Meet Benjamin U. Marsh
Associate Professor, Psychology
Phone: (813) 257-3648
Email: bmarsh@ut.edu
Address: 401 W. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL 33606
Mailbox: Q
Building:
PH
Room: 410
Education
2006 Birmingham-Southern College, B.S.
2011 Claremont Graduate University, M.A.
2014 Claremont Graduate University, Ph.D.
Courses Taught
General Psychology
Statistics and Experimental Methods I
Careers in Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Bilingualism, Biculturalism and Cognition
Career Specialties
Benjamin Marsh specializes in cognitive psychology with a focus on how language and culture mediate memory and attention.
Professional and Community Activities
In his language, culture and cognition lab, Marsh researches the other-race effect, wherein individuals have better memory for faces from their own race than faces from other races. More specifically, he assesses what factors could help improve the processing of other-race faces. In addition, Marsh researches how bilingualism affects memory as well as how language and culture are linked cognitively.
More importantly, Marsh provides research experience for over a dozen undergraduates each semester. They learn how to conduct cognitive research using a variety of biometric sensors (i.e., Eye tracking, Pupil dilation and Facial Expression Analysis) and present lab findings at local, regional and national conferences.
Honors and Awards
Fulbright Scholar in Hong Kong, China
Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
Early Career Research Award for Southeastern Psychological Association
Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society