Amara Osei
Postdoctoral Researcher, Cognitive Science
amara.osei@email.edu(773) 555-0161Chicago, IL
Research Summary
Cognitive scientist researching how working memory constraints shape language processing, with six peer-reviewed publications and experience teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level.
Education
Ph.D. Cognitive Psychology, University of Michigan
2023
B.A. Psychology, Williams College
2017
Publications
- Working memory load modulates syntactic reanalysis, Journal of Memory and Language, (2024)
- Individual differences in garden-path recovery, Cognition, (2022)
Appointments
Postdoctoral Researcher
2023 – Present
University of Chicago, Department of Psychology
- Lead a research line on working memory and sentence processing, funded by an NSF grant
- Supervise two graduate research assistants
- Mentored three graduate students, two of whom went on to present at national conferences
Graduate Instructor
2019 – 2023
University of Michigan
- Taught two undergraduate courses in cognitive psychology, average evaluation 4.8/5
Research Assistant
2013 – 2016
University of Michigan, Attention & Memory Lab
- Ran eye-tracking sessions with 200+ participants and maintained the lab's data-collection protocol
- Coded and analyzed behavioral data in R for two funded studies
Skills
Experimental design · R · Eye-tracking · Statistical modeling · Grant writing · Python · MATLAB · Mixed-effects models · Data visualization · Peer review · Public speaking
Awards
- Dissertation Fellowship, University of Michigan, (2019)
- Early Career Research Grant, Cognitive Science Society, (2022)
Volunteer Experience
- Reviewer — Journal of Experimental Psychology — Ad hoc peer reviewer for manuscripts on attention and memory.
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