Faculty
Carolyn Brighouse
Chair
B.A., University of Liverpool
M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Professor Brighouse’s interests include philosophy of science, philosophy of space and time, and philosophy of physics more generally. She teaches some classes in these areas, but also teaches a course on philosophy and science fiction as well as other introductory philosophy courses.
Alan Knoerr
B.A., Oberlin College
Sc.M., Ph.D., Brown University
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Alan Knoerr is an applied mathematician who teaches a broad range of courses in mathematics; he also teaches in the cognitive science program. His graduate work was in pattern theory, but his recent research is on dynamics and optimization.
Carmel Levitan
B.A., Stanford University
Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley
Carmel Levitan studies multisensory interactions, researching how the different senses integrate information. Her research combines mathematical modeling with psychophysical experiments and examines the interplay between our prior expectations of the world and sensory signals in generating robust percepts of the world.
Diana Linden
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Diana Card Linden is a neurobiologist and educational therapist studying cognitive abilities in individuals of all ages. She teaches classes in cognitive neuroscience, applied cognitive science and education, as well as classes in the Psychobiology major.
Bruno Louchouarn
B.S., M.S. Artificial intelligence, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
M.A., Ph.D. Music Composition, University of California, Los Angeles
Bruno Louchouarn is a composer and cognitive musicologist. His musical compositions are informed by his studies in cognitive musicology and often focus on the performative aspects of language and music, the narrative structure of myths, emotions and rhetoric. Ranging from futuristic cantina music heard in the film Total Recall to live experimental multimedia performances, works for large orchestra and music for ballet and the theater, his music has been performed nationwide including RedCat in Los Angeles’s Walt Disney Concert Hall, UCLA’s Royce Hall, and the Getty Center. He teaches music, multimedia, and cognitive science.
Dylan Sabo
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Dylan Sabo’s areas of philosophical interest include philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of language. He teaches classes on these and related issues through the philosophy and cognitive science departments. His current research focuses on how we learn new concepts.
Michael Shelton
B.S., St. Cloud State University
M.A., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Email: mshelton@oxy.edu
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Michael Shelton is a linguist, specializing in phonology and psycholinguistics. His research interests include experimental approaches to phonology, with a particular focus on Spanish, the cognitive representation of phonological structure, and language processing. He teaches general linguistics courses, as well as courses on Hispanic linguistics and Spanish language.
Andrew Shtulman
B.A.,Princeton University
Ph.D., Harvard University
Homepage: http://faculty.oxy.edu/shtulman
Lab: Thinking and Reasoning Lab
Andrew Shtulman is a cognitive psychologist who studies conceptual development and conceptual change. His research focuses on both the acquisition of domain-specific concepts and the development of domain-general inference strategies.
Saul Traiger
B.A., State University of New York at Binghamton
M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Homepage: http://faculty.oxy.edu/traiger/
Saul Traiger teaches courses in the foundations of cognitive science, seventeenth and eighteenth century philosophy, contemporary epistemology and the philosophy of mind. His research includes work on the historical and conceptual foundations of cognitive science, and the philosophy of David Hume.