| Dear Friends,
I am excited to connect members of the Washington University Psychological & Brain Sciences community with the relaunch of this newsletter. Some of you may remember that the Department used to produce a paper newsletter that was a trove of information, connecting alumni, current students, faculty, and staff, and friends of the department. That publication went through a couple transformations, with considerable change in the shift to electronic distribution. With this reboot we are bringing back some features of the older newsletter format that were lost along the way, and adding new ones.
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| Mark McDaniel
Dr. Mark McDaniel joined WashU in 2004 and has been a pillar of research and teaching since. He is known around the world for his work on prospective memory, on category learning, and on applying cognitive science to education. As the founding director of CIRCLE (The Center for Integrative Research on Cognition, Learning, and Education), Mark has been a leader in applying the science of learning to pedagogy here at Wash U and around the world. To read more, click here
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| Becky Treiman
Dr. Becky Treiman joined WashU in 2002. She is one of the world’s leading experts in how children learn to read. Her research has focused on language, especially on the development of reading and spelling. Becky and her colleagues have studied the invented spellings of young children and the linguistic reasons why they write words the way they do. They have also studied writing systems themselves. To read more, click here
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| Seanna Leath
Dr. Seanna (Shawna) Leath (Leeth) is an Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. She directs the Fostering Healthy Identities and Resilience (FHIRE) Lab, which focuses on the holistic development and wellbeing of Black girls and women within their families, schools, and communities. To read more, click here
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| Jessie Sun
Dr. Jessie Sun is an Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research examines two fundamental aspects of the good life—well-being and morality—in real-world contexts. To read more, click here
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| Emily Willroth
Dr. Emily Willroth is an Assistant Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. She grew up in St. Louis and is thrilled to return to her hometown as a new faculty member at WashU. To read more, click here
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| Fade Eadeh
Growing up as the child of two impoverished Palestinian immigrants gave Fade firsthand experience with understanding prejudice and social justice. The most striking experience occurred when he was in high school. During the days and weeks following the 9/11 attacks, Fade was the recipient of scathing and vitriolic comments about “Arabs” and was told to “go back to your own country.” These experiences motivated Fade to better understand how prejudice manifests within society, and to gain insight into the factors that lead to stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. Although his undergraduate coursework at John Carroll University centered around political systems, Fade’s class on social psychology fascinated him enough to consider a career in this discipline.
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| Jenn Beatty
Jennifer Beatty, MA, MAPP, MSEd, is in class of her own. Her impact is felt every day by students, researchers, and participants in our community, because she is as passionate about producing critically compelling research ideas as she is about recommending new recipes and offering writing tips for other students.
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