Graduate Students

Mikaela Armenta

Doctoral student in Integrative Neuroscience

armenta@uchicago.edu

Mika is a doctoral student in the Integrative Neuroscience program working with Jean Decety.

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Dana Beach

Doctoral student in Integrative Neuroscience

debeach@uchicago.edu

Dana is a doctoral student in the Integrative Neuroscience program working with Brian Prendergast.

Deena Bernett

Doctoral student in Cognition

dbernett@uchicago.edu

Deena is a doctoral student in the Cognition program working with Susan Levine and Daniel Casasanto.

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Natalie Brezack

Doctoral student in Developmental Psychology

nbrezack@uchicago.edu

Natalie is a doctoral student in the Developmental Psychology program working with Amanda Woodward.

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Leigh Burnett

Doctoral student in Cognition

burnettlh@uchicago.edu

Leigh is a doctoral student in the Cognition program working with Boaz Keysar.

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Jacob Butts

Doctoral student in Developmental Psychology

jakeb@uchicago.edu

Jake is a doctoral student in the Developmental Psychology program working with Susan Levine.

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Anjana Chandran

Doctoral student in Social Psychology

anjanachandran@uchicago.edu

Anjana is a doctoral student in the Social Psychology program working with David Gallo.

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Gisella Diaz

Doctoral student in Integrative Neuroscience

gisella@uchicago.edu

Gisella is a doctoral student in the Integrative Neuroscience program working with Ed Awh.

Tess Fulcher

Doctoral student in Developmental Psychology

mtfulcher@uchicago.edu

Tess is a doctoral student in the Developmental Psychology program working with Amanda Woodward.

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Nicole Hakim

Doctoral student in Integrative Neuroscience

nhakim@uchicago.edu

Nicole is a doctoral student in the Integrative Neuroscience program working with Ed Vogel and Ed Awh. She is broadly interested in individual differences in visual attention, perception and working memory.

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Rui He

Doctoral student in Integrative Neuroscience

ruihe@uchicago.edu

Rui is a doctoral student in the Integrative Neuroscience program working with Leslie Kay.

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Julianne Herts

Doctoral student in Cognition

jherts@uchicago.edu

Julianne is a doctoral student in the Cognition program working with Sian Beilock and Susan Levine.

Ying Hei Letitia Ho

Doctoral student in Integrative Neuroscience

letitiayhho@uchicago.edu

Letty is a doctoral student in the Integrative Neuroscience program working with Susan Goldin-Meadow and Howard Nusbaum.

Elizabeth Huppert

Doctoral student in Cognition

ehuppert@uchicago.edu

Elizabeth is a doctoral student in the Cognition program working with Jean Decety.

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Yagmur Deniz Kisa

Doctoral student in Cognition

ykisa@uchicago.edu

Yagmur is a doctoral student in the Cognition program working with Susan Goldin-Meadow and Daniel Casasanto.

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Mitchell Landers

Doctoral student in Developmental Psychology

msblanders@uchicago.edu

Mitchell is a doctoral student in the Developmental Psychology program working with Alex Shaw.

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Ka Ying (Becky) Lau

Doctoral student in Cognition

beckylau@uchicago.edu

In 2012, Becky began her doctoral studies at the University of Chicago working with Boaz Keysar. She is broadly interested in perspective-taking, decision making, and multilingualism. Her current project examines how language influences negotiation outcomes.

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Ashley Leung

Doctoral student in Developmental Psychology

ashleyleung@uchicago.edu

Ashley is a doctoral student in the Developmental Psychology program.

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Huibo (Daisy) Li

Doctoral student in Integrative Neuroscience

huibodaisyli@uchicago.edu

Huibo (Daisy) is a doctoral student in the Integrative Neuroscience program working with Leslie Kay.

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Carol Medina

Doctoral student in Developmental Psychology

carolmedina@uchicago.edu

Carol is a doctoral student in the Developmental Psychology program working with Amanda Woodward.

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Benjamin Morris

Doctoral student in Developmental Psychology

benmorris@uchicago.edu

Ben is a doctoral student in the Developmental Psychology program working with Alex Shaw and Dan Yurovsky. Broadly, Ben studies the interplay between language and social cognition across development.

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Ken Onishi

Doctoral student in Integrative Neuroscience

kgonishi@uchicago.edu

Ken is a doctoral student in the Integrative Neuroscience program working with Brian Prendergast and Greg Norman. His current research aims to understand the biological underpinnings of behavior.

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Nancy Pantoja

Doctoral student in Developmental Psychology

npantoja@uchicago.edu

Nancy is a doctoral student in the Developmental Psychology program working with Susan Levine and Sian Beilock.

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Colin Quirk

Doctoral student in Integrative Neuroscience

cquirk@uchicago.edu

Colin is a doctoral student in the Integrative Neuroscience program working with Ed Vogel and Ed Awh.

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Jonathan Riggle

Doctoral student in Integrative Neuroscience

jpriggle@uchicago.edu

JP is a doctoral student in the Integrative Neuroscience program working with Brian Prendergast.

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Radhika Santhanagopalan

Doctoral students in Developmental Psychology

radhikas@uchicago.edu

Radhika is a doctoral student in Developmental psychology working with Katherine Kinzler.

Kathryn Schertz

Doctoral student in Integrative Neuroscience

kschertz@uchicago.edu

Kate is a doctoral student in the Integrative Neuroscience program working with Marc Berman. She is broadly interested in how one’s physical environment affects physical and mental health, with a focus on the different influences of natural and built environments on attention and fatigue

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Andrew Sheriff

Doctoral student in Integrative Neuroscience

asheriff@uchicago.edu

Andrew is a doctoral student in Integrative Neuroscience working with Leslie Kay. He is interested in the role of the hippocampus in spatial memory and attention, in relation to sensory and cortical circuits.

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Emily Slezak

Doctoral student in Integrative Neuroscience

easlezak@uchicago.edu

Emily is a doctoral student in the Integrative Neuroscience program working with Steve Shevell. She received her B.S. in Psychology from the University of Washington in 2014 where she worked with Steve Buck on human color vision. 

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Catherine Stevenson

Doctoral student in Integrative Neuroscience

stevensonc@uchicago.edu

Catherine is a doctoral student in the Integrative Neuroscience program working with Alex Shaw.

Elayne Teska

Doctoral Student in Cognitive Psychology and Comparative Human Development

teskae@uchicago.edu

Layne is a doctoral student in the cognitive program and the Department of Comparative Human Development working with Susan Goldin-Meadow and Lindsey Richland. At the University of Chicago, she is an Institute of Education Sciences Pre-Doctoral Fellow as well as a Chicago Center for Teaching Fellow. She graduated in 2014 from Carleton College with a BA in Psychology and a certificate in Neuroscience.

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Anirudh Tiwathia

Doctoral student in Cognition

atiwathia@uchicago.edu

Anirudh is currently enrolled in the Joint PhD program in Psychology (Cognition Area) and Business (Behavioral Science at the Center for Decision Research). He is interested in studying judgment & decision making (JDM), especially the role of attention in choice behavior. 

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John Veilette

Doctoral student in Integrative Neuroscience

johnv@uchicago.edu

John Veilette is a doctoral student in the Integrative Neuroscience program working with Howard Nusbaum.

Elayne Vollman

Layne is a doctoral student in the cognitive program and in the Department of Comparative Human Development working with Susan Goldin-Meadow.

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Kevin Wei

Doctoral student in Social Psychology

kwei17@uchicago.edu

Kevin is a doctoral student in the Social Psychology program. He is interested in studying implicit bias and motivated reasoning. 

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