I’m a postdoctoral fellow at The Ohio State University, working with Dr. Ivy Tso. I received a PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Rutgers University in 2023, and I hold a BA in Psychology and Statistics from Columbia University.
I study social cognition and the processes that support it, from gaze detection to face processing to social wayfinding. I am particularly interested in how these processes vary across individuals, including people on the autism spectrum. I approach these questions using behavioral tasks, virtual reality, eye tracking, and computational modeling.
I have taught courses on quantitative methods in psychology, cognitive science, and expository writing. I’m also passionate about statistics and its philosophical underpinnings.
Also known as Serena De Stefani.