Department Chair

 

Mark Steyvers
  • Professor and Department Chair
    Ph.D., Indiana University, 2000

  • human-AI collaboration, higher-order cognition, learning, metacognition, computational modeling

  •  2316 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway | 949-824-7642

  • mark.steyvers@uci.edu
  • Website
  • Lab

 

Director of Graduate Studies

 

Megan Peters
  • Associate Professor and Graduate Director
    Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2014

  • perception, metacognition, subjective experience, computational modeling, computational cognitive neuroscience

  •  2568 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway

  • megan.peters@uci.edu
  • Lab

For questions about the graduate program, please email: cogsci-graddirector@uci.edu.
 

 

Director of Undergraduate Honors Program

 

Barbara Dosher
  • Distinguished Professor and UG Honors Program Director
    Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1977

  • human information processing, memory retrieval, attention, visual perception

  •  2564 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway | 949-824-7373

  • bdosher@uci.edu
  • Website

For questions about the honors program, please email: cogsci@uci.edu.
 

 

Director of Undergraduate Studies

 

Ramesh Srinivasan
  • Professor and Undergraduate Director
    Ph.D., Tulane University, 1995

  • brain networks, decision making, attention, coordination, multi-brain dynamics

  •  2336 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway

  • r.srinivasan@uci.edu
  • Website
  • Lab

For questions about the undergraduate majors, please email: cogsci-ugdirector@uci.edu.
 

 

Graduate Advisor

 

Jennifer Gerson
  • Director, Graduate Affairs
    Ed.D., University of Southern California, 2020

  • educational counseling, graduate student exceptions/petitions, teaching assistant applications and assignments

  •  5210 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway | (949) 824-4074

  • jennifer.gerson@uci.edu
  • For any administrative questions concerning the graduate application process, financial award opportunities, and/or other pre-enrollment matters, please contact the Graduate Studies Office.

 

 

Department Manager


Clara Schultheiss
  • Department Administrator

  •  SBSG 2203 | 949-824-7569

  • clara@uci.edu

 

 

Administrative Staff

 

MyLee Fatigun (on leave through 10/20/2025)
Christa Mellina Gottardo
  • Department Student Assistant

  •  SBSG 2201 | 949-824-6692

  • cogsci@uci.edu
Karen Van

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

Mailing Address
Department of Cognitive Sciences
2201 Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway
University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-5100

Telephone: (949) 824-6692

Fax: (949) 824-2307

Email: cogsci@uci.edu

Direction (UCI Campus)
The Department Administrative Suite is located on the 2nd floor of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway Building.
See: SBSG Building (214)

Directions to the campus can be found here.

 

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