Elizabeth Marsh, Ph.D.
Dr. Marsh runs the Marsh Memory Lab at Duke, where she is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. She received her Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from Stanford University and did her postdoctoral work at Washington University in St. Louis. Her recent work examines how student acquire, maintain, update, and apply their knowledge, with specific interests in learning from non-traditional sources, correcting student misconceptions, essay-writing, and personalized learning. Other research interests include false memories and autobiographical memory.
Dr. Marsh's work has been supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, the James S. McDonnell Foundation, and the Spencer Foundation.
Office: 212 Reuben-Cooke Building
Post-Doctoral Researchers
Charles Davis, Ph.D.
Charles received his PhD in Psychological Science in 2021 from the University of Connecticut, where he worked with Dr. Eiling Yee. Since then, he has held teaching and research positions at Yale University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and Duke University, and is now a postdoctoral associate in the Marsh Lab at Duke. He received his BA in Psychology from Brock University in Canada.
Charles is interested in semantic memory (what do we know about the meaning of objects like “pine” or concepts like “equity”) and how it is influenced by other systems, like sensation and perception (what it’s like to smell or touch a pine), episodic memory (our specific experiences with equity), and social-linguistic experiences (e.g., how we engage with concepts in media).
Office: 213 Reuben-Cooke Building
Phone: (919) 660-5797
Email: charles.davis@duke.edu
Graduate Students
Anna Smith, M.A
After receiving her B.A. in Cognitive Science from Carleton College in 2017, Anna spent two years working with Dr. Michael Yassa at UCI on studies of episodic memory mechanisms and performance trajectories associated with healthy and disordered aging. At Duke, Anna’s research centers around what artistic creation and reception can tell us about basic cognitive processes, including attention and memory. For her dissertation work, she is interested in the imaginative and recollective aspects of art viewing; specifically, the contributions of autobiographical memory to aesthetic experience.
Phone: (919) 660-5797
Email: anna.p.smith@duke.edu
Joyce Park, B.A
Joyce Park received her B.A. in Psychology with a double minor in Cognitive Science and French from the University of Waterloo in 2021. During her time at the University of Waterloo, she worked with Dr. Evan Risko and the Cognition and Natural Behaviour Lab to study cognitive offloading and the design of online lectures. As of Fall 2022, Joyce is a graduate student in the Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience PhD program at Duke University. Joyce is interested in how externalizing information (e.g., using smartphones and technology) influences memory, metacognition, and learning.
Office: 207 Reuben-Cooke Building
Phone: (919) 660-5797
Email: joyce.park@duke.edu
Joshua Stivers, B.S
As a Duke undergraduate, Joshua Stivers worked in the lab of Dr Marty Woldorff, studying the temporal dynamics of human attention. After receiving his B.S. in Neuroscience in 2014, he worked in the lab of Virginia de Sa at UCSD, assisting in the development of Brain-Computer Interfaces intended for individuals unable to use traditional devices like keyboards, mice or eye trackers. Joshua joined the Marsh Lab as a graduate student in 2021, where he studies context-dependence in category learning: when and how the learning environment influences the acquisition and use of object information.
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Skylar Hughes
Skylar Hughes is rising senior at Duke University, majoring in Psychology with a certificate in Policy Journalism and Media Studies. She has been a research assistant at the lab for the past two years, assisting with literature review, response coding, and experimental research tasks. A student journalist by training, her research interests lie at the intersection of cognitive psychology and digital misinformation. Her current senior thesis explores whether information corrections paired with visual stimuli are more effective when attention is divided. Upon graduation, Skylar hopes to combine her experience as both a journalist and a psychological researcher to study the interdisciplinary effects of misinformation in the 21st century.
Volunteer Research Assistants
Julia Illana
Lab Alumni
Postdoctoral Researchers
Emmaline Drew Eliseev - Ph.D., Duke University, 2022 - User Experience Researcher at RealPage
Peter Whitehead - Ph.D., Duke University, 2021 - Associate Director of Data Science at Merck
Amanda Zamary Dakermanji - Ph.D., Kent State University, 2019 - Senior Researcher in Games at New York Times
Kathleen Arnold - Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, 2007- Assistant Professor, Radford University
Andrew Butler - Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, 2009 - Chair and Associate Professor of Education & Associate Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis
Jeff Lozito - Ph.D., UNC Chapel Hill, 2007
Graduate Students
Morgan Taylor - Ph.D., Duke University, 2023 - Postdoctoral Research Associate at Brandeis University
Matthew Stanley - Ph.D., Duke University, 2021 - Postdoctoral research fellow at Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Brenda Yang - Ph.D., Duke University, 2021 - User Experience Researcher at Instagram
Nadia Brashier - Ph.D., Duke University, 2018 - Assistant Professor, Purdue University
Allison Black-Maier - Ph.D., Duke University, 2017 - Research Associate at Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
Hillary Mullet - Ph.D., Duke University, 2016 - User Experience Researcher at Facebook
Sharda Umanath - Ph.D., Duke University, 2014 - Associate Professor at Claremont McKenna College
Andrea Eslick - Ph.D., Duke University, 2011 - Associate Professor at Wartburg College
Lisa K. Fazio - Ph.D., Duke University, 2010 - Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University
Mike Huston - M.A., Duke University, 2006
Lab Managers
Alexandria R. Stone
Lydie Costes - Pursuing her MA at Duke University
Kara Thio - IRB Specialist at Duke University
Meredith Mechanik - Graduate Assistant at University of Texas at Austin
Anna Goswick - M.D., UNC Chapel Hill, Physician at UNC Healthcare
Aaron Johnson - J.D., Duke University, Law Clerk with the North Carolina Supreme Court
Barbie Huelser - Ph.D., Columbia University, Cognitive Psychology
Holli Sink - Ph.D., Miami University at Ohio, Clinical Psychology, Clinical Director at Southmontain Children and Family Services
Elaina Pelky - Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2009
Undergraduate Honors Students
Sofia Silvosa - Research Analyst at National Research Group
Chloe Williams -
Amanda Gill - J.D, University of Virginia School of Law, Lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Michelle Fang - Platform Policy & Program Manager at Facebook
Hayden Bottoms - Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Clinical Psychology
Seth Disner - Ph.D - 2015., University of Texas at Austin, Clinical Psychology Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota
Amy Crook - Ph.D., Rice University, Assistant Professor at Belmont University
Camila Vargas - Jerome Bruner Award Winner, Intern at National Public Radio, Hidden Brain
Lindsey Bass
Ada Aka - Ph.D Candidate at University of Pennsylvania with Computational Memory Lab
Madeline Lyons - M.D. Candidate, Georgetown School of Medicine, Resident Physician
Amberly Tenney - Public Policy Manager for the Office of the Secretary of Education in the State of Illinois
Michelle Barbera
Collaborators
Richard Baraniuk - Rice University
Elizabeth Bjork - University of California, Los Angeles
Robert Bjork - University of California, Los Angeles
Alan Brown - Southern Methodist University
Mark McDaniel - Washington University in St. Louis
Kathleen McDermott - Washington University in St. Louis
Suparna Rajaram - Stony Brook University
Henry L. Roediger III - Washington University in St. Louis
Nancy Zucker - Duke University