Karisa Parkington Receives Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies for a Master's Thesis Award

On June 14th, 2017, Karisa Parkington received her Master's of Arts degree at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ's summer convocation.

Karisa Parkington received her Master of Arts degree in the department of psychology.

Karisa also received an Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies for a Master's Thesis Award in acknowledgement of her achievements at the Master's level. Only four of these awards were presented at the Master's level across the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ at summer convocation.

Karisa Parkington and Dr. Roxane Itier at the Spring 2017 convocation reception.

Karisa's thesis An eye (region) sensitivity during early face perception: The N170 is modulated by facial context and featural fixation evaluated the role of the eyes in early face perception using a combination of electroencephalography (EEG) and eye-tracking techniques. Karisa has also been involved in a number of other EEG projects, dedicated to elucidating neural models sub-serving face processing.

Congratulations Karisa!