Graduate students continually enrich our Institute with new ideas, energy and dynamism through participation in our interdisciplinary research and education programs. These outstanding graduate students are drawn from across our affiliated departments. Listed in alphabetical order by last name.

Norielle Adricula
Norielle Adricula
Combined PhD
Linguistics
Don Bell-Souder
Don Bell-Souder
Triple PhD
Institute of Cognitive Science • SLHS
Julie Bonn
Julia R. Bonn
Combined PhD
Institute of Cognitive Science
Jon Cai
Jon Zheng Cai
Graduate Student Research Assistant
ICS AI Institute • Computer Science
Melissa Campanella
Melissa Campanella
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science
Megan Caruso
Megan Caruso
Graduate Student Research Assistant • Combined PhD
Institute of Cognitive Science • Computer Science
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Janghee Cho
Combined PhD
Institute of Cognitive Science • Information Science
Kathryn Conger
Kathryn Conger
Triple PhD
Institute of Cognitive Science
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Kayla Cormier
Triple PhD
Institute of Cognitive Science • SLHS
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Jacob DeRosa
Graduate Student Research Assistant • Combined PhD
Institute of Cognitive Science • Psychology & Neuroscience • Banich Lab
Emily Doherty
Emily Doherty
Graduate Student Research Assistant • Combined PhD
Institute of Cognitive Science • Computer Science • SHINE Lab
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Ananya Ganesh
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • NALA Lab • NSF National AI Institute for Student-AI Teaming
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Michael Ginn
Combined PhD
Institute of Cognitive Science • Linguistics
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Loraine Glidewell
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • Penuel Lab
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Nga (Nancy) Hoang
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science
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Michael Hoefer
Combined PhD
Institute of Cognitive Science • Computer Science
Torin Hopkins
Torin Hopkins
Triple PhD
ATLAS Institute Creative Technology and Design • Neuroscience • Cognitive Science
Min-Chun Hsiao
Min-Chun (Allen) Hsiao
Graduate Student
Institute of Cognitive Science • Linguistics
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Stevi Ibonie
Graduate Student
Institute of Cognitive Science • Psychology and Neuroscience • Positive Emotion and Psychopathology Lab
Emily Jensen
Emily Jensen
Combined PhD
D'Mello Lab
Nitin Kumar
Nitin Kumar
Graduate Student Research Assistant • SHINE lab
Institute of Cognitive Science
Ashieda McKoy
Ashieda McKoy
Graduate Student Research Assistant
D'Mello Lab • AI Institute • School of Education
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Sophia Mehdizadeh
Triple PhD
ATLAS Institute • Institute of Cognitive Science • Neuroscience
Andrew Mertens
Andrew J. Mertens
Combined PhD
Institute of Cognitive Science • Psychlogy & Neuroscience
Amelia Moser
Amelia Moser
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Kaiser Lab • Psychology and Neuroscience
Keelin O'Connor
Keelin O'Connor
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • Penuel Lab
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Marlene Palomar
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • NSF National AI Institute for Student-AI Teaming
Brynn Paulsen
Brynn Paulsen
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Banich Lab • Psychology and Neuroscience
Maggie Perkoff
Maggie (Elana) Perkoff
Graduate Student Research Assistant • Combined PhD • ICS Executive Committee
Institute of Cognitive Science • Computer Science
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Samuel Pugh
Combined PhD
Institute of Cognitive Science • Computer Science
Lydia Rader
Lydia Rader
Triple PhD
Institute of Cognitive Science • Psychology & Neuroscience • Institute for Behavioral Genetics • Center for Neuroscience
Carly Schimmel
Carly Ann Schimmel
Triple PhD
Institute of Cognitive Science • SLHS
Louisa Smith
Louisa Smith
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • Banich Lab
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Stephen Sommer
Graduate Student
School of Education
Cara Spencer
Cara Spencer
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Institute of cognitive Science • SHINE LAB
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Alyssa Strickler
Combined PhD
Institute of Cognitive Science • Linguistics
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Kaylee Thomas
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science
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Lucile (Lucie) Vleugels
Graduate Student
Institute of Cognitive Science • ATLAS Institute
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Katherine (Kate) Walsh
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • Psychology and Neuroscience
Jennifer (Ellis) Weber
Jennifer (Ellis) Weber
Combined PhD
Institute of Cognitive Science • Psychology & Neuroscience
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Kyle York
Graduate Student
Institute of Cognitive Science • Philosophy
Raquel Yupanqui
Raquel Yupanqui
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science