (2009). Feedback specificity and the learning of intercultural communication skills. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, 391-398. (PDF)

Solomon, S., Hays, M. J., Chen, G. C., & Rosenberg, M. (2009). Evaluating a framework for representing cultural norms for human behavior models. Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation, 81-88. ** Best Paper Award ** (PDF)

Lane, H. C., Hays, M. J., Core, M., Gomboc, D., Forbell, E., & Rosenberg, M. (2008). Coaching Intercultural Communication in a Serious Game. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computers in Education, 35-46. ** Best Paper Award ** (PDF)

Gray, L., Vandemark, R., & Hays, M. J. (2001). Thoracic and lumbar spine trauma. Seminars in Ultrasound, CT & MR, 22, 125-34. (PDF)

Hays, M. J., & Boals, A. (under review). Can reducing test-expectancy provide a pure measure of short-merm memory?

Hays, M. J., Kornell, N., & Bjork, R. A. (under review). The costs and benefits of providing feedback during learning.

Finley, J. R., Benjamin, A. S., Hays, M. J., Bjork, R. A., & Kornell, N. (under review). The benefits of accumulating versus diminishing recall cues.

Lane, H. C., Hays, M. J., Auerbach, D., & Rosenberg, M. (under review). Investigating the relationship between presence and learning in a serious game.

Kornell, N., Hays, M. J., & Bjork, R. A. (in prep). Spacing potentiates learning but impairs potentiation of learning.

Hays, M. J., & Richmond, T. (in prep). Mixed media, narrative, and gaming: The Mobile Counter-IED Trainer.

Hays, M. J., Bjork, R. A., Finley, J. R., Benjamin, A. S., & Kornell, N. (revising). Enhancing memory by using dynamic retrieval cues to optimize desirable difficulty.

Hays, M. J. (June 2004). Making PowerPoint disappear. Invited Lecture Series in the Department of Radiology at Duke University Medical Center. Durham, North Carolina.

Hays, M. J., Moore, A. N., Garcia, M. A., & Bjork, R. A. (April 2008). Episodic limitations of semantic inhibition in retrieval-induced forgetting. Paper presented at the 88th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association. Irvine, California.

Hays, M. J., & Boals, A. (April 2006). Long-term memory involvement in the Brown-Peterson task is inescapable. Paper presented at the 86th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association. Palm Springs, California.

Hays, M. J., Kornell, N., Gonzales, R. I., & Bjork, R. A. (November 2008). Skipping feedback can improve retention. Poster presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Chicago, Illinois. (PDF)

Kornell, N., Hays, M. J., & Bjork, R. A. (November 2007). Failed tests can enhance learning. Poster presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Long Beach, California. (PDF)

Hays, M. J., & Bjork, R. A. (August 2007). Superior long-term retention with expanding-interval retrieval practice: The Goldilocks principle. Poster presented at the 115th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. San Francisco, California. (PDF)

Hays, M. J., Young, K., & Bjork, R. A. (November 2006). Forgetting rate and the optimization of retrieval practice. Poster presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Houston, Texas. (PDF)

Linn, M. C., Bjork, R. A., Richland, L. E., Cheng, H., Kornell, N., Hays, M. J., Finley, J. R., & Fink, D. S. (June 2006). Desirable difficulties in science learning in a Web-Based Inquiry Science Environment (WISE). Poster presented at the 2006 Institute for Education Sciences Research Conference. Washington, D.C. (PDF)

Hays, M. J., Richland, L. E., & Bjork, R. A. (November 2005). Metacognitive sophistication about desirable difficulty: Implications for acquisition of complex materials. Poster presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (PDF)

Master Teaching Associate: April 2007 - June 2007
Course: Research Methods in Psychology
Instructor: Dr. Iris Firstenberg

Teaching Associate: January 2007 - March 2007
Course: Research Methods in Psychology
Instructor: Dr. Elizabeth Bjork

Teaching Assistant: June 2006 - August 2006
Course: Research Methods in Psychology
Instructor: Dr. Ed Geiselman

Teaching Assistant: April 2006 - June 2006
Course: Cognitive Psychology
Instructors: Dr. Zili Liu and Dr. Iris Firstenberg)

Teaching Assistant: January 2006 - March 2006
Course: Research Methods in Psychology
Instructor: Dr. Elizabeth Bjork

Teaching Assistant: July 2005 - September 2005
Course: Psychological Statistics
Instructor: Dr. Rob Kaiser

Teaching Assistant: July 2002 - August 2002
Course: Introductory Psychology
Instructor: Dr. Adriel Boals

Teaching Assistant: June 2002 - July 2002
Course: Social Psychology
Instructor: Dr. Adriel Boals