Faculty & Staff

Angela Incollingo Rodriguez is an Associate Professor of Psychological & Cognitive Sciences and Neuroscience. She directs the Stigma Eating & Endocrinology Dynamics (SEED) Lab and collaborates on interdisciplinary research initiatives throughout WPI and around the globe. ...

I am a social psychologist trained in the interdisciplinary field of judgment and decision making. I am particularly interested in how people develop an understanding of complex environmental and societal problems and how their "mental models" of complex systems can best be studied and improved to aid both personal and public decision making. I firmly believe that environmental and social problems can’t be solved without understanding how they are represented in the mind and identifying what cognitive processes people bring to bear upon them. ...

Dr. Jessica C. Hill is Director of the Morgan Teaching & Learning Center and Associate Professor of Psychology in the Social Science and Policy Studies Department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where she leads institute-wide efforts to support effective teaching and meaningful student learning. Her work centers on helping faculty explore practices that align with their strengths while creating active, engaged experiences that promote deep learning. ...

Richard Lopez is an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology in the Department of Social Science and Policy Studies at WPI. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology, social neuroscience, and human neuroscience and neurotechnology. He also directs the Social Neuroscience of Affective Processes (SNAP) Lab.  ...

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Erin Ottmar is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Learning Sciences at WPI. She received her BA in psychology and elementary education from the University of Richmond. After college, she spent several years teaching in Ecuador and Japan. In 2011, she received her PhD in Educational Psychology: Applied Developmental Science from the University of Virginia. After graduate school, spent 3 years as a post-doctoral research scientist at the University of Richmond. ...

Kaitlyn Schneider is an assistant teaching professor of psychology at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the Department of Social Science and Policy Studies. She received her PhD in counseling psychology at Northeastern University, and MS in clinical mental health counseling at Villanova University. She is a licensed clinical psychologist practicing in Massachusetts. Dr. ...

Stacy Shaw’s research focuses on understanding creative thinking in mathematics, how anxiety and other threat experiences affect mathematical cognition and reasoning, as well as how classroom experiences can affect performance and learning in STEM. Recently she has become interested in the role of rest for academic achievement, burnout, and student wellbeing. She graduated with her Ph.D. ...

Jeanine Skorinko is a professor of psychology at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the Department of Social Science and Policy Studies. She also is the director of the Psychological & Cognitive Science program. She received her PhD in social psychology at the University of Virginia. ...

I compose, perform, record, mix and produce electroacoustic music; I am interested in how we can use the tools and techniques of audio production to explore new musical territory. I build mechatronic and robotic musical instruments; I am interested in how we can free electronic music from the world of speakers through computer-controlled automatic mechanical instruments. I conduct research and experiments that explore how our cognitive and perceptual processes affect our musical experience; I am interested in how we can use such research to guide our compositional and analytic activities. ...