Graduate Students
![]() | Rachel Aaron Graduate Student | Email (615) 322-5588 428 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Stephen Benning Clinical Science |
![]() | Charissa Andreotti Graduate Student | Email Lab Website (615)-343-8720 Hobbs 310 |
Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas Clinical Science attention, stress, coping, emotion regulation, executive function, cortisol |
![]() | Jason Arita Graduate Student | Email (615) 322-5593 429 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Geoffrey Woodman Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
![]() | Thomas Armstrong Graduate Student | Email Website (615) 322-5527 313 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Bunmi Olatunji Clinical Science |
![]() | Adrienne H. Arrindell Graduate Student | Email (615) 343-1486 311 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: David Schlundt Clinical Science |
![]() | Michele Athay Graduate Student | Email Lab Website |
Faculty Advisor: Leonard Bickman Quantitative Methods |
![]() | Lewis Baker Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Hobbs 207 |
Faculty Advisor: Daniel Levin Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Interested in perspective taking, perception of agency & cognitive film theory. |
![]() | Pooja Balaram Graduate Student | Email (615) 322-5522 312 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Jon Kaas Neuroscience |
![]() | Mary Baldwin Graduate Student | 936-8033 226 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Jon Kaas Neuroscience |
![]() | Heather Bemis Graduate Student | Email 615-322-6613 Hobbs 311 |
Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas Clinical Science |
![]() | Taylor Benson Graduate Student | Email (615) 343-1486 311 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Sohee Park Clinical Science |
![]() | Mustafa Bilge Graduate Student | Email (615) 343-4229 420 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Jo-Anne Bachorowski Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
![]() | Patrick Bissett Graduate Student | Email Lab Website 2489531611 633 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Gordon Logan Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
| Jonathan Cayce Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Anna Roe Interdisciplinary | ||
![]() | Christina Cerkevich Graduate Student | Email (615) 343-4883 604 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Jon Kaas Neuroscience |
![]() | Xiaoli Chen Graduate Student | Email (615) 322-4286 415 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Timothy McNamara Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
![]() | Kao-Wei Chua Graduate Student | Lab Website |
Faculty Advisor: Isabel Gauthier Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
![]() | Michele Cox Graduate Student | Lab Website |
Faculty Advisor: Anna Roe Neuroscience |
| Nathan Dankner Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Elisabeth Dykens Clinical Science | ||
![]() | Bieke David Graduate Student | Email Lab Website (615) 343-6970 211 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Bunmi Olatunji Clinical Science |
![]() | Leandra Desjardins Graduate Student | Email Lab Website |
Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas Clinical Science |
![]() | Ayzit Doydum Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Hobbs 214 |
Faculty Advisor: Bruce McCandliss Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
![]() | Madeleine Dunn Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas Clinical Science | |
| Kelley Durkin Graduate Student | Email Lab Website 615-322-8124 Hobbs 201 |
Faculty Advisor: Bethany Rittle-Johnson Developmental Science Learning how students think about mathematics and bringing cognitive science strategies into classrooms | |
| Erin Edminston Graduate Student | |||
![]() | Aysu Erdemir Graduate Student | Email Website |
Faculty Advisor: John Rieser Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
![]() | Lindsay Downs Evans Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Judy Garber Clinical Science | |
![]() | Qianqian Fan Graduate Student | (615) 343-1486 311 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Bunmi Olatunji Clinical Science |
| Reuben Fan Graduate Student | Email Lab Website (615) 322-5549 006 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Anna Roe Interdisciplinary | |
| Jennifer Foss-Feig Graduate Student | Clinical Science sensory and perceptual processing and integration in autism spectrum disorders | ||
| Sarah Frankel Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Judy Garber Clinical Science | ||
![]() | Emily R. Fyfe Graduate Student | Email 218 Hobbs |
Faculty Advisor: Bethany Rittle-Johnson Developmental Science |
![]() | Catherine Gallerani Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Judy Garber Clinical Science | |
![]() | Dipanwita Ghose Graduate Student | Email Lab Website 615-936-7104 Medical research Building 3 , Suite 7110 |
Faculty Advisor: Mark Wallace Neuroscience Multisensory information processing by the brain |
| David Godlove Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Jeffrey Schall Interdisciplinary | ||
