Pathways to Research Panel
- May 06, 2021-
On May 6, 2021, the Psychology Department hosted a panel for undergraduate students to ask
questions about career paths and graduate programs in Psychology research via Zoom. Our
panelists consisted of Ben Strom (Ph.D), Su-hua Wang (Ph.D.), and Heather Bullock (Ph.D.) who
shared their experiences and perspectives.
About our Panelists:
Ben Storm is an associate Professor in the Cognitive Science area at UCSC. He received his
Bachelor’s in Psychology at UC Santa Barbara where he originally planned to go into clinical
psychology. It wasn’t until he talked to a research professor and got involved in a lab during his
third year that he discovered his field of interest and pursued his Ph.D. at UCLA. His research
focuses on memory: how we remember and/or forget and the role of forgetting in resolving
competition during retrieval, overcoming fixation while thinking and solving problems, updating
autobiographical memory, and facilitating new learning.s.
UCSC Memory Laboratory | Ben Storm, Ph.D.
Su-hua Wang is a Professor of Developmental Psychology at UCSC. She received her Bachelors
and Master's in Taiwan. Originally, she wanted to be a clinical psychologist, but decided to
pursue a degree in Developmental Psychology right before entering graduate school. She
directs the UCSC Baby Lab and is also the Director of New Gen Learning, an interdisciplinary
consortium that brings professors and students from different research disciplines to study the
strengths of learning in children and students from underserved backgrounds. Her own research
investigates how learning occurs in the first few years as babies and young children interact with
parents and with various cultural tools such as toys, books, and technology.
Baby Lab | Su-hua Wang, Ph.D.
New Gen Learning Research Consortium
Heather Bullock is a Professor of Social Psychology at UCSC. She attended a small liberal arts
college and was interested in clinical psychology. It wasn’t until she wrote her senior thesis that
she grew excited about research and after that, she attended a conference and became
interested in pursuing a career in research! Her research focuses on economic justice and
addressing social justice issues and fighting for change. She is the Director of the Blum Center
here at UCSC that gives inclusive research opportunities for students!
Heather Bullock, Ph.D.
The Blum Center
