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This partial listing of alumni from Psychological Sciences at Vanderbilt who earned their doctorate (Ph.D.) or studied as a postdoctoral fellow (Postdoc) is organized by area group:

If you would like to be added to the alumni page, if you would like your information corrected or updated, or if you would like to have your name linked to your email address or website, please email Cris Zerface (Department of Psychology) or Rachel Perkins (Department of Psychology and Human Development).


Undergraduate alumni from Psychology or Psychology and Human Development should look at VUConnect, the online community for Vanderbilt alumni.

Featured Recent Alumni

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    • Jeremiah Cohen received his B.A. from Brandeis in 2004 and his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt in 2009. After holding the Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard University, he became an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, studying the neural circuitry underlying reward, mood, and decisionmaking.
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    • Emily Grossman received her B.A. from Miami of Ohio in 1997 and her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt in 2002. Subsequently she was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Harvard University from 2002-2004. She is now an Associate Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California Irvine, where she studies the neural basis of visual perception.
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    • Percival Matthews received his B.A. from Harvard in 1997 and his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt in 2010. From there he held the Moreau Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Notre Dame from 2010-2012 and then became an Assistant Professor in Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studies human mathematical cognition.
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    • Stephanie Milan received her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt in 2001 and her Postdoctoral Fellowship from Yale University. She is now an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Connecticut studying links between mental and reproductive health among high-risk   adolescents.
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    • Duje Tadin received his B.A. from Westminster College in 1999 and his Ph.D. and Postdoctoral Fellowship from Vanderbilt in 2004 and 2007, respectively. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester. His research has been featured in outlets such as NPR, NBC News, and USA Today, and in 2014 he received the Young Investigator Award from the Vision Sciences Society.
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    • Katharine Thakkar, 2013 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, Lansing. MI (from 2015).
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    • Gabriel Dichter, 2004 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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    • Paul Dux, 2008, (Postdoc), Lecturer & ARC APD Fellow, School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia. Dr. Dux studies the behavioral and brain mechanisms of attention and perception. he is the recipient of the Randolph Blake Early Career Award, the Paul Bourke Award for Early Career Research of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA), and has been honored as a rising star from APS.
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    • Darryl Schneider, 2008 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Purdue University
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    • Josh Buckholtz, 2011, (Ph,D.), Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, MA.
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    • Michael Treadway, 2012, (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Emory University
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    • Neil Woodward, 2007, (Ph.D.),  Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University
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    • Greg Samanez-larkin, 2013, (Postdoc), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Yale University

 

 

Distinguished Alumni

"These are the winners of the Distinguished Alumnus Award, which recognizes alumni from the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science or the Department of Psychology and Human Development in Peabody College at Vanderbilt who has made major contributions to the psychological sciences."

      

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    •  Steve Manuck (2013 winner)
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    • Mriganka Sur (Distinguished Alumni Award, 2012) finished his PhD with Jon Kaas of the Psychology Department in 1978, did postdoctoral research at S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook, and became an Assistant Professor of Neuroanatomy at Yale in 1983. He became Associate Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT in 1992, where he continued as Full Professor (1993) and Department Chair (1997-2014). He is now Director of the Simons Foundation Initiative on Autism and the Brain, at MIT. He has received many awards including election to the National Academy of Sciences (India), the Royal Society (UK) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (USA). He has well over 200 research publications on brain development, organization, plasticity, and disorders. (2012 winner)
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    • Leah Krubitzer (Distinguished Alumni Award, 2010) finished her PhD with Jon Kaas in the Department of Psychology in 1989. After postdoctoral training at the Vision, Touch, and Hearing Research Centre, University of Queensland, Australia where she studied the brains of marsupials, monotremes, and bats, she became an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis, where she is currently Professor, level VII. She has been recognized with several awards, including the prestigious MacArthur "genius" award, as well as the Herrick Award, and the Cajal Club Cortical Scholar Award. She has published extensively on how brain organization varies across mammalian taxa, brain development, and brain evolution. She has been a popular speaker at scientific meetings and universities. (2010 winner)
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    • Bob Levenson (2009 winner)
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    • Nicki Crick (2008 winner)
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    • Randolph Blake (2007 winner)
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    • Chai-youn Kim, 2006 Vanderbilt Ph.D. in cognitive neuroscience, following undergraduate degree work at Seoul National University in psychology and aesthetics. She is now Associate Professor of Psychology at Korea University, where she studies and teaches visual perception with emphasis on perceptual grouping, dynamics of bistable perception and synesthesia. In 2009 she was designated by Psychologicsl Science as one of the field's "rising young stars", and at Korea University she has won the University's prestigious SUKTAP Excellence in Teaching Award multiple times. (2006 winner)

