Chair
As chair, Shervin is our fearless timekeeper - ensuring meetings are productive and punctual. His research interests focus on metaphor, gesture, and embodied cognition, and he is affiliated with the Marghetis Lab. He has contributed to research on how spatial metaphors are used to understand complex concepts, such as time-travel narratives, by analyzing how people use gestures to represent time during storytelling.
Professional Development Officer
Adam has planned and will coordinate several professional development workshops this year, stay tuned for the topics and dates. His research focuses on the perception of errors and the role of uncertainty in consciousness. He is affiliated with the Backer and Shahin labs.
Social & Community Officer
Soran's duty is to bring the party to life, and is often the life of the party. His research interests include embodied cognition, dynamical systems theory, ecological psychology, and phenomenology. He is affiliated with both the Marghetis and Spivey labs.
Media Communications Officer
Melissa is the resident techie and has taken on the reconceptualization of the website. Her research interests include embodied cognition, AR/VR technology, and human-computer interaction in pedagogy. She is affiliated with the Aguirre-Munoz lab.
GSA Delegate
Tony is the liason between the Graduate Student Association and the CIS graduate students. He will dutifully take your concerns to the GSA - who will present them to the powers that be. His research focuses on bilingualism and cognition, bilingualism in education, language and thought, and metaphor. He is affiliated with the Aguirre-Munoz lab