Jonathan earned his BA at Hamilton College and his Ph.D. at the University of Washington. In 2007 he joined the faculty at UCSB. Jonathan pursues research on consciousness, memory, the relationship between language and thought, problem-solving, and decision-making. His work has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, the Unilever Corporation, the Center for Consciousness Studies, the Office of Educational Research, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Institute for Health Research, the Bial Foundation, and the Bower Foundation. Dr. Schooler is the author or co-author of more than one hundred papers published in scientific journals or edited volumes.

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Michael Franklin received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in the area of cognition and perception. He researched memory for order information, as well as musical training and its relation to cognitive skill. He is currently involved in research projects focused on both mind-wandering and anomolous cognition.

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Mike earned his BA at Rice University in 2006. His research focuses on the opposing constructs of mind-wandering and mindfulness, with an emphasis on how cultivating a capacity for non-distraction can impact educational and professional performance.

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Ben received his BA from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006. His research explores conscious thought and conscious perception, including the relationship between consciousness, attention and reportability

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Ben earned his BS in Physics and BA in Psychology from Washington & Lee University in 2010. His research investigates distortions in the subjective experience of time and the resulting perceptual consequences..

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