Ethan Hurwitz, M.A.

University of California, San Diego
Department of Psychology

ehurwitz@ucsd.edu

www.EthanHurwitz.com

EthanHurwitz

Education

dateFormatted	what
Sep 2017 — Present	Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, University of California, San Diego Supervisors: Dr. Adena Schachner & Dr. Caren Walker
Dec 2019	M.A., Experimental Psychology, University of California, San Diego
May 2013	B.S., Psychology, Towson University Summa Cum Laude \| GPA: 3.92

Grants and Funding

year	what
2023	UCSD Center for Psychedelic Research’s Research Excellence Fellowship ($31,000), Cognitive Development as a Model for the Effects of Psychedelics. Supervisor: Caren Walker
2021	UCSD Chancellor’s Interdisciplinary Collaboratories ($30,000), Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms Underlying Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy for Phantom Limb Pain. Supervisor: Caren Walker
2020	UCSD Course Development and Instructional Improvement Program ($4,836), Enhancing the Psychology core methods curriculum: a new emphasis on computational literacy, open-science practices, and project-based collaboration. Supervisor: Drs. Judy Fan, Emma Geller, Celeste Pilegard

Awards and Honors

year	what
2023	2023 UCSD Anderson Teaching Award
2022	Barbara and Paul Saltman Excellent Teaching Award for Graduate Students
2019	Norman Anderson Summer Research Fellowship
	Norman Anderson Graduate Travel and Research Award
	Cognitive Science Society Student Travel Award, The 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

year	citation
2022	M. M. Sweeney, S. Nayak, E. S. Hurwitz, L. N. Mitchell, T. Cody Swift, R. R. Griffiths (2022). Comparison of Psychedelic and Near-Death or Other Non-Ordinary Experiences in Changing Attitudes About Death and Dying. PloS one, 17 (8), e0271926. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271926.
2020	A. K. Davis, J. M. Clifton, E. G. Weaver, E. S. Hurwitz, M. W. Johnson, R. R. Griffiths (2020). Survey of entity encounter experiences occasioned by inhaled N,N-dimethyltryptamine: Phenomenology, interpretation, and enduring effects. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 34 (9), 1008-1020. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881120916143.
2019	R. R .Griffiths, E. S. Hurwitz, A. K. Davis, M. W. Johnson, R. Jesse (2019). Survey of subjective “God encounter experiences”: Comparisons among naturally occurring experiences and those occasioned by the classic psychedelics psilocybin, LSD, ayahuasca, or DMT. PloS one, 14 (4), e0214377. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214377.
2018	F. S. Barrett, T. M. Carbonaro, E. S. Hurwitz, M. W. Johnson, R. R. Griffiths (2018). Double-blind comparison of the two hallucinogens psilocybin and dextromethorphan: effects on cognition. Psychopharmacology, 235 (10), 2915-2927. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-018-4981-x.
	T. M. Carbonaro, M. W. Johnson, E. S. Hurwitz, R. R. Griffiths (2018). Double-blind comparison of the two hallucinogens psilocybin and dextromethorphan: similarities and differences in subjective experiences. Psychopharmacology, 235 (2), 521-534. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-017-4769-4.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Publications

year	citation
2019	E. S. Hurwitz, T. Brady, A. Schachner (2019). Detecting social transmission in the design of artifacts via inverse planning. Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 457-463. Montreal, CA: Cognitive Science Society.

Conference Presentations

Oral Presentations

year	citation
2023	E. S. Hurwitz (2023). Positive Programming: Effective Course Design and Assignments for Accessible Programming Courses. PsychTERMS 2023, Virtual Meeting.
2019	E. S. Hurwitz, T. Brady, A. Schachner (2019). Detecting Social Transmission in the Design of Artifacts Via Inverse Planning. Cognitive Science Society, Montreal, QC.

