Career Development
The Cognitive Science Program at UCSB is proud to host their annual Graduate Student Symposium this Friday, May 21, from 1:00-2:30pm (PST). They are especially excited about the fact that many of the research presentations this year have a culture and humanities-oriented focus, representing scholarship that straddles the conceptual gap between the arts and sciences. Read on to learn more!
The Cognitive Science Program at UCSB is proud to host their annual Graduate Student Symposium this Friday, 5/21, from 1:00-2:30pm (PST). They are especially excited about the fact that many of the research presentations this year have a culture and humanities-oriented focus, representing scholarship that straddles the conceptual gap between the arts and sciences.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/9717309292
This year, attendees will hear from five PhD candidates from English, Comparative Literature, Religious Studies, and MAT on how their interdisciplinary dissertation research intersects with cognitive science-- in addition to the presentations themselves, each of the participants will have a dedicated Q & A period so that audience members may ask questions and offer constructive feedback on their projects.
The presenters this year, in order of appearance, are:
Aili Pettersson Peeker (English):
"Beyond and I: A Study of Empathy, Attention, and Narrative Method in Woolf, Faulkner, and Morrison"
Alexis Crawshaw (MAT):
"Digital Paideia in Media Arts: Cognitive Science Approaches"
Daniel Martini (Comp Lit):
"The Lettrist Avant-Garde: Can Ecological Affordances be Broken?"
Kevin Whitesides (Religious Studies):
"Fleshing out the Skeletons of the New Age: Cultural Attractors in Countercultural Networks"
Maddie Roepe (English):
"The Hidden Language of Emotion"
This event will be structured like a conference panel, and is open to all: current and prospective CogSci students, as well as all interested grads, undergrads, and faculty, are all encouraged to attend!
Please see the flyer below for more information-- reach out to R Baker (rrbaker@ucsb.edu) with any questions, or if you'd like to join the Cognitive Science listserv!
