Jiin Lee

Vanderbilt University, in progress
M.S., Cognitive Psychology in Context

Jiin Lee assists with data collection at the NELL lab. She is a master’s student in the Cognitive Psychology in Context program at Vanderbilt University and a Fulbright Scholar. With over 15 years of experience as an elementary teacher in South Korea, and as a teacher, trainer, and lecturer on Public Education TV, Jiin aims to bridge the neuroscience of reading comprehension with classroom practice to advance evidence-based literacy instruction.

Mason Harding

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2024
B.S., Neuroscience, Statistics & Analytics

Mason assists with fMRI analysis and application, mirroring his interests in probabilistic brain models and multimodal source decomposition methods in the human brain. He also contributes to Dr. Catie Chang's Neuroimaging & Brain Dynamics Lab. Aside from his lab activities, Mason enjoys outdoor pursuits with his friends.

Mary M. Bryan

Lipscomb University, 2023
M.S., Psychology

Mary conducts EEG operations, IRB and NIH compliance, participant recruitment, psychometric testing, and RA training at the NELL. In pursuit of Clinical Psychology, she is curious about how literacy, emotion, and mastery affect internalizing disorders. Mary is eager to optimize anything from spreadsheets to storage, and she often (successfully) solicits life stories from participants.