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.
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, B.A.
mailto:lgraves@govst.edu
Rebecca Fassbender
mailto:rfassbender@govst.edu
Maya James, B.A.
mailto:mjames8@govst.edu
Lab Alumni
Diana Luevano, M.A.
mailto:dluevano@govst.edu
Tessa Mullin, B.A.
Current Graduate Student, M.S. in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation (PPI), UW-Madison, mailto:tmullin@govst.edu
Zac Woods, B.A.
mailto:zwoods2@govst.edu
Dana Vlach
mailto:dvlach@govst.edu
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