EXPERIMENTAL HUMANITIES LAB
Fritz Breithaupt
PEOPLE
Director
FRITZ BREITHAUPT
Johns Hopkins, PhD 1997. Professor Germanic Studies, Affiliated Faculty Cognitive Science, Adjunct Professor Comparative Literature.
Fritz Breithaupt is Provost Professor at Indiana University Bloomington. He is the director of graduate studies in Cognitive Science. His research focuses on empathy and narrative thinking.
His latest book Das narrative Gehirn (The Narrative Brain) is the Science Book of the Year 2023 in Austria. Recent publications include his books Die Kultur der Empathie (Cultures of Empathy), The Dark Sides of Empathy, and an article on "Quantifying the retention of emotions across story retellings" in Nature Scientific Reports.
Breithaupt is a frequent contributor to the press, including NPR, BBC, SRF, Die Zeit, and Philosophie Magazin.
CLAIRE WOODWARD
Indiana University Bloomington, PhD 2024, Germanic Studies
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Claire is currently a lecturer in the English Department at Indiana University Bloomington.
SNIGDHA KHANNA
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, BTech 2021, Computer Science Engineering;
Indiana University Bloomington, MS 2024, Computational Linguistics
Snigdha is currently completing a joint PhD in Cognitive Science and Linguistics at Indiana University Bloomington.
VICTORIA KLIMAJ
Knox College, BA 2013, Behavioral Neuroscience, Minor in Creative Writing;
Indiana University Bloomington, MS 2021, Informatics
Victoria is currently completing a joint PhD in Cognitive Science and Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington.
DEVIN R. WRIGHT
Utah Valley University, BS 2021, Computer Science
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Devin is currently completing a joint PhD in Cognitive Science and Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington.
EGE ÖTENEN
Middle East Technical University, BS 2020, Psychology;
Sabancı University, MS 2022, Psychology
Ege is currently completing a joint PhD in Cognitive Science and Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington.
SAMUEL EVOLA
University of Notre Dame, BA 2014, English & Spanish;
University of Notre Dame, M.Ed. 2016, Secondary Education
Samuel is currently completing a PhD in English Literature at Indiana University Bloomington.
JILLIAN LEE MEYER
DePauw University, BA 2023, Psychology and Communication
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Jillian is currently completing a joint PhD in Psychology and Cognitive Science at Indiana University Bloomington.
TONY BEAVERS
Affiliated Faculty Cognitive Science, Indiana University Bloomington
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Marquette University, PhD 1990, Philosophy
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Tony is currently working on associative networks and their philosophical and humanistic implications for cognitive science.
HANNAH TATE
University of Edinburgh, MSc 2020, Comparative Literature
Hannah is currently completing a joint PhD in Gender Studies and Comparative Literature at Indiana University Bloomington.
Ricardo Martins
Indiana University Bloomington, PhD 2023, Portuguese
Ricardo is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures, Media Studies, and Latin American & Latinx Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. His research involves interactive narratives, videogames, and film.
FORMER MEMBERS
CONNOR BASKIN
Arizona State University, BS 2016, Supply Chain Management and German
Indiana University, MA 2019, Germanic Studies
DANNI BOYLAN
Indiana University, BA 2021, Biology
Current MS Ed in in History of Philosophy and Education
CAM CHAMBERS
Indiana University, BA 2020, Cognitive Science with a concentration in Neuroscience
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VANESSA DENNY
Former Lab Manager
Indiana University, BS 2020, Cognitive Science
CHARLES EXDELL
Indiana University PhD Student Candidate,
Folklore and Ethnomusicology
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KEVIN GARDNER
Indiana University, BA 2014
YAMEEN HAMEED
Indiana University, BA 2017, Cognitive science and Writing program
ANDREW HAMILTON
Andrew Hamilton (seated) is Visiting Assistant Professor of German at The College of the Holy Cross. His research focuses on narratology and semiotics in German and European literature in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
PhD 2015, Indiana University
TOBIAS HERMANS
Ghent, PhD 2016. BAEF Post-Doc at Indiana University 2016-17
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MILO MURPHY HICKS
Mount Allison University, BA 2014, Honors English, Philosophy minor
McGill University, MA 2016, English
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BEN HISKES
Carleton College, BA, English and Neuroscience
Indiana University Bloomington, PhD 2024, English Literature and Cognitive Science
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GWYNNETH HURLEY
Indiana University, BA 2016, Journalism and Cognitive Science
WILL JETTINGHOFF
Indiana University, BA 2018, Psychology
University of British Columbia MA/PhD Student, Social-Personality Psychology
BINYAN LI
UCLA, BA, History, Language, and Literature
Indiana University, MA, Italian Studies
Indiana University, MA, Computational Linguistics
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LAUREN LU
Indiana University, BA 2016, Neuroscience
Current medical student
SOPHIA MUSTON
Indiana University, BA student
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DENIZHAN PAK
University of Tennessee - Knoxville, BS 2019, Computer Science and Mathematics.
Indiana University Masters Student, Computational Linguistics
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KARA RAITERI
ELIZABETH RYBA
Fordham University, BA 2012
Indiana University, MA in Comparative Literature 2015
ELEANOR B. SCHILLE-HUDSON
Indiana University, BA 2017. Cognitive Science, Germanic Studies.
Indiana University PhD Student, Cognitive Science.
MARGARET SCHNABEL
Indiana University, BA student focusing on English and Cognitive Science
​AMY SCOBEY
Indiana University, BA student
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MARIA TRIANTAFYLLOPOULOS
Indiana University, BS 2020, Neuroscience and French
mtrianta@umail.iu.edu
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PHILIPP WEBER
Humboldt University Berlin, PhD 2016;
Research assistant at the German Institute of the Ruhr-University Bochum
SARAH WHALEY
Indiana University, BA 2016, Journalism and Cognitive Science