Meet the Faculty

Our faculty facilitate a vibrant academic experience that builds community

Steven Barrera

Assistant Teaching Professor

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Anne Beatty-Martinez

Assistant Professor

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Benjamin Bergen

Professor

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Lera Boroditsky

Professor

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Andrea Chiba

Professor

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Seana Coulson

Professor

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Sarah Creel

Professor

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Virginia de Sa

Professor

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Gedeon Deak

Professor

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Steven Dow

Associate Professor

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Shannon Ellis

Assistant Teaching Professor

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Jason Fleischer

Assistant Teaching Professor

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Deanna Greene

Assistant Professor

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Philip Guo

Associate Professor

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Jim Hollan

Distinguished  Professor

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Terry Jernigan

Distinguished Professor

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David Kirsh

Professor

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Anastasia Kiyonaga

Assistant Professor

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Meenakshi Khosla

Assistant Professor

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Scott Klemmer

Professor

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Eran Mukamel

Associate Professor

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Douglas Nitz

Professor and Chair

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Rafael Nunez

Professor

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Lara Rangel

Assistant Professor

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Federico Rossano

Assistant Professor

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Ayse Saygin

Associate Professor

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Sean Trott 

Assistant Teaching Professor

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Zhuowen Tu 

Professor

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Bradley Voytek

Associate Professor

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Drew Walker

Assistant Teaching Professor

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Haijun Xia

Assistant Professor

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Martin Zettersten

Assistant Professor

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GET TO KNOW US!

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:




You might see these furry friends around the Department!


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

Charmaine Lising, M.A. (Graduate Advisor; cogsphd@ucsd.edu)

Akshay Nagarajan (Graduate Representative; anagaraj@ucsd.edu)

Quirine van Engen (Graduate Representative; quvaneng@ucsd.edu)