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Former Graduate Students: Where are they now?

This page summarizes where some of the graduates of the Carnegie Mellon University Psychology Department PhD program are now. It is intended for informal informational purposes only. Do not quote without permission. It is not complete and may not be completely up to date. Please direct questions, comments, and most importantly, updates, to Ran Liu.

The information is organized by the year the student started the program.

Graduate Students

1982: 3 of 3 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Jean McKendree Anderson 1982-1986 Associate Dean for Assessment, Hull York Medical School
Kevin Singley Anderson 1982-1986 Senior Cognitive Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Sharon Carver Klahr 1982-1986 Faculty, Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
1983: 4 of 4 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Steven Neuberg Fiske 1983-1987 Faculty, Arizona State University
Bonnie John Newell 1983-1988 Faculty, Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Claudius Kessler Anderson 1983-1988 Faculty, Louisiana State University
Roman Taraban McClelland 1983-1988 Faculty, Texas Tech University
1984: 5 of 5 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Mary Hegarty Just 1984-1988 Faculty, University of California-Santa Barbara
Irvin Katz Anderson 1984-1988 Scientist, Educational Testing Service
Catherine Mcgilly Siegler 1984-1988 Senior Manager for Special Projects, Parents as Teachers
Jeff Sokolov MacWhinney 1984-1989 Senior Software Product Designer, IBM
Carolanne Fisher Simon 1984-1991 Consultant, Quintus Design
1985: 4 of 4 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Craig Kaplan Simon 1985-1989 Owner, iQ Company
Gail Williamson Clark 1985-1989 Faculty, University of Georgia
Mark St. John McClelland 1985-1990 Director Cognitive Systems, Pacific Science & Engineering Group
Rob Ward McClelland 1985-1990 Faculty, University of Wales
1986: 2 of 3 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Ken Koedinger Anderson 1986-1990 Faculty, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Jonathan King Just 1986-1993 Faculty, University of Missouri
1987: 8 of 11 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Jonathan Cohen McClelland 1987-1990 Faculty, Princeton University
Axel Cleeremans McClelland 1987-1991 Faculty, Univeristy of Brussels
Yulin Qin Simon 1987-1992 Professor, China
Frank Ritter Newell & Larkin 1987-1992 Faculty, Penn State University
Lael Schooler Anderson 1987-1993 Research Scientist, Max Planck Institute For Human Development, Berlin
Leigh Nystrom McClelland 1987-1995 Research Scientist, Princeton University
Norman Vinson McClelland 1987-1995 Research Officer, National Research Council of Canada
Michael Bridges Scheier 1987-1998 Associate Director of Assessment, Eberly Center, Carnegie Mellon University
1988: 5 of 7 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Steven (Steve) Ritter MacWhinney 1988-1992 Cognitive Scientist, Carnegie Learning
Quanfeng Wu Anderson 1988-1992 Post-Doc, England
Kathleen (Kathy) Chrisman Clark 1988-1993 Administrator, Carlow College
Hermina (Hermi) Tabachneck-Schijf Simon 1988-1993 Research Associate, University Of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Marilee Coriell S. Cohen 1988-1994 Researcher, University of California-San Francisco
1989: 9 of 10 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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David Penner Klahr 1989-1993 Left academics (was Faculty, University of Wisconsin)
Kevin Crowley Siegler 1989-1994 Faculty, LRDC, University of Pittsburgh
Dan Kimberg Farah 1989-1994 Assistant Research Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania
Marsha Lovett Anderson 1989-1994 Faculty, Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
Parastu Mehta Clark 1989-1994 Faculty, Providence College
Akira Miyake Just & Carpenter 1989-1994 Faculty, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado Boulder
Takeshi Okada Simon 1989-1994 Faculty, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Tokyo, Japan
