Residence Chicago, Illinois, USA Citizenship USA | Name Sian Beilock | |
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Known for science of choking under pressure; Notable awards 2012 Outstanding Early Career Award (Psychonomic Society); Robert L. Fantz Memorial Award for Young Psychologists (2011-American Psychological Foundation) Books Choke: What the Secrets of, How the Body Knows Its, Choke: The Secret to Performin | ||
Sian beilock the science of choking
Sian L. Beilock is the eighth President of Barnard College, a liberal arts college for women affiliated with Columbia University. As President of Barnard, she is also an academic dean within Columbia University. Formerly, she was a professor of psychology and Executive Vice Provost at The University of Chicago, where she also served on the Committee on Education.
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- Sian beilock the science of choking
- Harper lecture with sian beilock perform your best under stress
- Education
- Career
- Cognitive Science and Education
- Books
- References
Harper lecture with sian beilock perform your best under stress
Education
Beilock graduated from the University of California, San Diego, where she received a B.S. in Cognitive Science with a minor in Psychology. She was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from Michigan State University in 2003. From 2003 to 2005, she was an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Miami University. She was on the faculty at The University of Chicago from 2005 until 2017, when she became President of Barnard College.
Career
During and subsequent to her PhD research, Beilock explored differences between novice and expert athletic performances.
Later in her career, Beilock's research focused on why people perform poorly in stressful academic situations, such as taking a high-stakes mathematics exam. Beilock found that worries during those situations rob individuals of the working memory or cognitive horsepower they would normally have to focus. Because people with more working memory rely on their brainpower more, they can be affected to a greater extent in stressful academic situations. Beilock's work demonstrated that stressful situations during tests might diminish meaningful differences between students that, under less-stressful situations, might exhibit greater differences in performance.
On May 22, 2017 it was announced that Beilock would become the 8th president of Barnard College.
Cognitive Science and Education
Beilock's research relates to educational practice and policy. Her work demonstrates that students' attitudes and anxieties (as well as those of their teachers) are critical to student success. In her work, she has developed simple psychological interventions to help people perform their best under stress.
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