Work with thought leaders and academic experts from Reed College

Researchers on NotedSource with connections to Reed College include Kostadin Kushlev, Dr. Erin Westgate, Ph.D., Eve Mozur, Mahria Lebow, and Keegan Covey.

Kostadin Kushlev

Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
My research focuses on interventions to improve well-being by promoting better digital habits.
Education

University of British Columbia

PhD, Psychology / August, 2015

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Reed College

B.A., Psychology / May, 2008

Portland, Oregon, United States of America
Research Expertise
Social Psychology
Communication
Applied Psychology
Human-Computer Interaction
About
I am broadly interested in the factors that promote or diminish happiness and well-being. My research program explores how constant connectivity to the Internet impacts people’s relationships and well-being and how we can harness technology to improve well-being and promote positive behavioral change. I am a Vanier Scholar and a Rising Star of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). I have written for *The* *New York Times*, *The Conversation*, and *Psychology Today*, and my work has been covered by other prestigious publications such as *The* *Economist, BBC, NPR, Forbes, Fast Company, Time Magazine, The Wall Stree Journal, National Geographic,* and *The Washington Post*. I have consulted for companies such as Ipsos, Canvas8, and Luce Research. See more at www.kushlev.com

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Dr. Erin Westgate, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Social Psychology, researching boredom, interest, and thinking (and why we're so bad at it)
Education

University of Virginia

Ph.D., Psychology

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Reed College

B.A., Psychology / May, 2010

Portland, Oregon, United States of America
Research Expertise
social psychology
social cognition
emotion
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
And 12 more
About
**Dr. Erin Westgate** (she/her/hers) is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Florida, where she studies boredom, interest, and why some thoughts are more engaging than others. ​She received her PhD in social psychology from the University of Virginia in 2018, and her undergraduate degree from Reed College. Much of her research has been on the conditions under which people enjoy or do not enjoy their own thoughts. She has extended that work to the larger question of why people become bored, developing a new model of boredom that explains what boredom is, why we experience it, and what happens when we do.  As part of this, she is investigating our desire for a life full of interesting, perspective-changing experiences - or a “psychologically rich” life.

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Eve Mozur

Education

Colorado State University

Chemistry

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Reed College

BA, Chemistry / May, 2015

Portland, Oregon, United States of America
Research Expertise
Materials Chemistry
Colloid and Surface Chemistry
Biochemistry
Catalysis
Inorganic Chemistry
And 2 more

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Mahria Lebow

Portland , Oregon, United States of America
Experience

Reed College

Data Librarian

Kaiser Permanente

Digital Projects Librarian

University of Washington

Repository Management Librarian

University of Iowa

Data Manager

Research Assistant

Oregon Health and Science University

Research Data Manager

Oregon Health and Science University

About
As the Data Librarian, I am part of the [Data @ Reed Team](https://www.reed.edu/data-at-reed).  I can help you locate and evaluate datasets, including geospatial and government data, identify useful APIs, navigate accessing and using restricted datasets. If you are generating data as a part of a project I can help with data management planning and navigating sharing your data or preserving it after project completion. I am also the librarian for psychology, linguistics math/stats, computer science, and environmental studies. I can work with you to improve your searching skills and using Zotero to manage citations. 

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Keegan Covey

Ph.D. candidate in geography with expertise in GIS and sociological research
Education

Trinity College Dublin

Ph.D., Geography / March, 2026 (anticipated)

Dublin

School of Oriental and African Studies

M.Sc., Climate Change and Development

London

Reed College

B.A., Political Science / October, 2014

Portland, Oregon, United States of America

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