Lab Director
Dr. Sasha N. Cervantes, Ph.D.
BIOGRAPHY
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
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Research Assistants
Laretta Graves, B.A.
Rebecca Fassbender
Maya James, B.A.
Lab Alumni
Diana Luevano, M.A.
Tessa Mullin, B.A.
Current Graduate Student, M.S. in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation (PPI), UW-Madison
Zac Woods, B.A.
Dana Vlach
Lauren Foley, B.A.
Telecommunicator at Laraway Communications Center, a multi-agency dispatch center located in Will County Illinois for police, fire, and medical.