Psychology Faculty Advising Fair 2020

We will be holding a virtual faculty advising fair on Wednesday, September 30th from 1:30-3:00pm. Undergraduate Cognitive Science and Psychology majors are encouraged to check-in with faculty members of the Psychology Department.

Participating faculty, their 2020-21 undergraduate courses taught, and research interests are listed below. Zoom links will be posted closer to the event!

Table of faculty, courses taught, research focus and zoom links.
Faculty Name 2020-21 Courses Research Focus

Advising Fair Zoom Link

(Waiting room feature is on, so please be patient!)

Nameera Akhtar PSYC 10, PSYC 104, PSYC 119Q  My current research focuses on how autism is represented and studied and challenges some of the stereotypes about autistic people. https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/93448072217?pwd=S0ZxNXlKUFAyTTBMelVaS1RaTnh2dz09
Margarita Azmitia PSYC 102, PSYC 119M I study how close relationships and identity development influence the academic and life pathways of diverse adolescents and young adults. https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/96100103862?pwd=bUlUU1U1WndUekdjWVZLNFY5KytoUT09
Courtney Bonam PSYC 100, PSYC 148, PSYC 159P Broadly, I study racial stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination processes. I am particularly interested in how racial stereotyping reinforces racial inequality and social identity threat in organizational and educational contexts, and how social justice education can mitigate both of these social problems. https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/91345326036?pwd=dXd0emg3dU50dVRac3pmeGdkSzRLQT09
Doug Bonett Grad courses: Quantitative Methods focus My research focuses on the development and proper use of quantitative methods that can be used to answer psychological research questions. https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/94124630015?pwd=bFJZcDBiY0RYeCtnVWZGeXFPUUpKZz09
Megan Boudewyn Dr. Boudewyn's research program is broadly focused on higher-order cognition, using a cognitive neuroscience approach to bridge the domains of language, executive control and attention. https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/98145071062?pwd=d2pTZzFKY01GMUZicW50eEx0blA3dz09
Heather Bullock PSYC 153 Heather's research and teaching focuses on social class and poverty. https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/92811232576?pwd=NU82RXBzSHRYRXJTVDFLYjFNQTVKdz09
Maureen Callanan PSYC 105, PSYC 119H, PSYC 119P I study how young children's thinking and language develop in the context of family conversations, focusing on diversity within and across communities. I'm especially interested in how children think and talk about nature and other science-related topics. https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/92446520847?pwd=Z0FlVUxieERmbGlZaFFGQW9Pc2Zzdz09
Saskias Casanova PSYC 144, PSYC 159I, PSYC 182 Dr. Casanova uses social psychological, educational, and interdisciplinary perspectives to understand the diverse experiences of immigrant- origin students by highlighting their understudied social identities and how the stigmatization of these identities impacts their educational experiences. As the director of the Migration, Identity, and Education Lab (MIEL), Casanova's overarching objective is to conduct rigorous research about the influence of multiple contexts on immigrant origin students’ cultural adaptation, stigmatizing experiences, collective resilience processes, and development as they relate to learning. https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/97179765554?pwd=YmVsUzY1a2pOY0EwOXJINENwOGZQZz09
Rebecca Covarrubias PSYC 100 educational equity; the college transition for low-income, first-generation students of color; culture, identity, and education; culturally-grounded school interventions https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/92276557609?pwd=V0VaN2EwNk5nVVhwRnh1VW1CVFRhdz09
Audun Dahl PSYC 2, PSYC 112 My lab studies the development of morality from childhood to adulthood. We study phenomena such as helping, harming, religious norms, and academic integrity. https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/99515353869?pwd=Wm4zY0tJeGt3WTQ4MXJlbXkweWR0UT09
Nicolas Davidenko PSYC 138M, PSYC 139L My lab investigates "high level perception": how we perceive complex information like faces and objects, how the different senses interact with each other, and how processes like attention and expectation influence what we perceive. We are also conducting clinical research on Misophonia, a condition in which people experience strong negative emotional and physical reactions to specific trigger sounds like chewing or sniffing. https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/91252956585?pwd=K3B0VUF2N3dobkpUSUliU1p0TDRldz09
Phil Hammack Department Chair Sexual and gender diversity; LGBTQIA+ experience; diversity in intimate relationships, including polyamory, same-sex, kink/fetish, asexuality https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/96177741234?pwd=T0g4QmoyUkNSQytvSHFwTjAxbVMyQT09
