Lab Members and Collaborators

 
 

Dr. emma h. geller, principal investigator

Originally from Massachusetts, Dr. Geller earned her B.A. in psychology from the George Washington University in 2010, and her Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from UCLA in 2016. She is now an Associate Teaching Professor in the Psychology department at UC San Diego. Her research interests can be broadly described as the science of learning and instruction. Her work involves applying findings from cognitive psychology to improve teaching and learning (especially in math and science topics). She is particularly interested in the use of multimedia technologies to support and improve student learning, both in face-to-face classes and online.

Dania Ibrahim, Graduate Student

Dania Ibrahim is a third-year graduate student with a passion for improving access to quality education. She received her B.S. in Neuroscience from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2021 where she did research on subgoal learning and racial bias in the Problem Solving and Educational Technology (PSET) Lab under Dr. Richard Catrambone. Dania's research interests are learning methodologies and identifying external factors that impact educational experiences. She is currently working on projects exploring the use of peer instruction in the classroom and investigating how the pandemic impacted educational experiences for college students. She hopes that her research may be practically applied in school settings and useful for students that need it most.

Inez Zung, Graduate Student

Inez is a third year graduate student in the Geller and Rickard Labs. She received her B.S. in cognitive science from UCLA where she studied applications of desirable difficulties and self-regulated learning under the Drs. Bjork. Inez is interested in mechanisms of effective metacognitive monitoring and control of learning for long-term retention and understanding. She is also interested in how digital tools can aid (or hinder) these processes.

Claire Mason, Graduate Student

Claire is a first-year graduate student in the psychology department at UCSD. She received her B.A. in psychology from Northwestern University where she studied exposure to inaccurate information on social media and the cognitive processes that underlie reliance on inaccurate information under Dr. David Rapp. Claire is interested in interventions that can address inaccurate beliefs or misconceptions and support conceptual change. She is especially interested in what factors make for effective refutation and what conditions might best support long-term conceptual change. She is also interested in exploring the role of online environments in influencing the way people engage with information.

Alejandro Carranza, Graduate Student

Alejandro is a first-year graduate student working with Dr. Geller and Dr. Rickard. He received his B.A. in Psychology from UCLA, where he researched value-directed remembering and its potential application in the classroom under Dr. Alan Castel. He is broadly interested in the neural mechanisms that underly learning, memory consolidation, and retrieval. He intends for his cognitive research to be applied to the classroom so as to help students learn more efficiently.

Current Undergraduate HOnors Thesis Students

  • Iris Huang

  • Jacquelyn Tsui

Current research assistants

  • Sophia Daluraya

  • Haowei Li

  • Cindy Peng

  • Yiliang Oscar Jiang

lab alumni

COLLABORATORS

Celeste Pilegard, UCSD

Celeste Pilegard, UCSD

Caren Walker, UCSD

Caren Walker, UCSD

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