Kathy
PhD
Expertise
Adolescent brain development; learning and decision making; developmental cognitive neuroscience; social motivation
Research Program Mentors
Polygence mentors are selected based on their exceptional academic background, teaching experience, and unique ability to inspire the next generation of innovative thinkers and industry leaders.
Peichi
EdD
Expertise
Education, social sciences, cultural studies, psychology and emotional well-being, NGO/nonprofits, business, gender issues, poverty, program development and evaluations, parent participation, foreign language learning or teaching, faith/religion
Taylor
PhD
Expertise
Social Psychology, Positive Psychology, Emotions, Health, Well-being, Meditation, Social Relationships, Prosocial Behavior, Culture, Social Class, Economic Inequality, Political Polarization
Macrina
PhD
Expertise
Psychology, social psychology, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, political psychology
Samantha
PhD
Expertise
Psychology, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Neuroscience, Music Psychology, Neurodegeneration,Music Neuroscience, Dance, Hearing Loss, Speech Impairment, Development, Child Psychology, Behavioral Psychology, Music Therapy, Performance, Dance, Movement Therapy, Musical Groove (aka how we move to dance music), Mobile Apps
Michelle
PhD candidate
Expertise
Emotion, child/adolescent development, early adversity, mental health, development social affective neuroscience, social psychology, experimental design, research methods, statistics
Benjamin
PhD
Expertise
Emotion, close relationships, social psychology, evolutionary psychology, behavioral economics
Andrew
PhD candidate
Expertise
Social Psychology, stereotypes and prejudice, goals and motivation., diversity science
Elyssa
Industry expert
Expertise
Sociological studies, Education, Ethnomusicology, Migration Studies, Developmental Psychology, Musical Analysis, Literary Analysis.
Ibitayo
MBA/PhD candidate
Expertise
Social Psychology, Behavioral Science, Judgement and Decision-making,
Jada
PhD candidate
Expertise
Clinical psychology, Sexuality, Racial and Gender Discrimination, Mental Health, Social Justice Issues, Maternal Psychology,
Kimi
PhD candidate
Expertise
human-computer interaction, social media, tech ethics, AI ethics, privacy, UX design, computer science, social psychology, cognitive psychology
Donovan
PhD
Expertise
Social Science, Political Science, Public Policy, American Politics, Race and Ethnicity, Social Psychology, Public Opinion, Socialization, Political Behavior, & Political Psychology
Molly
PhD
Expertise
Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology, Alzheimer's disease/dementia, healthy aging, Music therapies, Art therapies, Neurodiversity, Multicultural psychology/neuropsychology, Social determinants of health
Lee
PhD
Expertise
empathy, prosocial behavior, social psychology, developmental psychology, persuasion and influence, leadership