Regular Faculty
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.
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.
Shengyun Gu
Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., Tianjin Medical University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., East China Normal University
Justin Li
Associate Professor, Cognitive Science and Computer Science
B.S., Northwestern University; Ph.D, University of Michigan
Justin Li teaches in cognitive science and computer science, and is interested in how people and artificial agents perform knowledge search.
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.
Aleksandra (Sasha) Sherman
Associate Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., Rutgers University; Ph.D., Northwestern University
Research areas: psychology of art, art perception, and multisensory perception.
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
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.
Dylan Sabo
Resident Associate Professor, Philosophy, Cognitive Science
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Dylan Sabo’s areas of philosophical interest include philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of language.
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 neurocircuitry of hunger.
Advisory Committee
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.
Affiliated Faculty
Mariška Bolyanatz Brown
Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A., Gordon College, Massachusetts; M.A., University of Illinois, Chicago; Ph.D., UCLA
Mariška Bolyanatz Brown (IPA: [məˈɾiʃkə boʊliˈɑnɪts bɹɑʊn]) is a linguist whose work focuses on socially conditioned variation in speech production and perception in Spanish.
Emeriti/ae Faculty
Professor, Cognitive Science, Emerita (1982-2017)
Cognitive Science
Linden is a neurobiologist and educational therapist studying cognitive abilities in individuals of all ages.
Professor, Cognitive Science, Philosophy; Emeritus (1985-2021)
Philosophy
Cognitive Science
Saul Traiger teaches courses in 17th- and 18th-century philosophy, the foundations of cognitive science, contemporary epistemology, and the philosophy of mind.