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PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR

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STEPHEN J. FLUSBERG  [sflusberg at vassar dot edu]  [CV]
I am ​an Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science at Vassar College. Previously, I held the position of Associate Professor of Psychology and Faculty Director of Pedagogy Development at Purchase College, SUNY. I received my PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Stanford University, and BAs in Psychology and Religion from Northwestern University. When I am not professing, I enjoy creating and listening to music, reading (speculative) fiction, and training in self defense. I live in the New York City area with my wife and dog. 

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LAB ALUMNI and THESIS TOPICS

2022-2023
Lindsey Anderson: How celebrity status of alleged assailants impacts victim framing
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​Madison Buttice: How language and athlete identity impact social judgment
Amna Khan: The impact of mixed metaphor framing​​
Nicole Brea Ortiz: Investigating the impact of age on essentialist reasoning in kids​​
Andrew Raska:
 A critical evaluation of cognitive reappraisal for stress management
2021-2022​
Yasmine Compare: Effects of a brief educational intervention on mental illness stigma
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Matthew Cohen: Effects of phonetics and celebrity on preference for neologisms
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Deborah Hoffman: Investigating the social and cognitive consequences of bilingualism
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Natalie Kurek: Factors associated with resistance to gender-fair language
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Raja Mazar: The impact of anthropomorphism on cognitive development
Hadiyah Phillips: 
Bicultural identity and belonging in a college setting
2020-2021
​Olisa Bajgora: The foreign language effect in moral judgment and mental imagery
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Kelly Baxter: Linguistic framing and stigma for substance use disorders
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Angelica Castaldo: Investigating the prevalence and predictors of the Mandela Effect
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Dylan Ciolfi: The role of gender stereotypes in victim framing
Jasmine Pacheco: The relationship between aphantasia, daydreaming, and rumination
Riley Philistin:
 Barriers to education in a non-native language
2018-2019
Sam Balko: Effects of speaker and listener identity on metaphor framing
Abbey Cuddy: Does maternal history of depression predict internal state talk?
Melissa Herrera: Does maternal internal state talk affect executive functioning?
Edona Lazorja: War metaphors for addiction
Katherine Lopez: Framing effects for neurodiverse persons in a criminal context
​Kiera O'Connell: Is there a saving-enhanced memory effect for spatial layouts? 
2017-2018
Michael Battersby: Metaphorical framing for the treatment of social anxiety
Jada Cheek: Linguistic framing and attitudes towards law enforcement
Nicholas Duci: How smartphone presence affects lecture learning
Carly LaPlace: Agent framing moderates effects of the moral history of money
Robert Olejarz: Do smartphones function as security blankets?
​Justice Marin: Framing effects on attitudes towards mental illness
2016-2017​
Mark Lauria: The influence of communication modality on metaphor framing
Avianca Ramos: Saving-enhanced memory effects in the real world
Jessica Smith: How access to the internet affects problem-solving
Rachel Ubanos: Cognitive consequences of schema violations
Paul Wingate: Do schema violations reduce top-down processing? 
2015-2016
Kevin Collister: Effects of schema disruptions on visual pattern detection
Adaira Marie Greco: The effects of thought disposal on feelings of guilt
Conrad Hamonet: Illusory behavioral synchrony and prosocial behavior
Daniel Pitti: Effects of metaphor on perceptions of social mobility 
2014-2015
Kathleen Dengler: The role of acting experience in lie detection
Phineas Howie: Effects of information availability on memory and attitudes
Brianna Massaro: Do metaphors enhance text learning?
Jessica Pivnik: How low illumination affects the empathic response
Devin Stack: The effects of musical experience on sequential memory
2013-2014
Gracie Bihn: Does yoga enhance attentional abilities?
Michael DellaValle: The role of metaphor in reasoning about mental illness
Alicia Hwang: Effects of dance expertise on sequence learning
Dean Miller: Multiple reference frames in the learning of spatial layouts
Stacy Radich: Movin’ on up: Spatial metaphors and social standing
2012-2013
Chase Meyerson: Do actors make better liars and lie detectors?
Derek Shapiro: Life journey metaphors predict locus of control 
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