PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

DR. DEANA VITRANO, PHD

I am currently an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Western New England University. I received my Ph.D. and M.A. in Cognitive Psychology from the University at Albany, SUNY, my M.S. in Experimental Psychology from Saint Joseph’s University, and my B.S. in Neuroscience and Psychology from Dickinson College. My research interests focus mainly on learning and memory, including the testing effect, test-potentiated learning, and false memory formation. Additionally, I conduct research on the psychology of creativity, examining how creative thinking relates to the ability to produce word associations. When I'm not conducting research or teaching, you can often find me baking sourdough bread, doing a variety of arts and crafts, obsessing over my dog (see pictures below), and spending time with friends and family.