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Samantha Emerson
Biography
Dr. Samantha N. Emerson is a Research Scientist at Aptima, Inc. with over a decade of experience designing and executing rigorous research on human learning, thought, and language. Her background is multidisciplinary, combining the theories, methods, and analytics of psychology, cognition, neuroscience, and psycholinguistics. Her research has led to 16 scholarly publications in publications such as Cognitive Science, Neuropsychologia, and Brain & Language as well as 58 conference presentations including at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference; Vertical Flight Society; and CogSci. Her present work at Aptima focuses on Air Force training and assessment needs, ranging from assessing improvements to the pilot training curriculum to developing multi-modal flight performance metrics for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles. Dr. Emerson earned her PhD and MA in cognitive psychology from Georgia State University and her BS in psychology from Middle Tennessee State University.