Daniel Erlacher
Daniel Erlacher
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Daniel Erlacher is a lecturer in training science and sports biology at the Institute of Sport Science at the University of Bern. His research interests include motor learning in lucid dreams, sleep in elite sports, and sleep-related regeneration processes.
Robert Cialdini
Robert Cialdini
Dr. Cialdini is one of the most cited names in Social Psychology. He received his Ph .D. from the University of North Carolina and his post doctoral training from Columbia University. He is currently employed at Arizona State University. Dr. Cialdini is an expert in the fields of persuasion, compliance, and negotiation. His scientific work is also covered widely in the media, including appearances on Dateline NBC, CNN, ABC, etc. His website can be consulted at Influence at Work.
Sarah Spies
Sarah Spies
Sarah Spies completed her bachelor's degree in psychology at Saarland University and is now continuing her studies in the master's program, focusing on industrial and organizational psychology, social psychology and clinical psychology. She also works as an assistant researcher at the Institute for Social Research and Social Economy in Saarbrücken.
Terri O'Sullivan
Terri O'Sullivan
Terri O’Sullivan holds a bachelor’s degree in social psychology from the University of Kent, UK where she conducted research into the effects of ostracism from a religious group. She went on to continue this line of research while studying for a master’s degree at Tilburg University, NL under the supervision of Professor Ilja van Beest. She is currently investigating how ostracism affects one’s religious identity as well as studying the vicarious effects of ostracism. Terri coordinates the Big Questions Project. If you have or can answer a Big Question, get in touch! E-mail: t.osullivan@in-mind.org
Lukas Repnik
Lukas Repnik
Lukas Repnik is Editor for Developmental Psychology (Childhood & Adolescence) at the English version of In-Mind magazine. He completed his psychology studies in Vienna and is currently pursuing his PhD at the Medical University of Graz. Working at the intersection of developmental psychology and neuroscience, his research focuses on neural mechanisms underlying psychological resilience. He also conducted research at the SCAN-Unit (University of Vienna), the University of Zurich, and the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (Radboud University, The Netherlands). Besides his PhD, he is currently completing his training as a systemic family therapist.
lukas.repnik@medunigraz.at
Sascha Topolinski
Sascha Topolinski
Sascha Topolinski is an Associate Professor at the University of Cologne leading his own research unit on Social and Economic Cognition. He has received his PhD from the University of Würzburg under the excellent supervision of Fritz Strack. He is interested in intuition and bodily influences on our mind, but also on creativity, affect, and humor.
Justine Kohl
Justine Kohl
Justine Kohl completed her MA Degree in linguistics at the University of Bielefeld. During and after her studies, she worked there for several years as a research assistant in the Department of Language and Communication. She is currently working as a research assistant in Project RESPOND! at the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences. In the context of her dissertation, she would like to microanalytically explore subtle and interactive manifestations of antisemitic hate speech with the use of conversation analysis.
Nathalie Brackmann
Nathalie Brackmann
Nathalie Brackmann is a PhD student at Maastricht University, the Netherlands (section of Forensic Psychology at the faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience). Her research focuses on eyewitness memory and the implications of false or distorted recollections for legal settings. She is interested in circumstances in which child witnesses might be less vulnerable to memory illusions and therefore more credible than adult witnesses.
Douglas E. Colman
Douglas E. Colman
Douglas E. Colman received his BA and MBA from Adams State University, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Experimental Psychology at Idaho State University. His primary research interests include personality and interpersonal perception issues applied to the industrial and organizational domain.
X̱ʼunei Lance A. Twitchell
X̱ʼunei Lance A. Twitchell
X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell lives in Juneau with his wife and bilingual children, and is from the Tlingit, Haida, and Yupʼik native nations. He is a Professor at the University of Alaska Southeast, where he teaches the Tlingit language, advocates for indigenous language revitalization, and is a poet, filmmaker, and musician.