Tina
PhD
Expertise
Advocacy, psychology, social policy, leadership, social justice, Asian American identity, activism
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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Tobi
PhD candidate
Expertise
Neurodevelopmental disorders (i.e. autism), disability studies, psycholinguistics, global mental health, psychology (developmental, clinical, and social), critical theories
Will
PhD candidate
Expertise
Ethics, Political Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Interdisciplinary Work with Philosophy and the social sciences, Writing for the Humanities, philosophical ideas in film and literature
Rayven
PhD candidate
Expertise
Psychology
Andrea (Andi)
MS candidate
Expertise
Psychology, Public Health, Child Development [atypical or typical development], Family Dynamics, mental health
Andrew
PhD candidate
Expertise
Social Psychology, stereotypes and prejudice, goals and motivation., diversity science
Ibitayo
MBA/PhD candidate
Expertise
Social Psychology, Behavioral Science, Judgement and Decision-making,
Jean
PhD candidate
Expertise
Psychology, sociology, effective writing and presentation skills
Julia
PhD candidate
Expertise
social, cognitive and language development, developmental psychology
Julia
PhD
Expertise
clinical psychology (e.g., associations of depression, romantic relationships, health)
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
Michelle
PhD candidate
Expertise
Emotion, child/adolescent development, early adversity, mental health, development social affective neuroscience, social psychology, experimental design, research methods, statistics
Nelson
PhD
Expertise
mental health; academic persistence; psycho-social interventions; People of Color/BIOPC communities; values setting; career goals
Gabor
PhD
Expertise
social psychology, personality psychology, educational psychology
Molly
PhD
Expertise
Neuropsychology (i.e., study of brain-behavior relationship), aging and dementia (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), older adults and healthy aging, cross-cultural clinical assessments
Aya
MA candidate
Expertise
Anything in the realm of Psychology
Kathy
PhD
Expertise
Adolescent brain development; learning and decision making; developmental cognitive neuroscience; social motivation
Taylor
PhD
Expertise
Social Psychology, Positive Psychology, Emotions, Health, Well-being, Meditation, Social Relationships, Prosocial Behavior, Culture, Social Class, Economic Inequality, Political Polarization
Karen
PhD
Expertise
society and politics, social psychology, discrimination, political psychology, intergroup relations, race and ethnicity, inequality, social justice, attitudes, criminal justice, racism and anti-racism
Hannah
PhD candidate
Expertise
mental health, psychology, public health, qualitative research, ethnography