 

 Other Program Alumni

Clinical Alumni

    • Alan D. Blotcky, PhD (1980), private practice in Birmingham, Alabama. Also,
      Clinical Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Alabama at
      Birmingham

    • Sung-Won Choi, 2010 (Post Doc) Assistant Professor of Psychology, Duksung University, Seoul, Korea

    • Katharine Thakkar, 2013 (Ph.D.) Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI (from 2015)
    • Jutta Mayer, 2012 (Post Doc), Research Scientist, Department of Psychology, Goethe University-Frankfurt, Germany
    • Natasha Matthews, 2010 (Post Doc) Research Scientist, Queensland Brain Institute, Brisbane, Australia
    • Junghee Lee, 2005 (Ph.D.) Associate Research Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, The Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC).Sung-Won Choi, 2010 (Post Doc) Assistant Professor of Psychology, Duksung University, Seoul, Korea
    • Jejoong Kim, 2010 (PhD/postdoc) Assistant Professor of Psychology, Duksung University, Seoul, Korea
    • Brad Folley, 2006 (Ph.D.)  Director of Medical Psychology-Neuropsychology, Norton Neuroscience Institute, Louisville, KY.
    • Margarita Lorence, 2014 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, Fulton State Hospital, Fulton, MO
    • Qianqian Fan, 2013 (MA), Doctor of Philosophy candidate, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
    • Thomas Armstrong, 2014 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
    • Charissa Andreotti, 2013 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
    • Nikki Crick, 1992 (Ph.D.)
    • Stephen Manuck, 1974 (Ph.D.) Distinguished University Professor of Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, University of Pittsburgh.
    • Kari Freeman Baber, 2009 (Ph.D.), Psychology Resident, Tidewater Child Development Center, Virginia Department of Health, Norfolk, VA
    • Kate Bergman, 1985 (Ph.D.), Professor, Department of Psychology, Syracuse University
    • Kate Berlin, 2008 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Kerstin Blomquist, 2008 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor of Psychology, Furman University
    • Kevin Brailey, 1992 (Ph.D.), Practicum Director/Staff Psychologist, VA Boston Healthcare System

      Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine

    • Laurel Brown, 2000 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University
    • Pat Calhoun, 1998 (Ph.D.), Director, Psychology Internship Program, VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Laura Keys Campbell, 2007 (Ph.D.), Psychology Fellow, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
    • Michael Carey, 1986 (Ph.D.), Professor, Department of Psychology, Syracuse University
    • Richard Carson, 2001 (Ph.D.), Staff Psychologist, VA Medical Center, El Paso, TX
    • Jocelyn Carter, 2008 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
    • Michele Carter, 1993 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, American University
    • Jennifer Champion, 2009 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral fellow, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
    • Bruce Christensen, 1987 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Clarke Institute, Ontario, Canada
    • Robyn Claar, 2002 (Ph.D.), Medical Coping Clinic, Children's Hospital Boston, Department of Psychiatry, Boston, MA
    • Ronald E. Cobb, 2005 (Ph.D.), Core Faculty, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (Clinical Psy.D. program)
    • Michele Sokoly Coletti, 1994 (Ph.D.), White Palins, New York
    • Elaine Coonrod, 2005 (Ph.D.), Psychology Fellow, Chapel Hill TEACCH Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
    • Juliet Coscia, 1997 (Ph.D.), Staff Psychologist, Mary Free Bed Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI
    • Amber Daigre, 2009 (Ph.D), Postdoctoral Resident, Mailman Segal Institute at Nova Southeastern University, Davie, FL
    • Pamela Davis-Dean, 1996 (Ph.D.), Research Assistant Professor, Director, Center for the Analysis of Pathways from Childhood to Adulthood (CAPCA), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
    • Sarah Dew-Reeves, 2008 (Ph.D.), HIV Services, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC
    • Gabriel Dichter, 2004 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
    • James Donnelly, 2000 (Ph.D.), Head of Psychology, Sydney Children's Hospital, Australia
    • Thomas, W. Doub, 2001 (Ph.D.), Vice President for Research, Centerstone, Nashville, TN
    • Lynette Dufton, 2009 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral fellow, University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA
    • Kelly Earnst, 1998 (Ph.D.), Neuropsychologist, Alpine Clinic, Lafayette, IN
    • Brad Folley, 2006 (Ph.D.), Post-doc Research Fellow, Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
    • Monica Franklin-Carter, 2008 (Ph.D.), Clinical Psychologist for Telebehavioral Health and Surge Support Services providing psychotherapy for active-duty soldiers, Tripler Army Medical Center 
    • Cathryn Freid, 2007 (Ph.D.), Post-doc, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, Boston, MA
    • Marja Germans Gard, 2004 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis
    • Mary Beth Connolly Gibbons, 1996 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Christina M. Givens, 2005 (Ph.D.), Crisis Counseling Supervisor-Metropolitan Police Department of Nashville and Davidson County, TN
    • Kirsten Haman, 2000 (Ph.D.), Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University
    • Susan Hepburn, 2000 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of Colorado at Denver and Helath Sciences Center, Denver, CO
    • Theodore Hill, 2002 (Ph.D.), Director, Emotional Growth Schools, Sandpoint, Idaho
    • Ruth Hilsman, 2001 (Ph.D.), Attending Clinical Psychologist, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA
    • Jason Horowitz, 2006 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, M
    • Bill Hudenko, 2004 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Ithaca College
    • Farrah Jaquez, 2006 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, OH
    • Sarah Jaser, 2006 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
    • Marianne Johnson, 1998 (Ph.D.), Professor of Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnepeg, Canada
    • Michele Klaswick-York, 1998 (Ph.D.), Staff Psychologist, VA Medical Center, Houston, TX
    • John Kurtz, 1994 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Villanova University, Villanova, PA
    • Beth LaGrange, 2008 (Ph.D.), Self employed, New York, NY
    • Nana Landenberger, 2001 (Ph.D.), Task Force on Refugees and Immigrants, Nashville, TN
    • Junghee Lee, 2005 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA
    • Jessica B. Londa, 1998 (Ph.D.), Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School http://www.UpperValleyPsychotherapy.com
    • Caitlin McMahon, 2009 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral fellow, May Institute, National Autism Center, Randolph, MA
    • Stephanie Milan, 2001 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
    • Anita Miller, 1998 (Ph.D.), Skidmore College, Department of Psychology
    • Matthew Morris, 2011 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Associate, Meharry Medical College, TN
    • Chris Mosunic, 2004 (Ph.D.), Private practice in Greenwhich, CT
    • Lisa Najavits, 1990 (Ph.D.), National Center for PTSD, Women's Health Sciences Division, VA Boston Healthcare System
    • Kushal Patel, 2004 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor of Health Sciences, Tenneessee State University Nashville, TN
    • Ashley Pineda, 2008 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral fellow, Vanderbilt Mental Health Center, Nashville, TN
    • Daniel Rock, 1989 (Ph.D.), Clinical Psychologist & Health Service Provider, Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN
    • Jill Salem, 1998 (Ph.D.), Neuropsychologist, Alpine Clinic, Lafayette, IN
    • Tracy Sbrocco, 1994 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Uniformed Health Sciences Center, Bethesda, MD
    • Sabine Schmid, 2005 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • David Schwartz, 1994 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, University of Southern California, CA
    • Chris Simien, 2004 (Ph.D.), Statistician CIGNA Health Care Administration
    • Moria Smoski, 2004 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical School, Durham, NC
    • Barbara Stetson, 1991 (Ph.D.), Professor at University of Louisville
    • Michael Stewart, 2007 (Ph.D.), Staff Psychologist, Charles George VA Medical Center, Asheville, NC
    • Alanna Bruce Truss, 2008 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral fellow, Vanderbilt Center of Excellence for Children in State Custody, Nashville, TN
    • Dorothy Tucker, 1998 (Ph.D.), Staff Psychologist, Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University
    • T. Frances Ulman, 2009 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral fellow, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
    • Jennifer Vasterling, 1988 (Ph.D.), 

      Chief of Psychology, VA Boston Healthcare System Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
    • Kitti Virts, 1997 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University
    • Sara Williams, 2007 (Ph.D.), Self employed, Chicago, IL

Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Alumni

    • Sam Ling, 2013 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University
    • David Ross, 2014 (Postdoc), Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Massachusetts
    • Geoff Woodman, 2002 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University
    • Narcisse Bichot, 1999 (Ph.D.), Research Scientist at MIT
    • Daryl Fougnie, 2010 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD)
    • Ana Van Gulick, 2014 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Library and Information Resources, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Nancy Carlisle, 2011(Ph.D.) Assistant Professor, University of Leicester
    • Michael Mack, 2011(Ph.D.) Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin
    • Brian Essex, 2011(Ph.D.)
    • David Alais, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Sydney
    • Jeanette Altarriba, 1990 (Ph.D.) Professor, University at Albany, State University of New York
    • Bart Anderson, 1990 (Ph.D.), University of Sydney, Sydney Australia
    • Michael Bendele, 1993 (Ph.D.), Continuing Lecturer, Purdue University at Ft. Wayne, Ft. Wayne, IN
    • Carol Bilbrey, 2002 (Ph.D.) Research Associate, Vanderbilt University, Peabody College
    • Preston Bost, 1999 (Ph.D.), Professor, Wabash College, Wabash, IN
    • Joshua Brown, 2001 (Postdoc), Associate Professor, Psychology Department, Indiana University
    • Cindy Bukach, 2005 (Postdoc), Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Richmond University
    • Amanda Carrico, 2009 (Ph.D.), Research Associate, Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment
    • Olivia Cheung, 2010 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor of Psychology,starting from September  2015 (Abu Dhabi)

      Faculty Fellow,2014-2015 (NewYork)Science Division, Psychology New York University Abu Dhabi,

    • Sang Chul Chong, 2005 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor Yonsei Graduate Program in Cognitive Science, Yonsei University, Seoul Korea
    • Kim Curby, 2006 (Ph.D.), Senior Lecturer and ARC (DECRA) Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney Australia
    • Vaibhav Diwadkar, 2000 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine
    • Michael Donnelly, 1999 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor, Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
    • Paul Dux, 2008 (Postdoc), Lecturer & ARC APD Fellow, School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia
    • Hilda Fehd, 2009 (Ph. D.), Research Coordinator, Peabody Psychological Sciences, Vanderbilt University
    • Marci Flanery, 2005 (Ph.D.), Independent Consultant, San Francisco, CA.
    • Barbara Bruhns Frey, 2004 (Ph.D.), Research Psychologist/Independent Consultant, Charleston, SC.
    • H. Fukuda, 1994 (Ph.D.), Research Professor, Western Kentucky University
    • Leanne Boucher Gill, 2009 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Nova Southeastern University
    • Bryan Gros, 1997 (Postdoc)
    • Emily Grossman, 2002 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor and Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of California, Irvine
    • John Halpin, 1994 (Ph.D.),
    • Eric Hiris, 1995 (Ph.D.), Professor/Chair, Department of Psychology, University of N. Iowa
    • Jon Holbrook, 2000 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, National Research Council, Menlo Park, CA. Senior Research Associate, NASA Ames Research Center.
    • Jennifer Ichida, 2002 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Utah
    • Jason Ivanoff, 2006 (Postdoc), Associate Professor, Saint Mary's University, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Karin James, 2004 (Postdoc), Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Indiana University
    • Thomas James, 2004 (Postdoc), Associate Professor, Indiana University
    • Janneke Jehee, 2010 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, The Netherlands
    • Chi-Huang Juan, 2003 (Postdoc), Professor, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University
    • Min-Suk Kang, 2009 (Postdoc), Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul S. Korea
    • Jonathan Kelly, 2009 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Iowa State University
