Thursday, April 15, 2021

Lee Awarded 2021 Distinguished McKnight University Professorship

Headshot of Dr. Vanessa Lee
Congratulations to Vanessa Lee, PhD, professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota for receiving the 2021 Distinguished McKnight University Professorship. This program recognizes outstanding faculty members who have recently received full professor status. Lee studies the cognitive and neural mechanisms of attention. Her work highlights the role of learning, especially implicit or unconscious learning, in facilitating perception, attention, and memory. The department is lucky to have you, Vanessa!


Past recipients can be viewed on the University of Minnesota website.


Composed by Flora Pollack, communications assistant.