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Carmel Levitan, Chair

Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Carmel Levitan studies multisensory interactions, researching how the different senses integrate information.
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Carolyn Brighouse

Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs; Professor, Cognitive Science, Philosophy
B.A., University of Liverpool; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Caro Brighouse's interests include philosophy of science, philosophy of space and time, and philosophy of physics.
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Shengyun Gu

Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., Tianjin Medical University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., East China Normal University
Shengyun Gu is a linguist whose research aims to better understand language (including its structure, acquisition, and processing) through the lens of Shanghai Sign Language and American Sign Language (ASL).
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Professor Justin Li

Justin Li

Associate Professor, Cognitive Science and Computer Science
B.S., Northwestern University; Ph.D, University of Michigan
Justin Li's research in how both people and AI are able to retrieve the right knowledge at the right time, and is also interested in computing as a force multiplier in inter-disciplinary research.
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Stephanie Nelli

Stephanie Nelli

Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., UNC Chapel Hill; Ph.D., UC San Diego
Stephanie Nelli uses neuroscience and machine learning to study the computational principles underlying rapid learning and flexible decision-making.
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Professor Aleksandra Sherman

Aleksandra (Sasha) Sherman

Associate Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., Rutgers University; Ph.D., Northwestern University
Professor Sherman鈥檚 interdisciplinary research program applies mixed-methods to investigate how the interaction of sensory, cognitive, and emotional factors influence human perception, focusing primarily on how we experience the arts.
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Non-Tenure Track Faculty

Professor Alan Knoerr

Alan Knoerr

Associate Professor, Mathematics, Cognitive Science, Emeritus
B.A., Oberlin College; Sc.M., Ph.D., Brown University
Alan Knoerr is an applied mathematician who teaches a broad range of courses in mathematics; he also teaches in the cognitive science and computer science programs.
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Samantha R. O'Connell

Visiting Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.d., University of Nevada
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Professor Dylan Sabo

Dylan Sabo

Resident Professor, Philosophy, Cognitive Science
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Dylan Sabo鈥檚 areas of philosophical interest include philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of language. 
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Professor Kevin Urstadt

Kevin Urstadt

Resident Associate Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., Rutgers; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Kevin Urstadt's research interests include functional neuroanatomy, neuroscience of addiction, and neuro-circuitry of hunger.
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Advisory Committee

Professor Mike Shelton

Michael Shelton

Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.S., St. Cloud State University; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Michael Shelton is a linguist, specializing in phonology and psycholinguistics.
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Affiliated Faculty

Professor Mariska Bolyanatz

Mari拧ka Bolyanatz Brown

Associate Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A., Gordon College, Massachusetts; M.A., University of Illinois, Chicago; Ph.D., UCLA
Mari拧ka Bolyanatz Brown (IPA: [m蓹藞删i蕛k蓹 bo蕣li藞蓱n瑟ts b晒蓱蕣n]) is a linguist whose work focuses on socially conditioned variation in speech production and perception in Spanish.
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Emeriti/ae Faculty
Diana Card Linden
Professor, Cognitive Science, Emerita (1982-2017)
Cognitive Science
linden@oxy.edu

Linden is a neurobiologist and educational therapist studying cognitive abilities in individuals of all ages.

Professor Saul Traiger
Saul Traiger
Professor, Cognitive Science, Philosophy; Emeritus (1985-2021)
Philosophy
Cognitive Science
traiger@oxy.edu

Saul Traiger teaches courses in 17th- and 18th-century philosophy, the foundations of cognitive science, contemporary epistemology, and the philosophy of mind.

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