People
Director
Dr Vanessa Loaiza is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Sheffield. Previously, she was Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex. She was also a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Zurich, working with Klaus Oberauer and at the University of Fribourg with Valerie Camos. She obtained her M.S. and Ph.D. in cognitive psychology at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. She worked with Matthew Rhodes and with the late David McCabe. Before CSU, she received her B.A. in psychology and philosophy at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, where she grew up.
> Current Curriculum Vitae - updated January 2024
Lab members
Hiu Wah "Lily" Cheung - PhD student
David Goldenhaus-Manning - PhD student
Kishen Senziani - Visiting research intern
The lab in fall 2022 - Lily, David, and Vanessa
Not pictured are our fabulous RAs, Jagoda Ostaszewska and Lorna Laurence
In the background is Colchester Castle, an 11th century Norman castle with the largest keep in Europe and that was also built on Roman ruins. Colchester is Britain's first recorded town (and now a city!)
The lab in fall 2021 - David, Vanessa, and Lily
The lab in fall 2020! Clockwise from top-left: Lily, Vanessa, David, and Dawn
Lab alumni
Dawn Liu-Holford - SeNSS-ESRC postdoctoral fellow - now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Bristol, UK.
Gabriel Jarjat - visiting PhD student - now a fixed-term researcher and lecturer at the University of Tours, France.
Sabina Srokova - BSc student - now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arizona, USA.