![]() | Franklin Godwin Graduate Student | Email (615) 322-5594 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Rene Marois Neuroscience |
| Chang Gu Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Bruce McCandliss Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience | ||
![]() | Suk Won Han Graduate Student | Email (615) 322-5596 517 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Rene Marois Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
![]() | Stephenie Harrison Graduate Student | Email Lab Website 936-8033 Wilson Hall 226 |
Faculty Advisor: Isabel Gauthier Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
![]() | Allan Heritage Graduate Student | Email Lab Website (615) 343-5452 605 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Stephen Benning Clinical Science |
![]() | Jane Hirtle Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Amy Needham Developmental Science | |
![]() | Alicia Hymel Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Daniel Levin Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience | |
| Walter Jermakowicz Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Vivien Casagrande Interdisciplinary | ||
![]() | Yaoguang Jiang Graduate Student | Email (615) 343-4531 413 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Vivien Casagrande Neuroscience |
![]() | Loran Kelly Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Stephen Benning Clinical Science | |
![]() | Stephen Killingsworth Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Daniel Levin Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience | |
![]() | Joseph Kim Graduate Student | Email Lab Website (615) 343-7614 605 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: John Rieser Clinical Science |
![]() | Namsoo Kim Graduate Student | (615) 322-5540 402 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Geoffrey Woodman Neuroscience |
| Katy Korelitz Graduate Student | Email 615-601-1326 314 Hobbs |
Faculty Advisor: Judy Garber Clinical Science | |
| James Kragel Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Brandon Ally Interdisciplinary | ||
![]() | Kelsey Laird Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Lynn Walker Clinical Science | |
![]() | Miriam Lense Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Website |
Faculty Advisor: Elisabeth Dykens Clinical Science |
![]() | Keji Li Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Website (615) 343-4531 413 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Vivien Casagrande Neuroscience Early Visual Processing, pulvinar and feedback in V1 |
![]() | Margarita Lorence Graduate Student | Email (615) 343-6970 309 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: David Schlundt Clinical Science |
| Roan Marion Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Vivien Casagrande Interdisciplinary | ||
| Katherine McEldoon Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Website |
Faculty Advisor: Bethany Rittle-Johnson Developmental Science Development of mathematical reasoning, cognitively-guided instructional techniques | |
| Maureen McHugo Graduate Student | Email (615) 343-4531 413 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: David Zald Interdisciplinary | |
![]() | Daniel Miller Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Jon Kaas Neuroscience | |
![]() | Liane Moneta Graduate Student | Email Lab Website |
Faculty Advisor: Bruce McCandliss Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
| Doug Morse Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: John Rieser Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience | ||
![]() | Neal W Morton Graduate Student | Email Lab Website (615) 322-5595 516 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Sean Polyn Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
| Michael Nelson Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: David Cordray Quantitative Methods | ||
| Ngoc-Quynh Nguyen Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Bahr Weiss Clinical Science | ||
| Barbara O' Brien Graduate Student | Email (615) 322-5596 517 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Jon Kaas Interdisciplinary | |
![]() | Katherine O'Doherty | Email 417 Hobbs |
Faculty Advisor: Georgene Troseth Developmental Science |
| Maria Osina Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Megan Saylor Developmental Science | ||
![]() | Hyunyoung Park Graduate Student | Lab Website |
Faculty Advisor: Adriane Seiffert Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
![]() | Young Eun Park Graduate Student | Lab Website 517 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Frank Tong Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
![]() | Cynthia Peng Graduate Student | Lab Website 634 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Isabel Gauthier Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
| Corinne Perkins Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Leonard Bickman Quantitative Methods | ||
![]() | Joel Peterman Graduate Student | Email (615) 343-7614 605 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Sohee Park Clinical Science |
![]() | Sonia Poltoratski Graduate Student | Lab Website |
Faculty Advisor: Frank Tong Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
| Jennifer Potts Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas Clinical Science | ||
