Placements of Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
The program in Psychological Sciences takes great pride in seeing our former graduate students and postdoctoral fellows move on to successful independent careers. Former students and fellows of our program are now faculty at places like Harvard, Yale, Emory, Purdue, Michigan State, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, UC Irvine, Rochester, Wisconsin, UConn, UNC Chapel Hill, and many other research universities, liberal arts colleges, and medical centers.
Featured Recent Placements
Josh Buckholtz (2011 PhD), now Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, Harvard University
Jeremiah Cohen (2009 PhD), now Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Paul Dux (2008 Postdoc), now Lecturer and ARC APD Fellow at the School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia
Percival Matthews (2010 PhD), now Assistant Professor in Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Greg Samanez-Larkin (2013 Postdoc), now Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, Yale University
Darryl Schneider (2008 PhD), now Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, Purdue University
Duje Tadin (2004 PhD, 2007 Postdoc), now Associate Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester
Katharine Thakkar (2013 PhD), now Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, starting 2015
Michael Treadway (2012 PhD), now Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, Emory University
Neil Woodward (2007 PhD), now Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University
2014 Placements
Thomas Armstrong (2014 PhD), now Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, Whitman College
Pooja Balaram (2014 PhD), now Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School
Patrick Bissett (2014 PhD), now Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University
Xiaoli Chen (2014 PhD), now Postdoctoral Fellow at the German Center for Neurogenerative Diseases
Margarita Lorence (2014 PhD), now Postdoctoral Fellow, Fulton State Hospital
Neal Morton (2014 PhD), now Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin
Ana Van Gulick (2014 PhD), now Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University
Bram Zandbelt (2014 Postdoc), now Research Associate, The Donders Institute
2013 Placements
Charissa Andreotti (2013 PhD), now Postdoctoral Fellow at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Christina Cerkevich (2013 PhD), now Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School
Dipanwita Ghose (2013 PhD), now Postdoctoral Fellow at Vanderbilt University
Suk Won Han (2013 PhD), now Postdoctoral Fellow at Chung Buk National University
Braden Purcell (2013 PhD), now Postdoctoral Associate in Neural Science, New York University
Melonie Williams (2013 PhD), now Lecturer in Psychology and CASPAR Academic Adviser, Vanderbilt University
2012 Placements
Mary Baldwin (2012 PhD), now Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychology, UC Davis
Bieke David (2012 PhD), now Clinical Psychologist, East Nashville Family Medicine and Independent Practice
Rebecca St. Clair (2012 PhD), now Usability Analyst, Verizon Wireless
Katharine Thakkar (2012 PhD), Assistant Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University (starting 2015)
Michael Treadway (2012 PhD), now Assistant Professor of Psychology, Emory University
Hollister Trott (2012 PhD), now Mental Health Consultant, Main Street Clinical Associates
2011 Placements
Charnese Bowes (2011 PhD), now Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
Nancy Carlisle (2011 PhD), now Lecturer in Psychology, University of Leicester
Brian Essex (2011 PhD), now User Experience Consultant, Blink Interactive
Ayan Ghoshal (2011 PhD), now Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University and Medical Center
Michael Mack (2011 PhD), now Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Psychology
Nancy McGugin (2011 PhD), now Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychology
Eunice Yang (2011 PhD), now Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkley, School of Optometry
2010 Placements
Olivia Cheung (2010 PhD), now Assistant Professor of Psychology, New York University - Abu Dhabi
Daryl Fougnie (2010 PhD), now Assistant Professor in Psychology, New York University - Abu Dhabi
Philip Ko (2010 PhD), now Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University and Medical Center
Jennifer Richler (2010 PhD), now Research Associate, Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychology
Kwai Ling Wong (2010 PhD), now Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong