Sandra Virtue

Education

• Ph.D., University of Minnesota
• M.A., Baylor University
• B.S., University of Florida

Major Areas of Interest

• Neural activity during reading
• Trademarks and the brain
• Inference generation during text comprehension
• The role of the right hemisphere in conspiracy theories
• How readers process advertisements and slogans in the brain
• Hemispheric processing of nonliteral language (e.g., metaphors, idioms, sarcasm, etc.)

Companies

• Professor, Psychology Department DePaul University (2017)
• Co-Director of Neuroscience Program DePaul University (2015)
• Director of Online Learning, College of Science & Health DePaul University (2012)
• Associate Professor, Psychology Department DePaul University (2011 — 2017)
• Vice President, Board of Directors SitStayRead (2014 — 2015)
• Assistant Professor, Psychology Department DePaul University (2005 — 2011)
• Post Doctoral Researcher Northwestern University (2003 — 2005)