Principal Investigator
Nadia Brashier is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of California, San Diego. She earned a Ph.D. from Duke University and completed an NSF postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University. Nadia is from rural Georgia, which means that her tea is never sweet enough.
Graduate Student
Phúc Huỳnh Lê is a fourth year graduate student at UC San Diego. He is interested in how social interactions shape evaluations of news, as well as the role of memory in conspiracy beliefs. Phúc's superpower is sleeping soundly after drinking an evening iced latte.
Graduate Student
Katie Allen is a third year graduate student at UC San Diego. She is interested in fluency and the misleading effects of repetition on judgment. Outside lab, you can probably find Katie in downward dog.
Graduate Student
Jae Kwon is a third year graduate student at UC San Diego. He previously earned a masters at Vanderbilt University. He is interested in how people form and correct beliefs on social media and in the classroom. As you're reading this, Jae is probably on an adventure with his Australian shepherd, Ace.
Graduate Affiliate
Joshua Tewes is a third year graduate student at the University of Cologne working primarily with Prof. Christian Unkelbach. He is interested in how people judge truth and fall for misinformation. Joshua loves to travel, so you'll have to catch him on Zoom — chances are, he’ll join from a train or hostel kitchen.
Graduate Affiliate
Payton Robinson is a fourth year graduate student at Indiana University Bloomington primarily working with Dr. Sydney Trask. She is interested in memory updating and aging across species. Payton ran Division 1 track, so she is probably faster than you.