2014-2015 Officers

President

Whitney Cade

wlcade @ memphis [dot] edu

Whitney Cade is a graduate student in the Department of Psychology at the University of Memphis. Working primarily in the Institute for Intelligent System, her primary interests include cognitive science and learning. Her specific interests include expert human tutoring, pedagogical strategies, intelligent tutoring systems, pedagogical agents, and the application of machine learning in educational software.

Vice President & Research Coordinator

Kenneth Barideaux

kjbrdaux @ memphis [dot] edu

Kenneth Barideaux is a graduate student in the MS in General Psychology program and currently serves as a research assistant in the Optimal Learning Lab directed by Dr. Philip Pavlik Jr. He received his Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Louisiana State University. Broadly, his research interest includes the investigation of how memorial processes effects learning. In addition, he is interested in testing effects, spacing effects, attention, and strategy-use.

Treasurer

Jackie Maass

jkmaass @ memphis [dot] edu

Jaclyn Maass is a second year doctoral student with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Tampa. She works now as a research assistant under Dr. Philip I. Pavlik Jr. in the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis. Her research interests include knowledge acquisition, intelligent tutoring systems, metacognition, and cognitive psychology.

Secretary

Haiying Li

haiyinglit @ gmail [dot] com

Haiying Li is a PhD student in Cognitive Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Memphis. Haiying is a research assistant funded by an NSF grant since 2011. The research projects Haiying is involved in are being being conducted in the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis. Haiyings research interests are: discourse processes, intelligent tutoring system, reading education and cognition.

Social Coordinator

Jeremy Luno

jaluno @ memphis [dot] edu

Jeremy is a graduate student in the UofM Psychology Department and specializes in Cognitive Psychology. His research interests include computational linguistics, creativity, and collaboration.

Recruitment Officer

Keith Shubeck

keithshubeck @ gmail [dot] com

Keith Shubeck is currently pursuing his doctorate in cognitive psychology at the University of Memphis and has earned a certificate in cognitive science. Keith's research has focused on the intersection of the learning sciences, intelligent tutoring systems, and latent semantic analysis. His research interests include the development and implementation of intelligent tutoring systems, vicarious learning, emotions and learning, and the evolution of communication during learning. His contributions to date consist of a publication in the journal, Computers & Education, as well as various conference proceedings and presentations.

Webmaster

Patrick Hays

dphays @ memphis [dot] edu

Patrick Hays is a graduate student at the University of Memphis pursuing his Masters in General Psychology. He has worked with Dr. Andrew Olney on the Guru project for his first three years with the IIS. He currently works on the CSAL project under Dr. Art Graesser, as well as the ONR Stem Grand Challenge project. Patrick's primary research interests are usability, interaction design, cognitive psychology, human-computer interaction, and user-centered design. More specifically he is interested in software and web interface design/development and Intelligent Tutoring Systems.

Communication Sciences and Disorders Ambassador

Chris Constantino

cconst86 @ gmail [dot] com

Chris Constantino is a PhD student in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Memphis. Chris is currently working under the mentorship of Dr. Walt Manning. His area of concentration is stuttering and his collateral area is counseling. His research interests include the therapeutic process, improving treatment outcomes, counseling, qualitative research, and the neurophysiological substrates of stuttering.

Philosophy Ambassador

Benjamin Aguda

baguda @ memphis [dot] edu

Benjamin is a PhD student from the philosophy department at the University of Memphis. His research interests are in philosophy of mind and philosophy of science. His specific interests are in the philosophy of neuroscience, the phenomenology of affective experience, and enactive cognition. He studies under the mentorship of Shaun Gallagher.

Computer Science Ambassador

Borhan Samei

borhan.borsa @ gmail [dot] com

Borhan is a Computer Science graduate student at the Universty of Memphis, he is a research assistant at the Institute for Intelligent Systems. Borhan's main resarch areas are Natural Language Processing, and Artificial Intelligence. He is also interested in Educational Data Mining and Machine Learning.

http://www.cs.memphis.edu/~bsamei/

Electrical and Computer Engineering Ambassador

Iftekhar Anam

aanam @ memphis [dot] edu

Iftekhar Anam is a PhD student in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Memphis. His research interests include Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Human-Computer Interaction. Currently he is developing Assistive Technology solutions on Android devices that help the visually impaired individuals perceive non-verbal communication cues.

Biomedical Engineering Ambassador

Steve Strain

sfstrain @ yahoo [dot] com

Steve is clinically-trained as a physician and currently pursues PhD studies in Biomedical Engineering. His primary area of research is the design and implementation of cognitive agent software for the automated diagnosis of medical conditions from electronic medical record data. An additional interest lies in brain rhythms research as it pertains to cognitive function.

http://ccrg.cs.memphis.edu/people.html

Education Ambassador

Mae Lynn Germany

maelynngermany @ gmail [dot] com

Mae-Lynn Germany is a Master's student in the College of Education pursuing a degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She prizes the collaborative as well as interdisciplinary nature of the IIS and has worked on a number of projects involving intelligent tutoring systems, discourse processes, computational linguistics, question asking, and tutoring strategies. She is interested in bringing the emerging technologies and techniques developed at the IIS into the study of her clinical interests such as therapeutic alliance, stigma and microaggressions, bereavement in uncommon loss, spirituality, and sexual identity development.