Cognitive Science > Graduate > PhD Program > Alumni Testimonials

Here are some of the many extraordinary alumni of Johns Hopkins University’s Department of Cognitive Science graduate programs, in their own words.

To see a complete list of our alumni, initial positions, and current positions, please visit our PhD Alumni or MA Alumni pages.

Emory Davis, PhD 2019

Current Position:  Title I Research Specialist, Office of Research, Baltimore County Public Schools
My graduate training in Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins prepared me to think critically about research questions from varied perspectives and to conduct research using multiple methodologies.

Kyriaki Neophytou, PhD 2023

Current Position:  Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Through my training I developed a solid theoretical understanding of cognitive science and expertise in a variety of research methods, which allowed me to establish myself as a cognitive neuroscientist.

Tom McCoy, PhD 2021

Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Yale University
The [PhD] program taught me how to ask the right questions and how to tackle these questions from a broad range of theoretical and methodological perspectives. This training made me incredibly well-prepared for a career in linguistics and artificial intelligence.