Graduate Students
 | Rachel Aaron Graduate Student | Email (615) 322-5588 428 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Sohee Park Clinical Science |
 | Adrienne H. Arrindell Graduate Student | Email (615) 343-1486/(615) 392-0837 311 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: David Schlundt Clinical Science |
 | Kianoush Banaie Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Anita Disney Neuroscience | |
 | Sara Lynn Beck Graduate Student | Email Hobbs 201 |
Faculty Advisor: John Rieser Developmental Science Music Perception/Cognition |
 | Heather Bemis Graduate Student | Email 615-343-8720 Hobbs 310 |
Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas Clinical Science |
 | Taylor Benson Graduate Student | Email (615) 343-1486 311 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Sohee Park Clinical Science |
 | Brian Bernstein Graduate Student | Email Lab Website (615)-343-4564 |
Faculty Advisor: David Lubinski Quantitative Methods talent development, STEM innovation, profound giftedness, eminence |
 | Alexandra Bettis Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Hobbs 311 |
Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas Clinical Science Understanding and developing interventions for youths at risk for anxiety and depression; the role of stress, coping, and executive function in interventions for these populations. |
 | Mustafa Bilge Graduate Student | Email (615) 322-5540 402 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Geoffrey Woodman Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
 | Francisco Calvache Meyer Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: David Zald Clinical Science | |
 | TingYun Chang Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Isabel Gauthier Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience | |
 | Kao wei Chua Graduate Student | Email Lab Website 7062240905 |
Faculty Advisor: Isabel Gauthier Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience perceptual expertise, learned attention, holistic processing |
| Emily B. Conder Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Hobbs 218 |
Faculty Advisor: Jonathan Lane Developmental Science | |
 | Jennifer Coppola Graduate Student | Email Lab Website (615) 322-5527 313 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Anita Disney Neuroscience |
 | Michele A. Cox Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Website 615-343-6970 309 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Alexander Maier Neuroscience Neurological Basis of Visual Perception |
 | Rebecca Cox Graduate Student | Email Lab Website |
Faculty Advisor: Bunmi Olatunji Clinical Science The role of sleep in the etiology, maintenance, and treatment of anxiety disorders |
| Nicole Craycraft Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Sarah Brown-Schmidt Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience | ||
 | Rebecca Cutler Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Sean Polyn Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience | |
 | Christopher Daniell Graduate Student | Email Hobbs 301 |
Faculty Advisor: Elisabeth Dykens Clinical Science Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and comorbid psychopathology |
| Nathan Dankner Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Elisabeth Dykens Clinical Science | ||
 | Leandra Desjardins Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas Clinical Science | |
 | Kacie Dougherty Graduate Student | Email Lab Website 615-322-5527 313 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Alexander Maier Neuroscience |
 | Hana Eaton Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Rene Marois Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience | |
| Erin Edminston Graduate Student | |||
 | Israel Flores Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Hobbs 308 |
Faculty Advisor: Georgene Troseth Developmental Science |
 | S. Mason Garrison Graduate Student | Email Website Hobbs 203 |
Faculty Advisor: Joe Rodgers Quantitative Methods Kinship Modeling; Individual Differences |
 | Meredith Gruhn Graduate Student | Email Lab Website 615-322-6613 |
Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas Clinical Science My research focuses on understanding stress and coping in at-risk children as well as the development and implementation of preventative interventions for these populations. |
 | Alexandria Ree Hadd Graduate Student | Email Hobbs 203 |
Faculty Advisor: Joe Rodgers Quantitative Methods |
 | Gloria Han Graduate Student | Email 615-343-6970 309 WH |
Faculty Advisor: Andrew Tomarken Clinical Science |
| Caoimhe Harrington Stack Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Duane Watson Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience | ||
 | Lauren Hartsough Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Rene Marois Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience | |
 | Qiliang He Ph.D. candidate | Email 615-999-8838 415 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Timothy McNamara Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Spatial Cognition, Navigation and Memory |
| Lauren Henry Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Hobbs 307A |
Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas Clinical Science Understanding stress and its impact on children and families; developing preventative interventions that serve this population. | |
