Amy L. Boggan

Amy L. Boggan serves as Associate Professor of Psychology within the Division of Mathematics, Science & Technology at Young Harris College, where she has been a faculty member since 2012. Her research investigates human expertise development across visual (chess positions, faces, music notation) and auditory (music, birdsong) domains, with specialized focus on multisensory integration in complex expertise like sightreading music.

Her academic background includes:

• Ph.D. in Cognition and Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Dallas
• M.A. in Government and Politics, University of Maryland
• M.S. in Applied Cognition and Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Dallas
• B.A. in Political Science, The University of Southern Mississippi

Dr. Boggan's research spans cognitive neuroscience foundations of perceptual expertise, psychology of music cognition, and human factors applications. Her work examines how experts process information across sensory modalities simultaneously, revealing memory and perceptual advantages in multimodal expertise. She has published in high-impact journals including the Journal of Neuroscience and Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, with research trends emphasizing interdisciplinary connections between neuroscience, psychology, and real-world applications.

An innovative educator, she developed specialized courses including Psychology of Music and Human Error (human factors psychology). She actively promotes undergraduate research opportunities and encourages students to recognize cross-disciplinary connections while considering their societal roles. Her teaching philosophy integrates her diverse background in political science, geography, and humanities with psychological science.

Outside academia, Dr. Boggan is an accomplished musician, avid birder, and nature photographer with work featured in Birds & Blooms magazine (2019).