CURRENT LAB MEMBERS | |
Principal Investigator | |
Scott Fraundorf
I'm an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh and a research scientist at the Learning Research and Development Center. I head the MAPLE (Memory And Psycholinguistics in Learning & Education) Lab, where we investigate language processing, memory, and their interaction. |
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Research Associates | |
Lin Chen
I'm a Research Associate at the Learning Research & Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh. I got my Ph.D. in Psychology and post-doc training in Linguistics. My research interests are largely directed towards understanding the fundamental incremental processes of reading with a focus on comparing the first and second language reading using event-related potentials (ERPs) and behavioral methods. Outside of research, I love traveling, learning and experiencing new stuff, hanging out with friends, and visiting museums. | |
Graduate Students | |
Doug Getty
I’m a Ph.D. student at Pitt in the Cognitive Psychology program. My research interests are in the processing of variability in language and using speaker knowledge during processing. Currently I am examining how listeners' comprehension systems process syntactic structure in non-native speakers. In my free time I enjoy rock climbing, biking, cooking, and going to concerts. | |
Jess Macaluso
I'm a Ph.D. student in the Cognitive Psychology Program at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to graduate school, I attended UC Davis for my undergraduate studies where I majored in Psychology with a Biological Emphasis and minored in Aging and Adult Development. My research interests include learning in real-world memory contexts, adult aging and memory, metacognition, and emotional memories. Outside of research, I love hiking, going to the gym, hanging out with my dog Nala, cooking, and bingeing shows on Netflix. | |
Undergraduate Directed Research Students | |
Keya Dixit | |
McKenna Dunbar | |
Hanna Enos | |
Taylor Kim | |
LAB ALUMNI | |
Post-Docs & Research Associates | |
Laura Morett
Laura worked in the MAPLE lab from fall 2015 to spring 2016 as a postdoctoral researcher. She currently heads the Neuroscience of Education Research on Development (N.E.R.D.) Lab at the University of Missouri. | |
Connie Qun Guan
Connie is a full professor at the University of Science and Technology in Beijing, China. She visited the lab as a Sino-US Fullbright Scholar sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. | |
Graduate Students | |
Kole Norberg
Kole earned his Ph.D. student in cognitive psychology in 2022. He is now a learning engineer with Carnegie Learning. | |
Hyeju Han
Hyeju was a Ph.D. student in the School of Education who worked as a Graduate Student Researcher from summer 2018 to summer 2020. She is now an assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at National Louis University. | |
Afton Kirk-Johnson
Afton was a Ph.D. student in the School of Education Applied Developmental Psychology program who worked as a Graduate Student Researcher from summer 2016 to summer 2018. | |
Caitlin Rice
Caitlin was a Ph.D. student in Natasha Tokowicz's PLUM Lab who also worked with us in the MAPLE Lab. She is now a speech scientist with Amazon. | |
Lab Coordinator | |
Rachel Peters
Rachel worked as lab coordinator from summer 2016 to summer 2018. | |
Honors Students | |
Dalia Maeroff
Dalia was an honors student in the MAPLE Lab from fall 2022 to spring 2023. She is now a project coordinator here at the Learning Research and Development Center. | |
Catie Apgar
Catie was an honors student in the MAPLE Lab from fall 2021 to spring 2022. She began attending UPenn as a graduate student in cognitive psychology in fall 2022. | |
Cody Gilbert
Cody was an honors student in the MAPLE Lab from fall 2018 to spring 2019. He began attending SUNY Albany as a graduate student in social psychology in fall 2019. | |
Rodica Constantine
Rodica was an honors student in the MAPLE Lab from fall 2017 to spring 2018. She began attending UNLV as a graduate student in cognitive psychology in fall 2018. | |
Brenna Mauro
Brenna was an honors student in the MAPLE Lab from spring 2017 to fall 2017. She began attending Shenandoah University as a Master's student in occupational therapy in fall 2018. | |
LRDC Summer Internship Alumni | |
Isabel Martin, Summer 2022 | |
Diana Uribe, Summer 2021 | |
Ramya Beuford, Spring 2021 | |
Directed Research and First Experiences in Research Student Alumni | |
Sicheng Lan, Spring 2022 | |
Anna Roberts, Spring 2022 - Fall 2022 | |
Nishant Purewal, Spring 2021 - Spring 2022 | |
Lydia Boyer, Fall 2020 - Spring 2023 | |
Rishika Dhanda, Fall 2020 - Spring 2023 | |
Lauren Zaslow, Summer 2020 - Fall 2020 | |
Zehan Ge, Summer 2020 - Fall 2020 | |
Xin Qian, Summer 2020 - Fall 2020 | |
Melody Jin, Fall 2019 - Fall 2020 | |
Irene Tandoc, Spring 2020 | |
Brett Soltysiak, Fall 2019-Spring 2020 | |
Suzy Wan, Fall 2019-Spring 2020 | |
Angela Tanygin, Fall 2018-Spring 2020 | |
Dongxiao Li, Spring 2019-Fall 2019 | |
Chu Jiang, Spring 2019-Summer 2019 | |
Alan Lu, Summer 2018-Spring 2019 | |
Joanna Ye, Summer 2018-Spring 2019 | |
Danni Zhang, Summer 2018-Fall 2018 | |
Sophia Lu, Spring 2018-Fall 2018 | |
Allison Hill, Spring 2018 | |
Sriteja Gummadi, Fall 2017-Fall 2019 | |
Robert Hines, Fall 2017-Spring 2018 | |
Genevieve O'Brien, Fall 2016-Spring 2018 | |
Alexis Hensel, Summer 2017 | |
Sareen Ali, Summer 2017 | |
Eva Bacas, Spring 2017-Fall 2017 | |
Catherine Mowery, Spring 2017-Fall 2017 | |
Carmen Sepulveda, Fall 2016-Spring 2017 | |
Anisah Rafi, Spring 2016-Summer 2016 | |
Emalee Dauginikas, Fall 2015 |