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2023 Lab Members
Back Row: Morgan Shumaker, Dr. Addy Babienau, Sarah Cliborn, Morgan Amberg, Maria Mendoza, Bella Vrana, & Dr. Uma Tauber
Front Row: Mary Helen McCulloch, Esmy Herrera, Lila Wojcik, Sara Frances Lowery, May Arauz, & Dr. Michelle Rivers
Not Pictured: Ashley Berdelis & Emily Smith
Graduate Students
Graduate Students
Ariana Elsden
Ariana Elsden
I earned my Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Creighton University, where I worked in Dr. Amber Witherby’s Cognitive Psychology Lab as both a research assistant and lab manager. In this role, I contributed to projects investigating factors that influence student memory performance. At TCU, I work with Dr. Uma Tauber focusing on how cognitive psychology principles can support the learning of health-related information. Specifically, my research examines whether these principles can improve how caregivers of individuals living with dementia learn about behavioral symptoms associated with Alzheimer’s and related dementias. I am also broadly interested in how older adults learn other types of health information, including medications and their side effects.
email: ariana.elsden@tcu.edu
Morgan Shumaker, M.S.
Morgan Shumaker, M.S.
I received my B.A. in Psychology from Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania and my M.A. in Experimental Psychology From Radford University in Virginia. My research interests include memory, learning, and metacognition. My goals are to understand how and why learners select various study strategies, how well they can monitor their own learning, and how these factors affect memory. I am also interested in how people engage with external tools (e.g., smartphones) to store information and how externally storing this information enhances or diminishes memory.
email: m.shumaker@tcu.edu
Twitter: @MorganShumaker
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