Erica Townsend, PhD @ericastownsend.bsky.social · 15/06/2025well its officially official - I graduated yesterday! 🎓 super honored to have also received my department’s promise award in brain science research. pumped to start my postdoc next month!! 7765
Erica Townsend, PhD @ericastownsend.bsky.social · 10/05/2025defended my dissertation and officially became Dr. Townsend yesterday! 🍾 feeling so much gratitude for my friends and family, my wonderful advisor, the bluesky-less Kyle Smith, and the many mentors & colleagues who supported me along the way 🩷 4510
Erica Townsend, PhD @ericastownsend.bsky.social · 10/03/2025despite the horrors, I will continue to share and engage with science without fear!! thus, I'm very happy to share my recent article out in Learning & Memory. I'm so proud of this work. it's been my little passion project for some time now. a student of mine, Angela Shang, even made the cover art! 161
Erica Townsend, PhD @ericastownsend.bsky.social · 11/11/2023if you are interested in behavioral microstructures of motivation, come check out my SfN poster today at board JJ8! we explore sign-tracking responses in depth, favoring detailed analysis of video behavior over automatic readouts (eg, presses per min). come check it out and talk behavior! ☺️ 130
Erica Townsend, PhD @ericastownsend.bsky.social · 09/11/2023using my first bluesky post to say that i officially started my dissertation process and i am ABD 🥂🥳 060
