PhD students in the Department of Psychology hold an invaluable role in the department’s community. Our graduate students have diverse experiences and interests from service roles, to research, to non-academic interests, and even dream jobs. Learn more about the incredible individuals in our graduate student community here.
Spotlights
Graduate Student Spotlight: Kat Swerbenski
Kat Swerbenski is a Social Psychology PhD student working with Dr. Kristin Shutts in the Social Kids Lab and Dr. Patricia Devine in the Prejudice and Intergroup Relations Lab. She studies children’s and adolescents’ peer …
Graduate Student Spotlight: Siddharth Suresh
Siddharth Suresh is a PhD student in the Department of Psychology. His research interests lie in the confluence of cognitive science and machine learning. Learn more about his research in the Knowledge and Concepts Lab …
Graduate Student Spotlight: Eren Fukuda
Eren Fukuda is a PhD student in developmental psychology with an interest in how children reason about the social world. Learn more about her research with Dr. Kristin Shutts and the Social Kids Lab and …
Graduate Student Spotlight: Ezgi Yüksel
Ezgi Yüksel is a Cognitive Psychology PhD student with a keen interest in memory, learning, and metacognitive processes within educational contexts. Learn more about her research with the Learning and Transfer lab and her favorite …
Graduate Student Spotlight: Lauren Anthony
Lauren Anthony is a PhD student in the Department of Psychology’s Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience area, co-advised by Martha Alibali and C. Shawn Green. Her research examines learning and generalization in applied contexts, with a …
Graduate Student Spotlight: Ivette Colón
Ivette Colón is a PhD student who primarily works with Tim Rogers in the Knowledge and Concepts Lab. Ivette studies how we represent social and visual concepts in the brain, in behavior, and in computational …
Graduate Student Spotlight: Michelle Marji
Michelle Marji is a Social Psychology PhD student in the Niedenthal Emotions Lab where she studies the intersections between identity, emotion, and social interaction. Learn more about her research and personal interests here. Please describe …
Graduate Student Spotlight: Ellie Breitfeld
Ellie Breitfeld is a Developmental Psychology PhD student working in the Infant Learning Lab. Her research explores what kinds of experiences and perceptual cues drive children’s curiosity to explore objects and learn new words. Check …
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