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Research Program Mentors

Polygence mentors are selected based on their exceptional academic background, teaching experience, and unique ability to inspire the next generation of innovative thinkers and industry leaders.

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Gabor

Gabor

PhD

Expertise

social psychology, personality psychology, educational psychology

Jean

Jean

PhD candidate

Expertise

Psychology, sociology, effective writing and presentation skills

Hannah

Hannah

PhD candidate

Expertise

mental health, psychology, public health, qualitative research, ethnography

Ibitayo

Ibitayo

MBA/PhD candidate

Expertise

Social Psychology, Behavioral Science, Judgement and Decision-making,

Kathy

Kathy

PhD

Expertise

Adolescent brain development; learning and decision making; developmental cognitive neuroscience; social motivation

Aya

Aya

PhD candidate

Expertise

Anything in the realm of Psychology

Phoebe

Phoebe

PhD candidate

Expertise

Public Health, Health Behavior, Unhealthy Product Marketing, Retail Environments, Nutrition Policy, Alcohol Policy, Tobacco Policy

Andrew

Andrew

PhD candidate

Expertise

Social Psychology, stereotypes and prejudice, goals and motivation., diversity science

Donovan

Donovan

PhD

Expertise

Social Science, Political Science, Public Policy, American Politics, Race and Ethnicity, Social Psychology, Public Opinion, Socialization, Political Behavior, & Political Psychology

Julia

Julia

PhD candidate

Expertise

social, cognitive and language development, developmental psychology

Adrienne

Adrienne

PhD

Expertise

Emotions, Body Awareness, Neuroscience, Adversity, Stress, Social Psychology, Emotion Development, Experimental Design, Statistical Analysis

Jennifer

Jennifer

PhD candidate

Expertise

Political psychology, Political behavior, Public opinion, Political Science, American Politics, Survey research, Social networks, GIS in R, R programming, Text as data, Machine Learning, Data visualization, Data science

Kimi

Kimi

PhD candidate

Expertise

human-computer interaction, social media, tech ethics, AI ethics, privacy, UX design, computer science, social psychology, cognitive psychology

Elyssa

Elyssa

Industry expert

Expertise

Sociological studies, Education, Ethnomusicology, Migration Studies, Developmental Psychology, Musical Analysis, Literary Analysis.

Jada

Jada

PhD candidate

Expertise

Clinical psychology, Sexuality, Racial and Gender Discrimination, Mental Health, Social Justice Issues, Maternal Psychology,

Tara-Marie

Tara-Marie

PhD

Expertise

Education, Public Policy, Racial Inequality

Liz

Liz

PhD candidate

Expertise

neuroscience (behavior, social behavior, computational neuroscience, hypothalamus, development), mental health

Alexa

Alexa

PhD candidate

Expertise

social psychology, developmental psychology, cognition, morality, moral character, mind perception, cancel culture, speciesism, vegetarianism, nature vs. nurture, intergroup cognition, group decisions, LGBT experiences

Arianna

Arianna

PhD candidate

Expertise

Organizational behavior, Applied Economics, Behavioral Science, Psychology, Nutrition, Data Analyses, Statistics, Researc Science

Taylor

Taylor

PhD

Expertise

Social Psychology, Positive Psychology, Emotions, Health, Well-being, Meditation, Social Relationships, Prosocial Behavior, Culture, Social Class, Economic Inequality, Political Polarization