Paul Reber Kotovsky 1989-1994 Faculty, Northwestern University
Marcie (Wallace) Ritter Farah 1989-2001 Left academics (was Behavioral and Health Outcomes Compliance Officer, Biostatistics Department, National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project)
1990: 8 of 8 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Matthew Isaak Just 1990-1994 Faculty, University of Louisiana
Eleen Kamas Reder 1990-1994 Director of Samak Academy, San Jose, CA
Sherri Pataki Clark 1990-1994 Part-Time Faculty, Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
Christian (Chris) Schunn Klahr 1990-1995 Faculty, University of Pittsburgh
Priti Shah Carpenter 1990-1995 Faculty, Dept. of Psychology, University of Michigan
Shaun Vecera Farah 1990-1995 Faculty, University of Iowa
James (Jim) Hoeffner McClelland 1990-1996 Faculty, University of Michigan
Randall (Randy) O'Reillly McClelland 1990-1996 Faculty, University of Colorado-Boulder
1991: 4 of 5 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Prahlad Gupta MacWhinney 1991-1995 Faculty, University Of Iowa
Kristin (Kristi) Mickelson Helgeson 1991-1995 Faculty, Kent State University
Terri Huston J. Cohen 1991-1996 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), Seattle University
Yuko Munakata McClelland 1991-1996 Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
1992: 4 of 5 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Steve Blessing Anderson 1992-1996 Cognitive Scientist, Carnegie Learning Center
Todd Braver J. Cohen 1992-1997 Faculty, Washington University
Rick Gilmore Johnson & Behrmann 1992-1997 Assistant Professor, Penn State University
Craig Stark McClelland 1992-1997 Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
1993: 0 of 3 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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1994: 6 of 8 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Heidi Fritz Helgeson 1994-1998 Faculty, Clarkson University
Lisa Haverty Koedinger & Anderson 1994-1999 Cognitive Scientist, Arnold Worldwide
Adisack Nhouyvanisvong Koedinger 1994-1999 Psychometrician, Pearson Vue, Minnesota
Bethany Rittle-Johnson Siegler 1994-1999 Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt
Douglas (Doug) Thompson Siegler 1994-1999 Senior Research Scientist, Maryland Medical Research Institute
Frank Lee Anderson 1994-2000 Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Drexel University
1995: 3 of 6 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Kevin Gluck Anderson 1995-1999 Research Scientist, Air Force, Arizona
Timothy (Tim) Rogers McClelland 1995-2000 Assistant Professor, Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Matthew (Matt) Botvinick J. Cohen & Plaut 1995-2001 Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
1996: 6 of 8 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Ian Brissette S.Cohen & Clark 1996-2000 Program Research Specialist, New York State Department of Health
Michael (Mike) Matessa Anderson 1996-2000 Research Psychologist, Nasa Ames Research Center
Craig Haimson Behrmann 1996-2001 Cognitive Psychologist at Aptima, Inc., Washington, D.C.
Stephen (Steve) Gotts Plaut 1996-2002 Joint Post-Doc, National Institutes of Health and Plaut
Natalie Hamrick S. Cohen 1996-2002 Faculty, Anesthesia Department., Indiana University School of Medicine
Brad Best Anderson 1996-2004 MADD, Boulder, Colorado
1997: 3 of 5 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Joy Geng Behrmann 1997-2003 Assistant Professor, University of California-Davis
Jeremy Gottlieb Simon & Kotovsky 1997-2003 Assistant Professor, Carthage College
Jon Fincham Anderson 1997-2005 Post-Doc, Carnegie Mellon University
1998: 2 of 6 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Ken Kwok McClelland 1998-2003 Cognitive Scientist, Singapore Navy
Anthony Cate Behrmann 1998-2004 Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech
1999: 3 of 5 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Glenn Gunzelmann Anderson 1999-2003 Senior Research Psychologist, Cognitive Models & Agents Branch. Air Force Research Laboratory.
