Faculty & Staff
Steering Committee
![Brooke Lea](https://www.macalester.edu/cognitive-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/543/2018/01/Brooke-Lea-150x0-c-default.jpg)
- Brooke Lea
- DeWitt Wallace Professor of Psychology, Director of Cognitive Science
- Cognitive Psychology
- [email protected]
- 651-696-6196
![Samuel Asarnow](https://www.macalester.edu/cognitive-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/543/2018/01/samasarnow-150x0-c-default.jpg)
- Samuel Asarnow
- Assistant Professor, Philosophy
- Ethics, Action Theory, Metaethics
- [email protected]
- 651-696-6246
![Darcy Burgund](https://www.macalester.edu/cognitive-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/543/2018/01/darcy-burgund-150x0-c-default.jpg)
- Darcy Burgund
- Professor of Psychology
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- [email protected]
- 651-696-6022
![James Dawes](https://www.macalester.edu/cognitive-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/543/2018/01/James-Dawes-Headshot-2017-150x0-c-default.jpg)
- James Dawes
- De Witt Wallace Professor of English
- American literature; countercultures; human rights; literary and language theory; violence and trauma; literature and philosophy.
- [email protected]
- 651-696-6809
![Christina Esposito](https://www.macalester.edu/cognitive-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/543/2018/01/Esposito110a-150x0-c-default.jpg)
- Christina Esposito
- Associate Professor and Chair
- Office Hours: Tuesday 4:30-5:30, Wednesday 5:30-6:30, Thursday 8:30-9:30 or by appointment in Neill 204 or email for an appointment
- [email protected]
- 651-696-6678
![J. Peter Ferderer](https://www.macalester.edu/cognitive-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/543/2018/01/petferderer600-150x0-c-default.jpg)
- J. Peter Ferderer
- Edward J Noble Professor and Chair
- Macroeconomics, economic history, and behavioral & experimental economics
- [email protected]
- 651-696-6093
![Susan Fox](https://www.macalester.edu/cognitive-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/543/2018/01/susanfox-150x0-c-default.jpg)
- Susan Fox
- Professor
- Artificial intelligence, robotics, and machine learning
- [email protected]
- 651-696-6553
![Steve Guglielmo](https://www.macalester.edu/cognitive-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/543/2018/01/steve-150x0-c-default.jpg)
- Steve Guglielmo
- Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Social Psychology
- [email protected]
- 651-696-6112
![Ariel James](https://www.macalester.edu/cognitive-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/543/2018/03/arieljames-150x0-c-default.jpg)
- Ariel James
- Wallin Postdoctoral Fellow of Psychology
- [email protected]
- 651-696-6464
![Joy Laine](https://www.macalester.edu/cognitive-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/543/2018/01/joylaine-150x0-c-default.jpg)
- Joy Laine
- Adjunct Professor, Philosophy
- Focuses on the philosophy of mind and language in the context of both Western and Indian philosophical traditions
- [email protected]
- 651-696-6353
![Shilad Sen](https://www.macalester.edu/cognitive-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/543/2018/01/ShiladSen-150x0-c-default.jpg)
- Shilad Sen
- Associate Professor
- Online communities, human-computer interaction, machine learning
- [email protected]
- 651-696-6273
![Morgan Sleeper](https://www.macalester.edu/cognitive-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/543/2018/09/Sleeper_Morgan_Linguistics-150x0-c-default.jpg)
- Morgan Sleeper
- Assistant Professor of Linguistics
- Morgan Sleeper’s primary research interests are music and language,
- [email protected]
Affiliated Faculty
![Janet Folina](https://www.macalester.edu/cognitive-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/543/2018/01/P1000374-2-2-150x0-c-default.jpg)
- Janet Folina
- Professor of Philosophy
- Symbolic logic, philosophy of math, philosophy of science
- [email protected]
- 651-696-6159
![Geoffrey Gorham](https://www.macalester.edu/cognitive-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/543/2018/01/geoffreygorham-150x0-c-default.jpg)
- Geoffrey Gorham
- Professor of Philosophy
- Modern philosophy, Descartes
- [email protected]
- 651-696-6048
![Tina Kruse](https://www.macalester.edu/cognitive-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/543/2018/01/tina-150x0-c-default.jpg)
- Tina Kruse
- Assistant Professor (NTT); Co-chair, Mellon Foundation, Creating Lifelong Learners, Mellon Grant
- [email protected]
- 651-696-6076
![Diane Michelfelder](https://www.macalester.edu/cognitive-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/543/2018/01/dianemichelfelder-150x0-c-default.jpg)
- Diane Michelfelder
- Chair and Professor of Philosophy
- Environmental ethics, ethics of information and computing technologies
- [email protected]
- 651-696-6197
![Lauren Milne](https://www.macalester.edu/cognitive-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/543/2018/11/Milne_Lauren_MSCS-150x0-c-default.jpg)
- Lauren Milne
- Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- Accessible digital interfaces
- [email protected]
- 651-696-6882
![Eric Wiertelak](https://www.macalester.edu/cognitive-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/543/2018/01/Eric-Wiertelak-150x0-c-default.png)
- Eric Wiertelak
- DeWitt Wallace Professor
- [email protected]
- 651-696-6111
Staff
![Lee Olson](https://www.macalester.edu/cognitive-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/543/2018/01/Lee-150x0-c-default.png)
- Lee Olson
- Department Coordinator
- [email protected]
- 651-696-6223