Lab Members

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

Erdem Onan, PhD
Incoming postdoc

Alexis Richmond
3rd year Ph.D. student
Interests: self-regulated learning, student and teacher motivation, and promoting learning strategies in the midst of competing priorities

Stephanie Noel Johnstone
3rd year Ph.D. student
Interests: transfer of knowledge, memory, problem-solving, expertise, and general cognition and learning.

Connie Fralick
2nd year Ph.D. student
Interests: strategies for effective and efficient self-regulated learning, student and teacher goals and motivation, and the role and effects of generative AI use in educational contexts

Michael Corayer
2nd year Master’s student
Interest: strategies for effective teaching & learning, memory & mnemonic techniques, expertise
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Aidan Cournoyer
Griva Patel
Anika Koppula
Aimaan Maredia
Derek Kouch
Leyan Zhou
Shivani Ojha
Riya Kannan
Campbell Albers
Adah Skaff
Lab Alum
Graduate Students
- Stephany Rea (PhD, 2026)
- 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
- Kate Seno
- Nico Casaca-Watkins (undergraduate honors thesis)
- Cayman Hardin
- Connie Fralick (undergraduate honors thesis – now a PhD student in the lab!!)
- 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
- Dr. Patricia Chen and the Motivation and Self-regulation Lab
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