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