Poster Presentations

year	citation
2020	E. S. Hurwitz, A. Schachner (2020). People use inverse planning to rationally seek social information from objects. Cognitive Science Society, Virtual Meeting.
2018	A. K. Davis, J. M. Clifton, E. S. Hurwitz, R. R. Griffiths (2018). Examining the acute subjective and persisting effects occasioned by N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT): A latent class analysis. Johns Hopkins Bayview Research Symposium, Baltimore, MD.
2017	E. S. Hurwitz, R. Jesse, M. W. Johnson, R. R. Griffiths (2017). A comparison of psilocybin-occasioned vs. naturally-occurring experiences of personal encounters with the divine. Psychedelic Science, Oakland, CA.

Invited Talks

year	citation
2017	The Mycological Association Of Washington, DC. – An overview of psilocybin research at Johns Hopkins University (Mar 2017)

Teaching Experience

Instructor of Record

year	what
	Psyc 193L - Introduction to R for Social Sciences Summer 2022 x2, Fall 2022, Summer 2023 x2
	Psyc 111a - Honors Research Methods Winter 2023
	Psyc 111b - Honors Research Methods II Spring 2023

Teaching Assistanceships

year	what
	Psyc 60 - Introduction to Statistics Summer 2018, Fall 2018, Summer 2019, Fall 2019
	Psyc 111a - Honors Research Methods Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2024
	Psyc 111b - Honors Research Methods II Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024

Senior TA

dateFormatted	what
Sep 2019 — Jul 2023	University of California, San Diego Department of Psychology Summary of Responsibilities: – Be a source of information to the graduate community and to aid in any TA issues – Coordinate departmental TA training each academic quarter and as needed – Coordinate Mentor TAs and provide training on assisting their mentees on their lecture and providing feedback on the lecture – Organize practice talks for first year graduate students – Handle TA conflicts

Sep 2019 —
Jul 2023

University of California, San Diego
Department of Psychology

Summary of Responsibilities:
– Be a source of information to the graduate community and to aid in any TA issues
– Coordinate departmental TA training each academic quarter and as needed
– Coordinate Mentor TAs and provide training on assisting their mentees on their lecture and providing feedback on the lecture
– Organize practice talks for first year graduate students
– Handle TA conflicts

Service, Outreach, and Professional Activities

Reviewer:

year	where
	Cognitive Science Society; Journal of Psychoactive Drugs; John Templeton Foundation

Clinical Experience

Research Program Coordinator

dateFormatted	what
Jan 2014 — Sep 2017	Johns Hopkins University Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit Supervisor: Dr. Roland Griffiths Effects of Hallucinogens and Other Drugs on Mood and Performance (NCT02033707) Effects of Psilocybin-facilitated Experience on the Psychology and Effectiveness of Professional Leaders in Religion (NCT02243813) – Serve as Session Monitor, providing clinical support and administering cognitive tasks to participants during active psilocybin and placebo drug sessions – Design novel study instruments – Manage all data collection – Coordinate all study related responsibilities including communication between participants, study team members, and different study sites – Manage recruitment and advertising utilizing Google AdWords, Facebook Advertising, Website listings, Listervs, Magazine ads, and Radio ads

Jan 2014 —
Sep 2017

Johns Hopkins University Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit
Supervisor: Dr. Roland Griffiths
Effects of Hallucinogens and Other Drugs on Mood and Performance (NCT02033707)
Effects of Psilocybin-facilitated Experience on the Psychology and Effectiveness of Professional Leaders in Religion (NCT02243813)

– Serve as Session Monitor, providing clinical support and administering cognitive tasks to participants during active psilocybin and placebo drug sessions
– Design novel study instruments
– Manage all data collection
– Coordinate all study related responsibilities including communication between participants, study team members, and different study sites
– Manage recruitment and advertising utilizing Google AdWords, Facebook Advertising, Website listings, Listervs, Magazine ads, and Radio ads

Ethan Hurwitz CV