KatieAnn Skogsberg

BIOGRAPHY

KatieAnn Skogsberg joined Centre’s faculty in 2008. She began her career at Centre as an associate professor of psychobiology and was named a Centre Scholar in 2013. She earned the full professor title in 2024.

Before coming to Centre, Skogsberg taught courses in psychology at Northwestern University, where she earned both her M.S. and Ph.D. in psychology: brain, behavior, and cognition.

RESEARCH

Her research interests include individual and group differences in visual attention abilities. Previous student collaborations have used electroencephalography (EEG) to study the effects of energy drinks and concussions on performance on visual attention tasks. Skogsberg is also interested in studying effective teaching and learning methods through the scholarship of teaching. Specific interests include the use of specifications grading and authentic assessments to improve student learning and engagement. Her current research combines both EEG and teaching methods to examine what study techniques may be the most effective for creating durable learning.

Her work also includes survey research on concussion knowledge and what motivates athletes to return to play after sustaining a concussion. To read more about Skogsberg’s research go to Centre College research on energy drinks creates buzz and Athletes are not willing to report concussions, say RICE presentation researchers. 

AWARDS/GRANTS

• Centre College Kirk Award for Teaching Excellence (2021)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS

• Cognitive Neuroscience Society

COURSES TAUGHT

• PSY 110 Introduction to Psychology
• PSY 295 Physiological Psychology
• BNS 370 Sensation & Perception
• BNS 390 Human Neuropsychology

PUBLICATIONS

• Skogsberg, K (2021). Some assembly required: Building a hands-on model of a single receptive field in the retina. Advances in Physiology Education, 45, 307-309. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00156.2020
• Skogsberg, K (2021). Some assembly required: Building a hands-on model of a single receptive field in the retina (supplementary materials). LifeSciTRC.org. https://www.lifescitrc.org/resource.cfm?submissionID=12170
• Skogsberg, K, Grabowecky, M., Wilt, J., Revelle, W., Iordanescu, L., & Suzuki, S. (2015). The relational structure of voluntary attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception, 41(3), 761-769
• Rosenfeld, J.P. & Skogsberg, K (2006). P300-based Stroop study with low probability and target Stroop oddballs; The evidence still favors the response selection hypothesis. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 60, 240-250.