    • Keetaek Kham, 1999 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor of Psychology, Kangwon National University
    • Chai-Youn Kim, 2006 (Postdoc) Associate Professor of Psychology at Korea University
    • Jejoong Kim, 2010 (PhD/postdoc) Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Duksung Women's University, Seoul S. Korea
    • Min-Shik Kim, 1996 (Ph.D.), Professor, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
    • Philip Ko, 2010, (Ph.D.), Faculty Advisor, Pre-major Academic Advising and Support Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology College of Arts and Sciences Vanderbilt University
    • H. Kojima 1996, Ph.D. (Postdoc) Associate Professor, Psychology, Kanazawa University
    • Sang-Hun Lee 2001, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Seoul National University
    • David Lishner, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Wisconsin Osh-Kosh.
    • Adam Long, 2005 (Ph.D.), Director, Health Management Research, Goridan Health Solutions, Inc.
    • Christian Luhmann, 2006 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University
    • Michael McCarty, 1993 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
    • Steven B. Most, 2004 (Postdoc), Senior Lecturer and ARC Future Fellow, University of New South Wales, Australia
    • Weimin Mou (Postdoc, 2001), Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta
    • Aditya Murthy, 2001 (Postdoc), Associate Professor, National Brain Research Center, Haryana, India
    • Jeff Nyquist, 2007 (Ph.D), Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University
    • Joel Pearson, (Ph..D.) Assistant Professor, University of New South Wales, Australia
    • Thad Perry, 1997 (Ph.D.), Health Research Corporation, Franklin, TN
    • Richard Piech, 2010 (Postdoc), Research Fellow, Trinity College, Dublin IRELAND
    • Rebecca Ray, 2010 (Postdoc), Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • Darryl Schneider, 2008 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University
    • Amy Shelton, 1999 (Ph.D.), Professor, Director of Research, Science of Learning Institute, School of Education, Johns Hopkins University
    • Stephen Smith, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Winnipeg
    • Ken Sobel, 2003 (Ph.D./Postdoc), Associate Professor, University of Central Arkansas
    • Wonyeong Sohn, 2005 (Post-doc), Research Scientist, Institute of Psychological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Veit Stuphorn, 2004 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor, Department Psychological & Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
    • Chenchal Subraveti, 2000 (Postdoc), Programmer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    • Duje Tadin, 2004 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences & Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester
    • Tracy Taylor, 1999 (Postdoc), Professor, Psychology, Dalhousie University
    • Michael Tombu, 2008 (Postdoc), Defense Scientist, Defense Research and Development Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Christine Valiquette, 2008 (Ph.D), Privately Employed
    • D. Alexander Varakin, 2006 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois
    • Keisha Varma, 2003 (Ph.D.), Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California
    • Sashank Varma, 2006 (Ph.D.), Post-Doctoral Fellow, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
    • Heidi Wiesenfelder, 1993 (Ph.D.), Intuite Software
    • Alan Wong, 2007 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
    • Jinghua Xiong, 2005 (Ph.D.), Director of Data Engineering at Huffington Post
    • Xiangmin Xu, 2004 (Postdoc), Vanderbilt University
    • Yuede Yang, 1995 (Ph.D.), Computer Analyst, Columbia Health Care, Nashville, TN
    • Karen Yu, 1994 (Ph.D.), Professor, Psychology, University of the South
    • Xiaoli Chen, 2014 (Ph.D.) Postdoctoral Fellow, Aging & Cognition Research Group
      German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE).
    • Bernhard Riecke (Postdoc, 2008)   Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University.
    • Bjoern Rump, 2008 (PhD), German Institute for International Educational Research, Frankfurt. />

