Current Editors of Mind Matters

Caterina Di Perri
Senior Editor
Student Reviewer Liaison
mdiperri@wesleyan.edu
Caterina is a member of the class of 2011 and a neuroscience and behavior and English double
major, while following the pre-med curriculum. Caterina has worked closely with her step father,
professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Allan Hobson for the past six years –
first observing and participating in his research at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center
and later assisting in the editing process of his journal articles for Nature and his
manuscripts for MIT publication. Her areas of interest include sleep research in relation to
brain function and clinical neurology. After graduation, she plans to attend medical school
and hopes to fulfill a neurology residency to ultimately become a clinical neurologist.

Adele Borden
Senior Editor
amborden@wesleyan.edu
Adele Borden is a Junior at Wesleyan University.

Christian Hoyos
Senior Editor
choyos@wesleyan.edu
Christian Hoyos is a Psychology and French Studies double major and a member of the Class of 2011.
He currently works on research in the Cognitive Development Lab on children's reorientation and spatial
reasoning and is planning to write his senior thesis on the development of map-based symbolic
representation in children. Other than being a senior editor for Mind Matters, he is a member
of Psi Chi and Pi Delta Phi. His research has been funded by the Dana Fellowship, and will continue
to be supported by the Hughes and McNair Fellowships for the rest of his time at Wesleyan. After
graduation, he hopes to attend graduate school for his PhD in cognitive-developmental psychology.

Katie daCruz
Senior Editor
kdacruz@wesleyan.edu
Katie daCruz is a member of the class of 2011 and a Psychology major with interests in psychopathology
and clinical research psychology. She is currently working with Professor Charles Sanislow on his work
on Avoidant Personality Disorder and will soon be joining his CAPS Lab.

Sophia Sadinsky
Senior Editor
ssadinsky@wesleyan.edu
Sophia Sadinsky is a member of the class of 2011. She is a double major in the Science in Society Program,
with a concentration in Psychology and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and French Studies. Having
been awarded the Davenport Grant, she plans on conducting research on reproductive health practices and
outcomes in Namibia this summer in support of her senior thesis.