BIOGRAPHY

Sasha N. Cervantes joined the faculty at Governors State University in 2014. She earned her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, an M.A. from New York University, and an M.A/Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. She was the Frederick Douglass Scholar and Visiting Professor at California University of Pennsylvania before joining the faculty at GovState.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Memory accuracy and false memory

• Normal cognitive aging processes

• Memory and creativity

• Scholarship of teaching and learning - particularly online pedagogy

• Co-curricular engagement and first generation college students

COURSES

• Cognitive Psychology

• Learning & Behavior

• Biological Psychology

• Research Methods

• Principles of Psychology

• Psychological Issues and Social Values

• Learning & Memory

• Memory & the Law

SERVICE (select roles)

• Faculty Senator (multiple terms representing College and At-Large)

• Psi Chi, International Honor Society in Psychology, Advisor

• Midwestern Psychological Association, GSU Representative

• Institutional Review Board (IRB) Member

• First Gen Center Faculty Mentor

• Tri-Alpha, Honor Society for First-Gen Faculty Mentor

• Hispanic Undergraduate Recruitment Committee (3x)

• Advisory Council to the LatinX Resource Center

• CEHD Research Associate Development (RAD) Program Faculty Mentor

• Division Personnel Committee for Retention, Promotion, & Tenure (Member 3x; Chair 2x)

• CEHD Grievance Committee

• UPI Unit A Sanctions and Terminations Committee

• Invited editor, textbook & conference submissions reviewer

PREVIOUS SERVICE (that you may contact me about)

• Society for Teaching of Psychology (STP), Diversity Committee

• STP Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force

• Faculty Professional Development Committee, Chair

• Student Evaluation of Instruction Revision Taskforce