    • Jonathan Folstein, (Postdoc 2012  Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Florida State University

    • Kari Hoffman, PhD Associate Professor, Centre for Vision Research, Departments of Psychology and Biology, York University

    • Gael Jobard, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Victor Bordeaux Segalen University, Bordeaux, France

       

Developmental Science Alumni

    • Kimberly Carpenter, 2004 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
    • Anastasia Dimitropoulos, 2002 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
    • Christa Green, 2008 (Ph.D.), Research instructor, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (Developmental)
    • Alison Presmanes Hill, 2008 (Ph.D.), Project Manager, School of Social & Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Developmental)
    • Geunyoung Kim, 2006 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
    • Percival Matthews, 2010 (Ph.D.), Research instructor, Notre DameUniversity, Notre Dame, Indiana
    • Joan Walker, 2003 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, School of Education, Long Island University, Brookville, NY

Neuroscience Alumni

    • Bram Zandbelt, 2014 (Postdoc), Research Associate, The Donders Institute
    • Dipanwita Ghose, 2013 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anesthesia, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
    • Bart Anderson, 1990 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Dept. of Brain & Cognitive Sciences MIT
    • Carl Bassi, 1985 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor of Optometry, University of Minnesota
    • Pamela Beck, 1998 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Associate, Duke University
    • Josh Buckholtz, 2011 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, MA.
    • Limin Chen, 2006 (postdoc), Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt Imaging Institute, Nashville TN
    • Jeremiah Cohen, 2009 (Ph.D., postdoc) Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Paul DeMarco, 1989 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, University of Louisville
    • Barbara Dillenburger, 2007 (postdoc), Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt Imaging Institute, Nashville TN
    • Pei-chun Fang, 2005 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Kansas
    • Daryl Fougnie, 2010, (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, New York University Abu Dahbi
    • Leanne Boucher Gill, 2009 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Nova Southeastern University
    • Emmy Grossman, 2002 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, University of California, Irvine
    • Douglas Hanes, 1997 (Ph.D.), Trial Consultant, Logic Limited Partnership
    • Eric Hiris, 1995 (Ph.D.),Professor/Chair, Department of Psychology, University of N. Iowa
    • Luoxiu Huang, 2004 (Ph.D.), University of Notre Dame, Mishawaka, IN
    • Jennifer Ichida, 2002 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Jason Ivanoff, 2006 (Ph.D), Postdoctoral Fellow, Assistant Professor, Saint Mary's University, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Jonathan Karp, 1990 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Rider University, New Jersey
    • Peter M. Kaskan (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, Lab of Neuropsychology NIMH, Bethesda, MD.
    • Leah Ann Krubitzer, 1989 (Ph.D.), Professor of Psychology, University of California at Davis
    • Edward Lachica, 1990 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Washington State University, Spokane, WA
    • Junghee Lee, 2005, (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA
    • Haidong Lu, 2008 (postdoc), Assistant Professor, Shanghai Neuroscience Institute, Shanghai China
    • Lu Li, 2006, (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley
    • Amy Lindsey, 1996 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor of Psychology, Div of Health and Human Studies, Utica College, Syracuse
    • David Lyon, 2001 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, UC Irvine
    • Mark Nawrot, 1991 (Ph.D.), Professor, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
    • Sandra Neargarder, 1997 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA
    • Farley Norman, 1990 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY
    • Marcie Pospical, 1991 (Postdoc), Senior Lecturer, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
    • Supriya Ray, 2009 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor, Centre of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (CBCS), University of Allahabad
    • Takashi Sato, 2003 (Ph.D.), Principal Investigator, Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, University of Tubingen
    • Jonathan Stadler, 2002 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Fisk University, Nashville, TN
    • Veit Stuphorn, 2004 (Postdoc), Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Duje Tadin, 2004 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Dept of Brain & Cognitive Science, Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
    • Kirk Thompson, 2000 (Postdoc), Scientific Review Officer, CSR/NIH
    • Jay Todd, 2008 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral fellow, University of Chicago
    • Heidi Wiesenfelder, 1993 (Ph.D.), Computer Analyst, Tucson, Arizona
    • Chun-Nang (Alan) Wong, 2007 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
    • Peiyan Wong, 2009 (Ph.D.), Research Fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders Program, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore
    • Wan-shun Wu (Carolyn), 1999 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, Lab of System Neuroscience LNP NIMH, Bethesda, MD
    • Xiangmin Xu, 2004 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, Salk Institute, LaJolla, CA

Quantitative Methods Alumni

    • Matthew Naveiras, 2023 (Ph.D.), Psychometrician, Riverside Insights, Itasca, IL
    • Brian Bernstein, 2021 (Ph.D.).
    • Kira McCabe, 2021 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
    • Mason Garrison, 2020 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
    • Patrick O'Keefe, 2020 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Researcher,
    • Alexandria Hadd, 2019 (Ph.D.), Data Analyst, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
    • Jason Rights, 2019 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
    • Mark Lachowicz, 2018 (Ph.D.), Quantitative Researcher, American Institutes for Research (AIR), Arlington, VA
    • Woo-yeol Lee, 2018 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor of Psychology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, SK
    • Evan Sommer, 2016 (Ph.D.),
    • Harrison Kell, 2014 (Postdoc), Senior Scientist, Human Resources Research Organization, Alexandria, VA
    • CorinnePerkins, 2014 (Ph.D.), Upper School Mathematics, The Harley School, Rochester, NY
    • Andriy Koval, 2014 (Ph.D.), Sr Informatician, Ministry of Seniors, Community, and Social Services, Edmonton, AB
    • Stijn Smeets, 2013 (Ph.D.).
    • Kim Robertson, 2012 (Ph.D.), Vanderbilt Programs for Talented Youth, Nashville, TN
    • Gregory Park, 2012 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Miriam Kraatz, 2011 (Ph.D.), Senior Applied Research Analyst, Healthways, TN
    • Jonathan Wai, 2009 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, Duke University, Durham, NC
    • Rose Mary Webb, 2005 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC