Nia Dowell

Ann Arbor United States

Researcher at Institute for Intelligent Systems

Education

Nia Dowell is a cognitive psychology doctoral student at the Institute for Intelligent Systems in the University of Memphis. Nia is currently pursuing her PhD under the mentorship of Professor Arthur Graesser. Her primary interests are in cognitive psychology, discourse processing and affective sciences. In general, her research focuses on using language and discourse to uncover the dynamics of socially significant, cognitive, and affective processes. She is currently applying computational techniques to model discourse and social dynamics in authoritarian regimes, as well as in the contexts of adaptive intelligent tutoring systems, collaborative learning environments and MOOCs. She has a...