PhD Students

Meet the students working on their PhD in Educational Psychology with a concentration in Educational Neuroscience. You'll find info about their research interests, advisors, and contact info. If you have questions for our students, are interested in their research, or want to learn more about our program, please feel free to email them. Students are listed alphabetically by column, from left-to-right.

Mona Anchan

Cohort: 2017

Lab: Elden LabAdvisor: Dr. Firat Soylu

Research Interests: Bilingualism, Math Cognition, Ed Neuro interventions, EEG

Yi Chen

Cohort: 2017

Lab: SEED LabAdvisor: Dr. Hyemin Han

Research Interests: Coming soon!

Mingyeong Choi

Cohort: 2020

Lab: ELDEN LabAdvisor: Dr. Firat Soylu

Research Interests:Empathy, Theory of Mind, Developmental Dyscalculia, fMRI

Lindsey Clark

Cohort: 2020

Lab: ELDEN LabAdvisor: Dr. Firat Soylu

Research Interests:Embodied Cognition, Mathematics, EEG

Kelsie Dawson

Cohort: 2016

Lab: SEED LabAdvisor: Dr. Hyemin Han

Research Interests: Moral development

Jake Feiler

Cohort: 2018

Lab: NERD LabAdvisor: Dr. Laura Morett

Research Interests: STEM learning, fNIRS, EEG, fMRI

Sarah Hughes Berheim

Cohort: 2018

Lab: NERD LabAdvisor: Dr. Laura Morett

Research Interests: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Acquisition, EEG, fNIRS, fMRI​

Corinne Ku

Cohort: 2017

Lab: NeuLanD Lab Advisor: Dr. Spyridoula Cheimariou Advisor: Dr. Randall E. Schumacker

Research Interests: Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism, Eye-tracking techniques, ERPs

Kaitlyn May

Cohort: 2017

Lab: ABCD LabAdvisor: Dr. Jason Scofield

Research Interests: Executive Function, Language Development, Ed Neuro Interventions, fMRI

Cailee Nelson

Cohort: 2018

Lab: NERD LabAdvisor: Dr. Laura Morett

Research Interests: Autism Spectrum Disorder, motivation, fNIRS, EEG, fMRI

Nghi Nguyen

Cohort: 2020

Lab: ABCD LabAdvisor: Dr. Jason Scofield

Research Interests: Children's social learning, scientific thinking, epistemological beliefs

Brian Rivera

Cohort: 2016

Lab: ELDEN LabAdvisor: Dr. Firat Soylu

Research Interests: Numerical cognition, fraction processing, computational thinking, EEG, BCI, fMRI

Nathaniel Shannon

Cohort: 2016

Lab: ELDEN LabAdvisor: Dr. Firat Soylu

Research Interests: Numerical cognition, EEG, fNIRS

Catanya Stager

Cohort: 2015

Lab: ABCD LabAdvisor: Dr. Jason Scofield

Research Interests: Child Development, Language, Medical Education, Educational Technology, Psychometrics, Research Methods