Principal Investigator
Chad Dodson, Professor of Psychology
My research has explored the nature of memory distortions, the effects of aging on memory and eyewitness memory. But a through-line in all of the work is the goal of understanding when individuals are highly confident and yet wrong.
Graduate Students
Emily Ives
Emily is a first-year graduate student in the Dodson Cognition lab. Her interests lie in applying general memory paradigms to eyewitness memory research, improving ecological validity of these studies, and examining individual differences within them. She also has an interest in juror perception of eyewitnesses and identification procedures. Her hobbies include watching movies, reading, and going to the gym.
Lauren Kelso
Lauren is a second-year graduate student in the Dodson Cognition Lab. Broadly, her research interests are at the intersection of psychology and law, particularly eyewitness memory. She is interested in the relationship between confidence and accuracy, and in factors that can potentially affect an eyewitness’s reliability. In her free time, Lauren enjoys anything true crime related (documentaries, podcasts, etc.), cooking, and spending time with her dog and cat
Jessica Gettleman
Jessica is a sixth-year doctoral student in the Dodson Cognition Lab. She is interested in eyewitness memory, particularly in the older adult population; the relationship between confidence and accuracy in eyewitness identifications; and the development of false memories. Her hobbies include trying new restaurants in Charlottesville, hiking, and stopping to pet golden retrievers.
Lab Manager
William Makana Lee
William is a fourth-year Echols Scholar majoring in Biology and minoring in Psychology. He is interested in a career in medicine and currently in the 2023 medical school application cycle. He enjoys volunteering as an EMT, with the UVA Red Cross Club at blood drives, and with the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. In his spare time, William can be found rock-climbing at the Slaughter Recreation Center or teaching tennis as an Instructor for UVA’s Intramural Sports Program at the Snyder Tennis Courts.
Lab Alumni
Name |
Occupation |
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| Mandy Hall | Professor, Butler University | mhall2@butler.edu |
| Sameer Bawa | BBC Research & Consulting | |
| Lacy Krueger | Associate Professor, Texas A&M University-Commerce | lacy.krueger@tamuc.edu |
| Margaret Scalia Bryce | ||
| Jeff Pink | ||
| David Dobolyi | Assistant Professor, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder | dd2es@virginia.edu |
| Tyler Santander | Postdoctoral Researcher, U.C. Santa Barbara | tyler.santander@psych.ucsb.ed |
| Claire La Fleur | Postdoctoral Researcher, U.S. Army Research Laboratory | cgl2fm@virginia.edu |
| Jesse Grabman | Postdoctoral Researcher, UVA Computational Memory Lab | jhg5dq@virginia.edu |