Research Program Mentors
Polygence mentors are selected based on their exceptional academic background, teaching experience, and unique ability to inspire the next generation of innovative thinkers and industry leaders.
Arnel Blake
PhD
Expertise
Epistemology, feminist philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of science
Clayton
PhD
Expertise
data science, computer science, computational linguistics, natural language processing, web scraping (Twitter) and analytics, probability theory, statistics, calculus
Jade
PhD
Expertise
Linguistics, Translation, Arabic Language and Literature, Spanish Language and Literature, cross-cultural awareness, intercultural communication, comparative literature, European linguistics, cultural studies, humanities
Tobi
PhD candidate
Expertise
Neurodevelopmental disorders (i.e. autism), disability studies, psycholinguistics, global mental health, psychology (developmental, clinical, and social), critical theories
Evan
MS candidate
Expertise
Machine Learning, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, NLP, Psychology, Cognitive Science
Rachel
PhD candidate
Expertise
Linguistics, foreign language studies, French studies, Language teaching and learning, Language and ideology, Language and discrimination, Language and gender, Sociolinguistics, Language and society, French linguistics, Spanish linguistics, Italian linguistics, Catalan linguistics, Translation
Dora
PhD candidate
Expertise
computational linguistics, analysis of textual data, application of computational linguistic tools to social science questions
Cristina
PhD
Expertise
forensic linguistics, computational linguistics/NLP, linguistics/languages, cognitive science
Elaine
PhD candidate
Expertise
Cognitive Psychology, Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Perception, Memory, Critical Thinking, Learning how to learn
