Samantha Emerson

Affiliation

Aptima

Biography

Dr. Samantha N. Emerson is a Scientist at Aptima, Inc. with over a decade of experience designing and executing rigorous research on human learning, thought, and language. She has a multidisciplinary background that combines the theories, methods, and analytics of psychology, cognition, neuroscience, and psycholinguistics. She currently supports multiple projects including evaluating the effectiveness of pilot training with Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and the learnability of various electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles with Detachment 62 – Agility Prime. Prior to joining Aptima, Dr. Emerson served as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Boys Town National Research Hospital where she examined the learning and productive use of visual and auditory patterns in the environment. She holds a PhD and MS in Cognitive Psychology from Georgia State University and a BS in Psychology from Middle Tennessee State University.