 | Allan (A.J.) Heritage Ph.D. Candidate | Email Lab Website (615) 343-7614 605 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Geoffrey Woodman Faculty Advisor: David Zald Clinical Science Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience My research focuses broadly on interactions between cognitive and affective deficits related to psychopathic personality traits. |
 | Laura Hieber Adery Graduate Student | Email Lab Website 615-322-5522 311 WH |
Faculty Advisor: Sohee Park Clinical Science My research focuses on social isolation and loneliness, potential linkages to perceptual and functional deficits, and holistic intervention efforts in individuals within the schizophrenia spectrum |
 | Kendra Hinton Graduate Student | Email Lab Website 615-343-1486 205 WH |
Faculty Advisor: David Zald Clinical Science I'm broadly interested in the relationship between brain networks and psychopathology |
 | Min Kyung "Clair" Hong Graduate Student | Email Lab Website |
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Fazio Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
 | Irene Huang Graduate Student | Clinical Science | |
 | Megan Ichinose Graduate Student | Email 615-322-5527 313 WH |
Faculty Advisor: Sohee Park Clinical Science |
 | Christopher Brett Jaeger Graduate Student | Email 207 Hobbs |
Faculty Advisor: Daniel Levin Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
 | Hojin Jang Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Frank Tong Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience | |
 | Sofia Jimenez Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Hobbs 201 |
Faculty Advisor: Megan Saylor Developmental Science |
 | Loran Kelly Graduate Student | Email (615) 322-5588 428 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: David Schlundt Clinical Science |
 | Joseph U. Kim Ph.D. Candidate | Email Lab Website (615) 939-4691 605 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: David Zald Clinical Science Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
 | Kelly Knowles Graduate Student | Email 615-322-5522 312 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Bunmi Olatunji Clinical Science Intolerance of uncertainty, exposure therapy, anxiety, emotion |
 | Katy Korelitz Graduate Student | Email 615-601-1326 301 Hobbs |
Faculty Advisor: Judy Garber Clinical Science |
| James Kragel Graduate Student | Interdisciplinary | ||
 | Mark Lachowicz Graduate Student | Email Website Hobbs 214 |
Faculty Advisor: Kristopher Preacher Quantitative Methods Mediation analysis, latent variable modeling |
 | Kelsey T. Laird Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Lynn Walker Clinical Science clinical health psychology, integrative medicine, functional disorders, chronic pain | |
 | Woo-yeol Lee Graduate Student | Email Hobbs 203 |
Faculty Advisor: Sun-Joo Cho Quantitative Methods |
 | Dakota Lindsey Graduate Student | Email Lab Website 615-322-5595 |
Faculty Advisor: Gordon Logan Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
 | Abbey Loehr Doctoral Candidate | Email Lab Website (615) 343-7149 Hobbs 218/420 |
Faculty Advisor: Bethany Rittle-Johnson Developmental Science By applying research from cognitive science, I aim to understand and develop ways to support children's math learning. Dissertation title: Examining the Relationship Between Memory for Errors and Learning |
 | Kaleb Lowe Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Jeffrey Schall Neuroscience | |
 | Josh McCluey Graduate Student | Email 615-343-4769 412 WH |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
 | Daniel James Miller Ph.D. Candidate | Email Website 315-322-5527 |
Faculty Advisor: Jon Kaas Neuroscience Organization and Plasticity of Primate Sensory Systems |
 | Lexa Murphy Doctoral Candidate | Email Lab Website Hobbs 310 |
Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas Clinical Science I am interested in parent-child communication, coping, neurocognitive function, and medical traumatic stress in pediatric populations, such as families affected by childhood cancer and congenital heart disease |
 | Bridget Nestor Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Judy Garber Clinical Science familial factors influencing adolescent depression; treatment and prevention | |
 | Elizabeth A. Nick Graduate Student | Email 615-322-7207 301 Hobbs |
Faculty Advisor: David Cole Clinical Science Adolescent depression, peer victimization, online social support |
 | Patrick OKeefe Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Joe Rodgers Quantitative Methods Quantitative methods, flynn effect, child behavior problems | |
 | Young Eun Park Graduate Student | Lab Website 517 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Frank Tong Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
 | Joel Peterman Graduate Student | Email Lab Website (615) 343-7614 312 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Sohee Park Clinical Science Social cognitive functioning in schizophrenia |
 | Sonia Poltoratski Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Website |
Faculty Advisor: Frank Tong Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
 | Kemar V Prussien Graduate Student | Email Lab Website 615-343-8720 Hobbs 307A |
Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas Clinical Science coping, cognitive function, pediatric sickle cell disease, pediatric cancer |
| Weiqiang (Tom) Qian Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Website (615)775-7628 Hobbs 207 |
Faculty Advisor: Craig Smith Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Quantitative Methods I study the finer details of the appraisal processes in emotion experiences. | |
 | Jason Rights Graduate Student | Email Website Hobbs 214 |
