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Shawn Schwartz
Ph.D. Student in Psychology, admitted Autumn 2021
BioShawn is a PhD student working with Anthony Wagner in the Department of Psychology. He leverages neuroimaging (fMRI and scalp EEG) and real-time biofeedback with pupillometry to investigate the neural mechanisms driving the relationship between moment-to-moment fluctuations in preparatory attention and episodic remembering in cognitively healthy young and older adults.
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Tagart Cain Sobotka
COLLEGE Teaching Fellow
Ph.D. Student in Sociology, admitted Autumn 2014BioTagart Cain Sobotka earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Stanford University. His research focuses on the ways identity processes and diffuse cultural beliefs create and maintain larger forms of inequality, particularly in the areas of health and gender. For example, in his dissertation, "Bad Doctors, Enablers, and the Powerless: The United States Opioid Crisis and the Redefining of Help," he draws on in-depth interviews and field observations to examine how conflicting cultural beliefs surrounding addiction, recovery, and role expectations contribute to the marginalization of people who use drugs and their families.
As a first-generation college student who began their academic career at a community college, his teaching philosophy and service work revolve around promoting diversity and inclusion both inside and outside of the classroom.