![]() | Braden Purcell Graduate Student | Email Lab Website (615) 322-5595 516 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Thomas Palmeri Faculty Advisor: Jeffrey Schall Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience I use computational modeling and single-unit recordings in non-human primates to study neural mechanisms of visual attention and decision making. |
![]() | Robert Reinhart Graduate Student | Email Lab Website (615) 322-5540 402 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Geoffrey Woodman Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
| Michelle Reising Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas Clinical Science | ||
| Kim Ferriman Robertson Graduate Student | Email 615-343-4564 |
Faculty Advisor: David Lubinski Quantitative Methods | |
| Kristen Robinson Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas Clinical Science | ||
| Erin Rodriguez Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas Clinical Science | ||
![]() | Kathryn Roeder Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: David Cole Clinical Science | |
| Silvia Samanez Larkin Graduate Student | Email (615) 343-0056 314 Hobbs |
Faculty Advisor: Judy Garber Clinical Science Emotion Regulation, Coping, Executive Function, Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents | |
| Jennifer Samson Graduate Student | Developmental Science | ||
| Eva Sawyer Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Jon Kaas Interdisciplinary | ||
| Grace Shelby Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Lynn Walker Clinical Science | ||
| Katherine Shepard Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Kathleen Hoover-Dempsey Developmental Science | ||
![]() | Amanda Sherman Graduate Student | Email Lab Website (615) 936-2747 |
Faculty Advisor: Lynn Walker Clinical Science |
| Carolyn Shivers Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Elisabeth Dykens Developmental Science | ||
![]() | Keneisha Sinclair Graduate Student | Email Lab Website |
Faculty Advisor: David Cole Clinical Science |
| Stijn Smeets Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: David Lubinski Quantitative Methods | ||
| Evan Sommer Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: David Cordray Quantitative Methods | ||
![]() | Rebecca St. Clair Graduate Student | Email Lab Website (615) 322-5292 418 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Adriane Seiffert Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
| Gillian Starkey Graduate Student | Lab Website |
Faculty Advisor: Bruce McCandliss Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience | |
![]() | Kristy Tapp Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Website (615) 322-1795 631 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Gordon Logan Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
![]() | Katy Thakkar Graduate Student | Email Website (615) 322-5527 Wilson Hall 313 |
Faculty Advisor: Sohee Park Clinical Science |
| Cong Tran Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Bahr Weiss Clinical Science | ||
| Nam Tran Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Bahr Weiss Clinical Science | ||
![]() | Michael Treadway Graduate Student | Email Website (615) 343-2094 313 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: David Zald Clinical Science |
![]() | Hollister Trott Graduate Student | Email (615) 322-5593 429 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: David Schlundt Clinical Science |
![]() | Ana Beth Van Gulick Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Website 3155694539 634 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Isabel Gauthier Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Research Interests: Object recognition and categorization, Perceptual expertise, Learning and memory, Perception and cognition interaction, Methods: Psychophysics and neuroimaging |
![]() | Maria Vazquez Graduate Student | Email Website 320 Hobbs |
Faculty Advisor: Megan Saylor Developmental Science |
| Jennifer Vega Graduate Student | |||
![]() | Megan Viar-Paxton Graduate Student | Email Lab Website (615) 322-5522 312 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Bunmi Olatunji Clinical Science |
![]() | Kelly Haker Watson Graduate Student | Email Lab Website 615-322-6613 311 Hobbs |
Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas Clinical Science |
![]() | Melonie Williams Graduate Student | Email Lab Website (615) 343-7656 602 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Geoffrey Woodman Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience I am interested in the visual working memory system and how we process and maintain object information. I am also interested in understanding the relationship between working memory and visual selection. |
| Jeremy Winberry Graduate Student | Email Lab Website (615) 322-5549 |
Faculty Advisor: Anna Roe Neuroscience Optical Imaging of Tactile Perception | |
![]() | Jennifer Yih Graduate Student | Email Website Hobbs 207 |
Faculty Advisor: Craig Smith Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Interested in the appraisal, experience, and regulation of emotion. |


































































