Katherine M. Mathis

Katherine M. Mathis is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at Bates College. She holds a B.A. from Siena College (1992), an M.A. (1995), and a Ph.D. (1998) in Cognitive Psychology from the University at Albany, State University of New York. Her research focuses on cognitive processes such as object and scene recognition, bilingual memory representation, and implicit processing effects on preferences. She teaches courses including Cognitive Psychology, Research Methods, and the Psychology of Language.

Her research interests emphasize automaticity in lexical/semantic processing and the interplay between visual context and object perception. Notable contributions include studies on holistic processing in visual perception and the role of orthographic/phonological cues in reading. She has published widely in journals like Psychonomic Bulletin and Review and Journal of Experimental Psychology.

Dr. Mathis has collaborated on pedagogical innovations, such as classroom demonstrations linking memory processes to cognitive principles. Her work bridges empirical research with practical applications in education and linguistic cognition.