Madalina Vlasceanu is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at New York  University and director of the Collective Cognition Lab. Her research focuses  on the cognitive and social processes that shape individuals’ and  collectives’ memories, beliefs, and behaviors, with direct applications for  policy. Guided by a theoretical framework of investigation, she employs a  large array of methods from behavioral experiments to brain imaging, and  social network analysis, to uncover avenues in which science can be applied  for social welfare and social change. Madalina obtained a PhD in Psychology  and Neuroscience from Princeton University in 2021, an MA in Psychology from  Princeton University in 2019, and a BA in Psychology and Economics from the  University of Rochester in 2016.