Faculty Advisor: Sonya Sterba Quantitative Methods |
 | Noah Robinson Graduate Student | Email Website |
Faculty Advisor: Steven Hollon Clinical Science |
 | Kathryn Roeder Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: David Cole Clinical Science | |
| Shirley Roitberg Graduate Student | Email 847-431-4365 |
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Brown-Schmidt Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience I am interested in memory for conversation and coordination of participants in conversation. | |
 | Colleen Russo Graduate Student | Email Lab Website 417 Hobbs |
Faculty Advisor: Georgene Troseth Developmental Science |
 | Katie Ryan Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Website 615-936-8033 226 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Isabel Gauthier Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience face recognition, individual differences, expertise |
 | Eva Sawyer Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Jon Kaas Interdisciplinary | |
 | Jianhong (May) Shen Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Website 615-322-5596 517 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Thomas Palmeri Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience I am currently most interested in modeling perceptual expertise. |
| Katherine Shepard Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Kathleen Hoover-Dempsey Developmental Science | ||
 | Kristy Snyder Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Website (615) 322-1795 631 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Gordon Logan Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Research Interest: The planning and control of skilled action sequences |
 | Jennifer Stewart Graduate Student | Email Hobbs 301 |
Faculty Advisor: Judy Garber Clinical Science Etiology & Prevention of Depression |
 | Amanda L. Stone Doctoral Candidate | Email Lab Website |
Faculty Advisor: Lynn Walker Clinical Science |
 | Mackenzie Sunday Graduate Student | Email Lab Website 226 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Isabel Gauthier Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience |
 | Susanna Sutherland Graduate Student | Email Website Hobbs 301 |
Faculty Advisor: Judy Garber Clinical Science Prevention of depression and other psychopathology in offspring of depressed parents, intergenerational transmission of depression |
| Nicholas Tippenhauer Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Hobbs 201 |
Faculty Advisor: Megan Saylor Faculty Advisor: Duane Watson Developmental Science language development; word learning; language production; social cognition and language | |
 | Lénie Torregrossa Graduate Student | Email Lab Website 310-694-6450 311 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Sohee Park Clinical Science |
 | Emily C. Turner Ph.D. | Email 615-322-5548 404 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Jon Kaas Neuroscience Visual system of large-brained mammals |
| Jennifer Vega Graduate Student | |||
 | Megan Viar-Paxton Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Website (615) 322-5522 312 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Bunmi Olatunji Clinical Science |
| Allison Vreeland Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Hobbs 207a |
Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas Clinical Science Understanding the mechanisms of actions in interventions for youth with anxiety and depression; specifically, the role of stress, coping, and executive functioning in these populations | |
 | Travis Weaver Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Geoffrey Woodman Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience | |
 | Jacob Westerberg Graduate Student | Email 612 655 9336 516 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Jeffrey Schall Faculty Advisor: Alexander Maier Neuroscience Functional Circuitry of the Visual System |
 | Sarah Wiesen Graduate Student | Email Lab Website 201 Hobbes |
Faculty Advisor: Amy Needham Developmental Science Reaching, grasping, and object exploration during infancy |
 | Marcus Wild Graduate Student | Email 615-322-5593 Wilson Hall 429 |
Faculty Advisor: Jo-Anne Bachorowski Clinical Science Social fluency, empathy, and patient-provider interactions |
 | Eric D. Wilkey PhD candidate | Email Lab Website Hobbs 308 |
Faculty Advisor: Gavin Price Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Interdisciplinary |
 | Janet Yarboi Graduate Student | Email Lab Website 615-343-8720 Hobbs 310 |
Faculty Advisor: Bruce Compas Clinical Science Interested in the impact of social-environmental stress and parenting on psychological and cognitive development in pediatric populations |
| Darren Yeo Graduate Student | Email Lab Website Website Hobbs 302 |
Faculty Advisor: Gavin Price Faculty Advisor: Lisa Fazio Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Developmental Science Neuroscience Educational neuroscience; Numerical and mathematical cognition; Learning and memory | |
 | Siyuan Yin Graduate Student | Email Lab Website 615-322-5594 515 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Jennifer Trueblood Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Human judgment and decision making; moral judgment; morality and law; causal reasoning |
 | Rachel Zelkowitz Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: David Cole Clinical Science Transdiagnostic processes associated with self-harm behaviors | |
 | Joyce Zhu Graduate Student | Email 615-322-5596 517 WH |
Faculty Advisor: David Zald Clinical Science |