Principal Investigator

Erin J. Wamsley
Principal Investigator
Furman University Department of Psychology
Johns Hall 206K
Greenville, SC 29613
erin.wamsley@furman.edu

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Dr. Erin Wamsley joined the Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience at Furman University in 2013.  In the Furman Sleep Lab, Dr. Wamsley studies how the brain processes memories during sleep and rest, as well as the relationship of sleep-dependent memory processing to dream experiences. Her current work explores how spatial memories are transformed during sleep, how recent experiences are expressed in dreams. and how sleep and eyes-closed, waking rest affect declarative and procedural memory consolidation.

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Laboratory Coordinator

Graelyn Humiston
Sleep Lab Coordinator
​Neuroscience, '17
graelyn.humiston@furman.edu

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Graelyn joined the Furman Sleep Lab in 2015 as a junior neuroscience major, and became the lab coordinator in the fall of 2017. She is running multiple studies exploring memory consolidation, sleep, and eyes-closed, waking rest, of which one has been published and the other submitted for publication. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in neuroscience or psychology, studying the neural underpinnings of biases, beliefs, and information literacy.

Megan Collins
​Sleep Lab Coordinator
​Neuroscience and Japanese Studies, '19
megan.collins@furman.edu

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Megan joined the Furman Sleep Lab in 2018 as a junior neuroscience major, and become the lab coordinator in the summer of 2019. She is working on a manuscript for a study looking at focused attention meditation and eyes-closed, waking rest which will be submitted for publication soon. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in neuroscience or psychology.

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​Student Researchers

Piper Powell
​Undergraduate Researcher
Psychology and German, '20

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Hannah Gibson
​Undergraduate Researcher
​Psychology, '20

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Madison Arora
Undergraduate Researcher
Neuroscience, '20

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Kirsten Baker
​Undergraduate Researcher
Psychology, '21

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Lab Alumni

Ashley Hall
​Undergraduate Researcher
Neuroscience, ​'19
After Sleep Lab: Research Technician at Duke Health

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Kaitlin Marakoff
​Undergraduate Researcher
Psychology, '19

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Emme Lis
​Undergraduate Researcher
Psychology, '19
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing Graduate Degree at James Madison University

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Haleigh Kunich
​Undergraduate Researcher
Neuroscience, '18

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Qinhua Sun
Research Assistant
Psychology, '17
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience at University of California Irvine

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Nathan Moliterno
​Undergraduate Researcher
Neuroscience, '17
​After Sleep Lab: Pursuing Degree in Computer Science at University of Cincinnati

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Sarah Wood
​Undergraduate Researcher
Philosophy, '17
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing Graduate Degree at Portfolio Center

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Kate Brokaw
​Undergraduate Researcher
​Neuroscience, '16
After Sleep Lab: Business Analyst at Deloitte Consulting

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Ted Summer
​Lab Coordinator
Neuroscience, '16
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing Computer Science MS at University of Chicago

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Paige Hickey
​Undergraduate Researcher
​Neuroscience, '15

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Chandler Rhea
​Undergraduate Researcher
Neuroscience, '19

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Katherine Nimchuk
​Undergraduate Researcher
Neuroscience, '19
After Sleep Lab: Research Specialist at Medical University of South Carolina

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Hailey Napier
​Undergraduate Researcher
Psychology, '18

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Madeline Ray
​Undergraduate Researcher
Psychology, '18

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Michael Tan
Research Assistant
Psychology, '17
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing MS at Johns Hopkins

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Jasmine McMillan
​Undergraduate Researcher
Psychology, '17
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing Degree at New York University

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Alli Peipert
​Undergraduate Researcher
​Psychology, '17
After Sleep Lab: Project Coordinator at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

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Jing Zhang
​Undergraduate Researcher
Psychology, '16
After Sleep Lab: Research at ​Seminowicz Pain Imaging Lab, Works at University of Maryland, Baltimore

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Stephanie Manceor
​Undergraduate Researcher
Neuroscience, '16
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing Degree at South College

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Andrew Gaulden
​Undergraduate Researcher
​Neuroscience, '15
​After Sleep Lab: Pursuing Neuroscience PhD at Vanderbilt

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Ward Tishler
​Undergraduate Researcher
Neuroscience, '15

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Yvette Graveline
​Lab Coordinator
​After Sleep Lab: Pursuing Neuroscience PhD at University of British Columbia

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Gina Cardenas
Research Assistant

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Kelly Hamilton
​Undergraduate Researcher
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing Degree as Physicians Assistant at East Carolina University

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Elaine Parr
​Undergraduate Researcher
After Sleep Lab: Research at ​Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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Collaborators

Matthew Tucker, University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Robert Stickgold, Harvard Medical School

Jessica Payne, University of Notre Dame

​Gilles Einstein, Furman University

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