Steering Committee

The COGS Steering committee provides guidance and support in the running of the Cognitive Science program, and makes decisions about curriculum and hiring.

Kathleen Akins (Philosophy)

Email: kathleen_akins@sfu.ca
Office: WMC 5604

Research Interests

Philosophy of mind, philosophy of perception, philosophy of the cognitive sciences, self-described as "Theoretical Neuroscience"; present work on colour synaesthesia.

John Alderete (Linguistics)

Email: alderete@sfu.ca
Office: RCB 8117

Research Interests

Psycholinguistics, language production, linguistic documentation, and phonology

Endre Begby (Philosophy)

Email: endre_begby@sfu.ca
Office: WMC 4612

Research Interests

Philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, political philosophy, metaphysics and epistemology, history of philosophy.

Elina Birmingham (Education)

Email: ebirming@sfu.ca
Office: EDB 8682

Research Interests

Social attention, eye tracking, scene viewing, face perception, and autism spectrum disorders.

Mark Blair (Cognitive Science and Psychology)

Email: mblair@sfu.ca
Office: RCB 8300

Research Interests

The interactions between attention and learning in a variety of contexts, including: category learning, visual cognition, video game expertise, and recently, human computer interaction and virtual reality.