Lara Triona Klahr 1999-2004 Assistant Professor, California State University-Fresno
Kerry Reynolds Helgeson 1999-2005 Researcher, RAND
2000: 6 of 7 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Steve Graham Clark 2000-2005 Assistant Professor, New College of Florida
Erin Hahn Rakison 2000-2005 Assistant Professor, Furman University
Dan Mirman Holt & McClelland 2000-2005 Institute Scientist, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute
Sarah Pressman Cohen 2000-2006 Assistant Professor, University of Kansas
Beau Stephens Holt 2000-2006 Assistant Professor, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Brent Vander Wyk McClelland 2000-2006 Associate Research Scientist, Yale University
2001: 8 of 8 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Julie Booth Siegler 2001-2005 Assistant Professor, Temple University
Sarah Novak Helgeson 2001-2005 Assistant Professor, Hofstra University
Phil Pavlik Anderson 2001-2005 Assistant Professor, University of Memphis
Norma Chang Lovett & Koedinger 2001-2006 Senior Research Scientist, National Research Center for Teaching & Learning, University of Phoenix
Rachel Diana Reder 2001-2006 Assistant Profesor, Virginia Tech
Vivienne Ming McClelland & Lewicki 2001-2006 CEO Augniscient Inc.
Visiting Scholar: Redwood Center for the Theoretical Neuroscience, UC Berkeley
Jarrod Moss Kotovsky 2001-2006 Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University
Tiago Maia McClelland 2001-2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University
2002: 2 of 4 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Dwight Kravitz Behrmann 2002-2006 NIH
Erin Ingvalson McClelland 2002-2008 Post-Doc, Northwestern University
2003: 6 of 9 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Scott Douglass Anderson 2003-2007 Research Psychologist, AFRL, Arizona
Gary Lupyan McClelland 2003-2007 Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Joan Monin Clark/Feeney 2003-2007 Assistant Professor, Yale School of Public Health
Cibu Thomas Behrmann 2003-2007 Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine & National Institutes of Health
Elisa Laski Siegler 2003-2008 Assistant Professor, Lynch School of Education, Boston University
Miriam Rosenberg-Lee Lovett 2003-2008 Post-Doc, Stanford University
2004: 7 of 11 finished
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Jeffrey Horenstein Cohen 2004-2008 Medical Resident, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Jessica Cicchino Rakison 2004-2009 Research Psychologist, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Katia Dilkina McClelland 2004-2009 Instructor, University of Victoria
Yvonne Kao Anderson 2004-2009 Research Associate, WestEd
Christine Watson Plaut 2004-2009 Post-Doc, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute
Cynthia Cryder Joint SDS Program 2004-2009 Assistant Professor, Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis
Roxanne Thrush Feeney 2004-2010 Post-Doc, Columbia University
2005: 3 of 8 finished, 1 in progress
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Jared Danker Anderson 2005-2010 Post-Doc, NYU
Saudamini Roy Just 2005-2010 Post-Doc, University of Pittsburgh
Jamie Jirout Klahr 2005-2011 Post-Doc, Temple University
2006: 2 of 8 finished, 6 in progress
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Linda Moya Behrmann 2006-2011 Carnegie Mellon University
Nora Presson MacWhinney 2006-2012 Post-Doc, University of Pittsburgh
2007: 5 of 9 finished, 2 in progress
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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Liz Carter Rakison 2007-2009 Post-Doc, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Valentinos Zachariou Behrmann 2007-2011 Post-Doc, National Institutes of Health
Sarah Schipul Just 2007-2012 Post-Doc, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Blair Armstrong Plaut 2007-2012 Post-Doc, Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language
Matt Walsh Anderson 2007-2012 Air Force
2008: 0 of 7 finished, 7 in progress
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2009: 0 of 6 finished, 5 in progress
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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2010: 0 of 4 finished, 4 in progress
Name Advisor Years Current Affiliation
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2011: 0 of 3 finished, 3 in progress
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