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Furman University
​Johns Hall 214
Department of Psychology
Program in Neuroscience
​(864) 294-3811

[email protected]

Principal Investigator

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Erin J. Wamsley
Principal Investigator
Furman University Department of Psychology
Johns Hall 206K
Greenville, SC 29613
[email protected]

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.

Lab Coordinator

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Will Livingston
​Lab Coordinator
​Neuroscience and Religion, '24
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Will graduated from Furman University in 2024 with a double major in Neuroscience and Religion and became the lab coordinator for the Furman Sleep Lab in Summer 2024. He is interested in the relationship between sleep and emotional memory, and studying how sleep not only helps with the consolidation of memory but also may help it change over time. Will plans to pursue a PhD in cognitive neuroscience and continue to study sleep and memory following his time in the Sleep Lab. 

​Undergraduate Researchers

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Yasmin Wali
Neuroscience, '25

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​Rachel Hodge
Neuroscience, '25

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Rutu Patel
​Neuroscience, '25

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Kaia McMullen
Neuroscience, '27


Lab Alumni

Lab Coordinators

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Lauren Hudachek
Lab Coordinator
Psychology, Anthropology, &
Criminal Justice '20 (Iowa State)
After Sleep Lab: Master's in Human and Computer Interaction (Iowa State University)

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Megan Collins
​Lab Coordinator
​Neuroscience & Japanese Studies '19
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing PhD in Social Psychology at the University of Delaware 

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​Ted Summer
​Lab Coordinator
Neuroscience '16
After Sleep Lab:  M.S. in Computer Science from University of Chicago; ​Software Engineer at Replit

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Graelyn Humiston
Lab Coordinator
​Neuroscience '17
After Sleep Lab: Master's from MIT
(Sloan School of Management); Research Analyst at Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commision


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Yvette Graveline
​Lab Coordinator
​After Sleep Lab: UX Researcher at Meta, Privacy and Data Practices


Research Assistants

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India Rhaney
Biology, '26 (Morris College)

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Chadwick Frost
Neuroscience '24
After Sleep Lab:​ Post-baccalaureate researcher, plans to pursue a PhD in Clinical Psych

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Justin Barron
Neuroscience '23
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing a MD at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville


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Landon Minor
Psychology & Spanish '23
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing PsyD in Clinical Psychology at Eastern Kentucky University

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Bridget Scalia
Psychology, '23
After Sleep Lab: Organizational Transformation Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton

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Anna Potash
Neuroscience & Philosophy, '22
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing a M.S. in Community Engaged Medicine at Furman University 


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Katherine Nimchuk
Neuroscience, '19
After Sleep Lab: Biomedical Sciences PhD at University of Virginia

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Michael Tan
Psychology, '17
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Pennsylvania State University


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Qinhua Sun
Psychology, '17
After Sleep Lab: PhD in Cognitive Sciences at the University of California Irvine​


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Jing Zhang
Psychology, '16
After Sleep Lab: PhD in Cognitive Sciences at the University of California Irvine; Postdoctoral fellowship in Dara Manoach's lab at Mass General Hospital 

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Meagan Beal
Neuroscience '23
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After Sleep Lab: Pursuing a PhD in Neuroscience at Stonybrook University

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Kara Samuels
Biology '23 (UofSC)
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing a M.S. in Community Engaged Medicine at Furman University 

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Lauren Omotosho
Neuroscience '22
After Sleep Lab: Medical scribe at Oak Street Health


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Kathryn Trost
Neuroscience, '22


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Serene Wang
Psychology, '20
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing PhD at Cornell University

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Piper Powell
Psychology, '19
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing an M.Sc. in cognitive science at the ​Universität Osnabrück

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Sarah Wood
Philosophy, '17
After Sleep Lab: Senior Designer at PepsiCo

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Paige Hickey
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Psychology, '16
After Sleep Lab: PhD in Psychology from Tufts; Postdoctoral fellowship in Dara Manoach's lab at Mass General Hospital 

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​Matthew Whitmire
​Undergraduate Researcher
Neuroscience, '15
After Sleep Lab: PhD from University of Texas Austin; Postdoc at UT Austin


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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