A new chapter at Union College
Jason Haberman accepted a faculty position at Union College in Schenectady, New York, after twelve rewarding years at Rhodes College.
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Research updates, student achievements, publications, and moments from the life of the lab.
From the archive
New work in the Journal of Vision
Our work on the ensemble perception of visual scenes was accepted for publication, with Vignash Tharmaratnam as first author and Jon Cant as senior author.
Celebrating Rhodes Fulbright success
Rhodes was named a Top Producing Fulbright Institution. As co-director of Postgraduate Scholarships, Jason spoke with local media about the distinction and the students and mentors behind it.
Doctoral defense in Iceland
Jason served as Opponent 1 for a Ph.D. dissertation defense at the University of Iceland.
Mirror-reversal manuscript accepted
“A reflection on faces seen in mirror reversal” was accepted by Perception. The project includes undergraduate coauthors Malerie McDowell and Jessica Huang and collaborator Jordan Suchow.
Back at VSS
The lab returned to the Vision Sciences Society annual meeting for the first time since 2019 with four students, three presenting their own research. Jessica Myat was also accepted to Vanderbilt’s neuroscience Ph.D. program and received the Rhodes Hunter Award.
Student research at VSS
Sheida Domabi presented “Emotional Judgment Does Not Depend on Perceived Gender” at the Vision Sciences Society annual meeting.
Poster and undergraduate travel award
Ava Mitra presented “High Fidelity Average Orientation Representation Maintained Across Multiple Time Scales” at VSS and received a VSS Undergraduate Travel Award.
A publication and an early-career award
Former lab member Malerie McDowell’s paper, “The Frozen Effect,” was accepted by PLOS ONE, and Jason received a National Eye Institute Early Career Travel Award.
Student milestones and VSS
Lauren Ulrich’s work on precise ensemble face representation and Emma ZeeAbrahamsen’s work on face-morph confusability were accepted for publication. Hayden Schill began Ph.D. study at UC San Diego. The lab also brought five student poster presenters to VSS.
AALAC and another strong VSS
Rhodes hosted the funded AALAC workshop on Vision Science and the Liberal Arts. Six lab students presented five posters at VSS, and three students received Rhodes Neuroscience Fellowships for summer research.
Perception research at AOPA
Jason collected data at the American Orthotics and Prosthetics Association meeting in Boston for a project on how people perceive the size of prosthetic devices.
The lab’s first full VSS cohort
Every lab member presented an original poster at VSS. Students also earned graduate placements, laboratory positions, and competitive summer research opportunities.