An anonymous survey was sent to all 32 faculty in our program to get to know them better. 13 (i.e. ~40% responded) and here's what they said:
Most of the faculty have more than one hobby that they like to pursue actively outside of research (like reading books, exercising, playing board games, and enjoying many ocean-related activities.
Our faculty started their academic journeys in a diverse range of disciplines as undergrads, such as Music, Linguistics, Philosophy, Computer Science, Engineering, Biology, Neuroscience, Psychology, Math, Religious Studies, etc.
Our faculty graduated with PhDs from areas including Psychology, Linguistics, Computer Science and Engineering, Neuroscience, and more!
Questions about the program or website? Official PhD program website: https://cogsci.ucsd.edu/graduates/index.html
Thanh Maxwell (Graduate Advisor; cogsphd@ucsd.edu)
Davis Lee (Graduate Representative; dpl002@ucsd.edu)
Quirine van Engen (Graduate Representative; quvaneng@ucsd.edu)