Faculty
Program Director
Sarah Hillenbrand earned her PhD in neuroscience at UC Berkeley, using functional magnetic resonance imaging to study human motor learning. She taught courses in neuroscience, general scientific method, science writing, and storytelling at Stanford University in the Thinking Matters program. She later developed and taught courses in science communication in Stanford's Program in Writing and Rhetoric. Before coming to USF, she developed and taught courses on psychology, social justice, media...
- Alliant International University, Preliminary Single Subject Teaching Credential in Social Science, 2021
- UC Berkeley, PhD in Neuroscience, 2015
- Kenyon College, BA in Neuroscience, Philosophy, and...
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Human motor learning
- Science communication
- Pedagogy
Full-Time Faculty
Narayan Sankaran, PhD, is both a neuroscientist and neuroethicist. As a neuroscientist, his research seeks a mechanistic account of how the human auditory system enables perception of complex sounds – such as music and speech. To do this, he combines computational modeling, machine learning, and human neurophysiological measurements at different spatial scales using both intracranial and scalp-based recording techniques. As a neuroethicist, his research considers the ethical and societal...
- University of Sydney, PhD in Neuroscience, 2018
- University of California, Berkeley, BA in Physics (Music minor)
- Auditory neuroscience
- Computational modeling
- Music
- Human electrophysiology
Combining a passion for music with scientific curiosity, Professor Viskontas works at the intersection of art and science. She has published more than 50 original papers and chapters related to the neural basis of memory and creativity. Her scientific work has been featured in Oliver Sacks’ book Musicophilia, Nautilus, Nature: Science Careers, and Discover Magazine. She has also written for MotherJones.com, American Scientist, Vitriol Magazine, and other publications. Her first book, How Music...
- PhD, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of California - Los Angeles
- MM, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
- BSc, University of Toronto
- Neuroscience
- Creativity
- Memory
- Arts and health
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