Alyssa P. Lawson, PhD

I am a Visiting Assistant Professor at Colby College, teaching in the Psychology Department. Prior to this, I was a Research Associate at Landmark College. My research interests focus on the role of individual differences, executive function, and instructional design on learning and transfer of knowledge. I graduated with her PhD in Psychological and Brain Sciences from the University of California, Santa Barbara, specializing in Cognitive and Educational Psychology. I also have my Master's in Psychology from California State University, Los Angeles and my Bachelor's in Psychology from Chapman University. I also am the primary manager of the New Psychology Wiki page, posting job listings for a variety of psychology related positions, including tenure-track, non-tenure-track, visiting, post-doc, graduate student openings, and lab manager positions.

Lawson Learning Lab Website