Research associates, professional research associates, postdoctoral researchers, visiting scholars and other affiliated researchers form the backbone of our innovative research programs. Listed in alphabetical order by last name.

Anna-Ruth Allen
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science • Sumner Lab

Kaitlin Bainbridge
Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • D'Mello Lab

Alayne Benson
AI Communications and Outreach Coordinator
Institute of Cognitive Science • NSF National AI Institute for Student-AI Teaming

Quentin Biddy
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science • Sumner Lab

Marilyn Hughes Blackmon
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science • Hughes/Polson Lab

Brandon Booth
Research Associate
Institue of Cognitive Science • D'Mello Lab

Carolyn Buck-Gengler
Senior Research Associate
Psychology and Neuroscience • Healy/Bourne Lab

Jeffrey (Jeff) Bush
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science

David Caha
Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • Banich Lab

Kenny Carlson
Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • Banich Lab

Alexandra Gendreau Chakarov
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science

Charis Clevenger
Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science

Candace Cyrus
Institute of Cognitive Science • NSF National AI Institute for Student-AI Teaming

Audrey Davis
Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • CU Change Lab

Ann N. Eisenberg
Affiliate Lecturer
Computer Science • Eisenberg Lab

Brita Elvevåg
ICS Visiting Scholar
Department of Clinical Medicine • University of Tromsø • Norway

Meghan (Meg) Gestos
Project Manager
CU Reach • CU Change Lab

Amy Hegarty
Intermountain Neuroimaging Consortium

Rebecca Helmuth
Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • Banich Lab

Kathleen Henson
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science

Melissa Hickey
Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • CU Change Lab

Leah Hitchcock
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science • CU Change Lab

Amanda Howard
Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science

Cynthia Hunnicutt
Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • Yoshinaga-Itano Lab

Hollis Karoly
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science • CU Change Lab

Shaw Ketels
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science

Hyo Jeong Kim
Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • Banich Lab

Eileen Kintsch
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science • Caccamise/Kintsch Lab

Veronica Koral
Intermountain Neuroimaging Consortium

Philip Kragel
Research Associate • Post-Doc
Institute of Cognitive Science • Wager Lab

Kai Krueger
Research Associate
Intermountain Neuroimaging Consortium

Joseph Licata
Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science

Rachel Lieber
Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • SALSA lab

William Lindsay
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science

WenHao (Jerry) Ma
Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • CU Change Lab

Hadassah Muthoka
Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • D'Mello Lab

Alexander Napolitan
Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • PRISM/OASIS Lab • CU Change Lab

Chiara Neilson
Sr. Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • RADD lab

Clare Neville
Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • Yoshinaga-Itano Lab

Marco Ortiz-Torres
Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • CU Change Lab

Melanie Peffer
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science

David Quigley
ICS Executive Committee • Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science • Computer Science

William D. Raymond
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science • Healy/Bourne Lab

Luka Ruzic
Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • RADD lab

Vivian Schneider
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science • Healy/Bourne Lab

Allison Sedey
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science • Yoshinaga-Itano Lab

Naomi Sellers
Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science

Rosemary Southwell
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science • D'Mello Lab

Catherine Spann
Research Associate • Post-Doc
Institute of Cognitive Science • D'Mello Lab

Nicole Speer
Director of Operations • ICS Executive Committee
Intermountain Neuroimaging Consortium

Mark G. Strom
ICS Visiting Scholar
Institute of Cognitive Science

Suzanne Taborsky-Barba
Senior Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • CU Change Lab

Jariya Tuantranont
Senior Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • Van Vuuren Lab

Karli Watson (Carston)
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science

John Weatherley
Professional Research Assistant
Institute of Cognitive Science • Caccamise/Kintsch Lab

Mallene Wiggin
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science • Yoshinaga-Itano Lab

Teryn Wilkes
MRI Technologist
Intermountain Neuroimaging Consortium

Kerri Wingert
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science • School of Education

Guojing Zhou
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science • D'Mello Lab

Katerina Zorina
Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science • CAN Lab