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Bianca M. Sumutka, Ph.D
Queens University, Charlotte NC
Dr. Bianca M. Sumutka is a cognitive psychologist whose research interests include memory and language acquisition.
She has been teaching for over a decade, first at Lynchburg College in central Virginia, and currently at Queens University of Charlotte. Her current research interests focus on the effect of multitasking on academic performance and the conditions that elicit codeswitching in bilinguals. Through collaborations with students and colleagues, she has examined how aspects of the pandemic may have influenced our perception and how we formed social groups.
Dr. Sumutka has taught courses in general psychology, cognitive psychology, decision making, health psychology, personality psychology, developmental psychology, and information literacy. In her information literacy course, she helps students see writing as an iterative and collaborative process. She enjoys collaborating with students and helping them discover their research interests.
Credentials
- Ph.D., Psychology, Penn State University
- Postdoctoral researcher at Haskins Laboratories
- M.S., Psychology, Penn State University
- B.A., Psychology, Loyola College
