Current Editors of Mind Matters

Kirsten Sharpes
Senior Editor
Academic Affairs
khaller@wesleyan.edu

Kirsten is a psychology major and a member of the class of 2008. She is conducting research on social identity and conflict as well as working as a research assistant in the cognitive psychology lab on experiments in decision-making. She is also has a strong interest in measurement and is currently studying the Rasch method and Item Response Theory. She plans to pursue an advanced degree in psychometrics after her studies at Wesleyan.

Julia Kessler
Senior Editor
Internal Management
jkessler@wesleyan.edu

Julia is senior psychology major who discovered an interested in psychology before college. At Wesleyan she has had the opportunity to broaden her psychology experience and is interested in both clinical and academic aspects of the field. Julia's focus right now is in cognitive psychology, particularly learning and memory.

Jeff Walker
Senior Editor
Recruitment
jdwalker@wesleyan.edu

Jeff, a member of the class of 2008, is studying neuroscience. He is currently interested in the interface of the cognitive sciences and phenomenology, and its implications for the scientific study of subjective experience and self-awareness.

Niki Holtzman
Senior Editor
Financial Management
nholtzman@wesleyan.edu

Niki is a psychology major and a member of the class of 2010. She is interested in clinical psychology with an emphasis on cognitive development and how childhood/adolescent experiences influence behavior later in life. After graduation, she plans to pursue an advanced degree in some (yet unspecified) area of psychology and would like to work in an in-patient treatment center.

Laurenellen McCann
Senior Editor
Submissions
lmccann@wesleyan.edu

Laurenellen is junior government major concentrating in American Politics. Her dominant interests in psychology relate to language development, emotion, and social motivation. She is fascinated by political relationships and hopes to pursue a combined study of cognition and the rational actor model.