Hannah Hausman PSYC 122, PSYC 129, PSYC 139Q I research how people learn best, how people think they learn best, and why there is often a disconnect between the two. https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/96380082993?pwd=eEdreVRtSjE4VFBpbTRXMGJqdXc3dz09
Liv Hoversten PSYC 125, PSYC 133, PSYC 139G My research program aims to discover the neurocognitive mechanisms of language processing, with a special focus on reading and bilingual language control. My lab uses behavioral, eye-tracking, and electrophysiological methods to investigate questions about how information flows through the language processing system during bilingual communication. https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/96834879295?pwd=b0U5Z2NEWlNhOVVsSHFuaG5NL0xzQT09
Alan Kawamoto PSYC 20, PSYC 124, PSYC 139P I study how facial and auditory information is used in verbal communication. We videotape people who are responding to a stimulus on the computer and to other people engaged in a conversation. https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/97532107272?pwd=WnlmY0IyeCs5c0pNQzRxeHduZ0pidz09
Bob Majzler PSYC 142, PSYC 159E, PSYC 159X, PSYC 182 Racial identity development. In particular anti-racism consciousness and action among Gen Z. https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/91220413172?pwd=UjZacERYK3BqbDV1bE5vZkNsOGROdz09
Adriana Manago PSYC 10, PSYC 119D My research focuses on culture, social media use, and identity development during adolescence and the transition to adulthood in the U.S. and in a Maya community in Chiapas, Mexico. https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/91957180955?pwd=ZUxLaENVWit0b2l4Znhqc0Rsa3M1Zz09
Hannah Raila PSYC 1, PSYC 170, PSYC 179D Hannah Raila is a clinical psychologist who studies links between cognition (such as visual attention or memory) and emotion - particularly in people with OCD and related disorders. https://stanford.zoom.us/j/6055266022?pwd=SW1tOHpTRjdGR2Y4amNtQnpFcFNjQT09
Barbara Rogoff PSYC 114 My research focuses on cultural aspects of how children learn, especially in Indigenous and Mexican-heritage communities in the US and Central America. https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/91908487484?pwd=WDh5cElNaTBxOUw1YXZqM29JRjI5Zz09
Jason Samaha PSYC 20, PSYC 123, PSYC 138M Cognitive neuroscience of conscious perception, attention, and perceptual decision-making. We use brain recordings, brain stimulation, and computational models to understand how information is processed and turned into a conscious experience. https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/92749932005?pwd=SklOV3dpUHlFMlRYVFphTTM0ZlVUdz09
Travis Seymour PSYC 130, PSYC 138, PSYC 139D My work examines the interaction of cognitive systems while people are performing complex cognitive tasks in the lab or in applied settings. It includes behavioural experiments and computational cognitive modelling. (note: currently, all behavioural experiments in my lab are on hold until mid-Winter or Spring of 2121 at best, so I have no available research opportunities for students at the moment) https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/97061914622?pwd=dE9EZW14Y1BXd1JONU5iMDNKcUFmUT09
Ben Storm PSYC 100 My research is focused on memory and cognition. I am especially interested in the causes and consequences of forgetting. https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/99141501058?pwd=VnhmWDhkdEhPSnRaTDF3S0F5WlZ4Zz09
Su-hua Wang PSYC 119E I study early cognitive development, focusing on cultural ways of learning that occur in parent-child interaction. One of the topics my research group has worked on concerns children and technology. https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/92302489336?pwd=N05XT0wvRlVSOTI0SCs1S1U4c2p2Zz09
Jeremy Yamashiro PSYC 1, PSYC 129 I study how people can reshape each other's memories in conversation, how groups of people converge onto shared memories, and how people mentally represent the groups (like nations, etc.) to which they belong. https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/96942479218?pwd=aUx6NFh5QzVTL3JzdVVnVGIxR0g2UT09

 

Staff undergradaute advisors will also be available in a zoom room to help students who aren't sure who to talk to!

https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/92315659082?pwd=OGN2ZWlTV2RlVTk4b2FQSURxWVlIdz09

 

The Cognitive Science Student Association will also be available for interested students.

The Cognitive Science Student Association is a student-run organization created for peers seeking guidance and community within the interdisciplinary major of Cognitive Science, and is open to members of all majors! For more information, you can visit CSSA's website, and join our Facebook Group to learn more about the club.

https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/4991174160?pwd=ZnFBSTBqdU9VMytXSDhPKzlNb3BsZz09