Lab Members
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Veronica Yan
P. I., SLAM Lab
Associate Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
Department of Psychology (courtesy appointment)
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Interests: Effective, motivated self-regulated learning — the cognitive underpinnings of effective learning strategies and the socio-psychological motivation beliefs that enhance academic achievement
Graduate Students
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Stephany Duany Rea
4th year Ph.D. student
Interests: effective learning and teaching strategies, motivation, and metacognition
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Alexis Richmond
1st year Ph.D. student
Interests: self-regulated learning, student and teacher motivation, and promoting learning strategies in the midst of competing priorities
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Stephanie Noel Johnstone
1st year Ph.D. student
Interests: transfer of knowledge, memory, problem-solving, expertise, and general cognition and learning.
Undergraduate Research Assistants
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Ni Casaca-Watkins
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Aidan Cournoyer
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Kate Seno
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Cayman Hardin
Affiliated Grad Students
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Lab Alum
Graduate Students
- Brendan Schuetze (PhD, 2023) Assistant Professor at the University of Utah
- Derek Hanson (PhD, 2023)
- Akshay Umashankar (MA, 2023)
- Lisi Wang (PhD, 2021)
- Justin Harvey (MA, 2021)
- Nathaniel Woodward (PhD, 2018)
- Katherine Wilson (MA, 2018)
Undergraduate RAs
- Connie Fralick (undergraduate honors thesis)
- Ben Snider
- Rishi Gonuguntla
- Jackie Le
- Qiwei Li
- Kimberly Nguyen
- Matthan Moy
Lab Affiliates
- Dr. Katherine Muenks and the Learning and Motivational Beliefs (LAMB) Lab
- Dr. Faria Sana and the Cognitive Science of Learning Lab
SLAMB Joint Lab Outings
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![Brendan with his doctoral celebration cake (printed image is his academic family tree)](https://sites.edb.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/150/2023/05/Screenshot-2023-05-11-at-1.58.50-PM-1-234x300.png)
![Brendan, Veronica, and Akshay in academic regalia after the 2023 Graduation ceremony](https://sites.edb.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/150/2023/05/Screenshot-2023-05-11-at-1.58.39-PM-1-243x300.png)
![SLAMB lab at Jester King Brewery](https://sites.edb.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/150/2023/05/Screenshot-2023-05-11-at-1.59.30-PM-1-300x224.png)
![Akshay lines up his minigolf shot while Luke contemplates sabotage. End of academic year lab outing, 2023](https://sites.edb.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/150/2023/05/Screenshot-2023-05-11-at-1.51.19-PM-1-300x221.png)
![Stephany watches Katie take her minigolf shot, 2023](https://sites.edb.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/150/2023/05/Screenshot-2023-05-11-at-1.51.09-PM-2-300x219.png)
![The group who braved the Texas thunderstorm to come out to minigolf](https://sites.edb.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/150/2023/05/Screenshot-2023-05-11-at-1.51.35-PM-1-221x300.png)
![SLAMB lab members chatting during a celebration](https://sites.edb.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/150/2023/05/Screenshot-2023-05-11-at-1.52.11-PM-1-280x300.png)
![Tenure celebration cake](https://sites.edb.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/150/2023/05/Screenshot-2023-05-11-at-2.21.45-PM-251x300.png)
If you are a current member of the lab, please also see SLAMB Group Resources