Cognition Lab Members

Lab Director- Dr. Sasha N. Cervantes, Ph.D.

Sasha N. Cervantes joined the faculty at Governors State University in 2014. She earned her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, an M.A. from New York University, and an M.A/Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. She was the Frederick Douglass Scholar and Visiting Professor at California University of Pennsylvania before joining the faculty at GovState.

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Research Interests

  • Memory accuracy and false memory
  • Normal cognitive aging processes
  • Memory and creativity
  • Scholarship of teaching and learning - particularly online pedagogy
  • Academic engagement and first-generation college students

Courses

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Learning & Behavior
  • Biological Psychology
  • Research Methods
  • Principles of Psychology
  • Psychological Issues and Social Values
  • Learning & Memory

Research Assistants

Laretta Graves

Laretta Graves, B.A.

mailto:lgraves@govst.edu

Rebecca Fassbender

Rebecca Fassbender

mailto:rfassbender@govst.edu

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Maya James, B.A.

mailto:mjames8@govst.edu

Lab Alumni

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Diana Luevano, M.A.

mailto:dluevano@govst.edu

Tessa Mullin

Tessa Mullin, B.A.

Current Graduate Student, M.S. in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation (PPI), UW-Madison, mailto:tmullin@govst.edu

Zac Woods

Zac Woods, B.A.

mailto:zwoods2@govst.edu

Dana Vlach

Dana Vlach

mailto:dvlach@govst.edu

Lauren Foley

Lauren Foley, B.A.

Telecommunicator at Laraway Communications Center, a multi-agency dispatch center located in Will County Illinois for police, fire, and medical. mailto:lfoley2@govst.edu