The Social Academic with Jennifer van Alstyne | Online Presence for Professors Creating Her Research Lab Website with Allie Sinclair, PhD
Jennifer van Alstyne introduces a new series on The Social Academic Podcast, conversations with award winners of the Best Personal Academic Websites Contest.
Alyssa Sinclair, PhD (Allie), directs the Learning & Behavior Change Lab at Rice University. Dr. Allie Sinclair is a winner of the Best Research Lab or Group Website Award https://www.sinclairlab-rice.com/
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Alyssa (Allie) Sinclair, PhD (she/her) is currently the Joan Bossert Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, affiliated with the Annenberg Public Policy Center. She is also an incoming Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University, where she will direct the Learning & Behavior Change Lab.
Sinclair is a cognitive neuroscientist who studies how people update their memories, beliefs, and behaviors in lab and real-world settings. Her expertise spans learning and memory, belief and behavior change, affect, and information consumption. Sinclair completed a Ph.D. in Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University, postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania, and an Honours B.Sc. in Psychology at the University of Toronto.
https://www.sinclairlab-rice.com/
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