Core Faculty
Arnold, Jennifer
Professor | Cognitive Psychology Program Director
337B Davie Hall
jarnold@email.unc.edu
Dr. Arnold studies the cognitive mechanisms underlying language comprehension and production in adults and children. Visit her online: UNC Language Processing Lab.
Dr. Arnold will not be recruiting a student to start Fall 2025.
Cohen, Jessica
Associate Professor
335A Davie Hall
919-843-2664
jrcohen@unc.edu
Dr. Cohen studies how functional brain networks interact and reconfigure when confronted with changing cognitive demands, when experiencing transformations across development, and when facing disruptions in healthy functioning due to disease. Visit her online: Cohen Lab.
Dr. Cohen is potentially admitting new students to start in Fall 2025.
Giovanello, Kelly
Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professor
341A Davie Hall
(919) 843-1302
kgio@email.unc.edu
Dr. Giovanello studies behavioral, patient-based, and functional neuroimaging approaches to investigate the cognitive neuroscience of human learning and memory. Visit her online: Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory Laboratory.
Dr. Giovanello will not be recruiting a student to start Fall 2025
Gordon, Peter
Professor
361 Davie Hall
pcg@email.unc.edu
Dr. Gordon studies word recognition and language comprehension, including the interaction between lexical and higher-levels of language processing and the coordination of language procession with memory, perception, attention, and motor control. Visit him online: Peter C. Gordon, Ph.D.
Dr. Gordon will not be recruiting a student to start Fall 2025.
Hopfinger, Joseph
Professor
344B Davie Hall
(919) 962-5085
hopfinger@unc.edu
Dr. Hopfinger studies the brain mechanisms of attentional control, selective perception, cognitive training, and brain plasticity using multiple measures of brain activity (EEG/ERP, fMRI) and neural stimulation (tACS). Visit him online: Joseph Hopfinger, Ph.D..
Dr. Hopfinger is potentially admitting new students to start in Fall 2025.
Mulligan, Neil
Professor
341B Davie Hall
(919) 962-5038
nmulligan@unc.edu
Dr. Mulligan studies human memory, including implicit vs. explicit memory, episodic memory, attention, and memory retrieval. Visit him online: Neil Mulligan, Ph.D..
Dr. Mulligan is potentially admitting new students to start in Fall 2025.
Yousif, Sami
Assistant Professor
364B Davie Hall
sami.yousif@unc.edu
Dr. Yousif is interested in the core building blocks of human cognition and how those develop across the lifespan. Most of his work focuses on various aspects of spatial cognition/perception, but he also studies topics like numerical cognition, event representation, and various aspects of memory. Visit him online: Perception, Cognition, & Development Lab.
Dr. Yousif is potentially recruiting new students to start Fall 2025.
Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct Faculty have official appointments with the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and assist the Department by collaborating with faculty, mentoring doctoral students, or teaching undergraduates.
Bornstein, Brian
Adjunct Professor | Department of Psychology
University of Nebraska Lincoln
bbornstein2@unl.edu
Fogleman, Nicholas
Adjunct Assistant Professor | Department of Psychiatry
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
nicholas.fogleman@med.unc.edu
Schaaf, Jennifer
Adjunct Associate Professor | Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
(919) 966-9298
schaaf@unc.edu
Affiliated Faculty
Affiliated Faculty have primary appointments outside of the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. They may be faculty members at other departments, schools, and research units on campus or with other universities in the area.
Buss, Emily
Affiliated Faculty | Department of Otolaryngology
G190 Physicians Office Building
(919) 843-9163
ebuss@med.unc.edu
Estigarribia, Bruno
Affiliated Faculty | Department of Romance Languages
332 Dey Hall
(919) 962-2062
estigarr@email.unc.edu
Grose, John
Affiliated Faculty | Department of Otolaryngology
75 MacNider Hall
(919) 962-8926
john_grose@med.unc.edu
Hall, Joseph
Affiliated Faculty | Department of Otolaryngology
170 Physician Office Building
(919) 966-3244
joseph_hall@med.unc.edu
Emeritus Faculty
Eckerman, David
Professor Emeritus
david_eckerman@unc.edu
Fillenbaum, Samuel
Retired Faculty
343 Davie Hall
usamfi@email.unc.edu
Hollins, Mark
Professor Emeritus
104 Davie Hall
mhollins@email.unc.edu
Mark Hollins, Ph.D.