Persons
Director
Eric J. Pedersen
Assistant Professor
Office: Muenzinger D343B
Phone: 303-735-5372
Email: eric.j.pedersen@colorado.edu
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Graduate students
We are currently looking for a graduate student to start in Fall 2019. Join the ESC lab!
Email: Lena.Wadsworth@colorado.edu
I graduated with a B.S. in Biology from College of Charleston in 2012, and an M.A. in Experimental Psychology from the College of William and Mary in 2018. I am a first-year graduate student in the Social Area of the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder and new member of the Evolution and Social Cognition Lab. I am interested in pursuing questions related to the evolved psychological mechanisms underlying social emotions, cooperation, and morality, and in understanding if, and how these mechanisms vary in function across cultures. I am also passionate about statistics, and interested in the philosophy of science.
Research Assistants
Samantha is an Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Evolution and Social Cognition Lab.
She is currently a senior at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and is pursuing a degree in Psychology
and Leadership, as well as a Certificate in Public Health. Samantha’s research interests focus on the role
that gratitude and forgiveness play into individuals relationship formation and maintenance.
Lisa is currently a Junior at the University of Colorado Boulder, pursuing a degree in Integrated Physiology
as well as a certificate in Neuroscience. She intends on applying to medical school next year and is looking
to explore a new field of research in hopes of applying it to modern medicine and biological processes.
Emma is currently a sophomore at the University of Colorado Boulder and is pursuing a degree in
Psychology with a minor in Sociology. She is mainly interested in abnormal psychology and hopes
to become a psychiatrist who specializes in personality and mood disorders.
Lab Mascot
Racing Greyhound (ret.)
2017 - Present: Assistant Pawfessor; Official ESC Lab Mascot
2016 - 2017: Postdogtoral Fellow, University of Miami
2015 - 2016: Retiree at Hollydogs
2011 - 2015: AKA "Kiowa Free Jake." Champion racer. (Career highlight; CV)
Hobbies: sleeping, chasing squirrels, scaring self, and running in circles.