Ashley Walton

My research focuses on integrating knowledge from dynamical systems, neuroscience, and philosophy for understanding the multiple times scales of human behavior, and how these behaviors emerge from our interactions with others and our environments.

For my full resume and portfolio, please contact me at: awalton2@mgh.harvard.edu

EMPLOYMENT

Massachusetts General Hospital Brain Modulation Lab
& Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2020 – Present)
Research Fellow leading Patient Engagement for individuals participating in intracranial neuroscience studies with Dr. Mark Richardson.

Dartmouth College (2019 – 2023)
Visiting Lecturer & Research Fellow with Adina Roskies
Cognitive Science Program, Department of Philosophy

Harvard University (2017-2019)
Research Fellow with Susan Murphy
Data Science Lab, Department of Statistics

EDUCATION

University of Cincinnati (2012 – 2017)
M.A. & PhD. in Experimental Psychology

University of Cincinnati (2005 – 2011)
College of Design, Art, Architecture, & Planning (DAAP)
Interaction Design, Bachelors of Science
Cognitive Science, Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies

MENTORS

Michael Richardson (PhD Advisor)
Department of Psychology
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia

Anthony Chemero (PhD Advisor)
Department Philosophy, Department of Psychology
University of Cincinnati

Lori Crosby
Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology,
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

“After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity and form.”

-Albert Einstein.

© Ashley Walton 2023