She received her Ph.D. in Psychology, with a major focus in Cognitive Psychology and minor focus in Neurobiology, from the University of Chicago in 2013. Teaching is her first scholarly passion, including current research on the scholarship of teaching and learning. She regularly teaches Cognitive Psychology, Learning and Behavior, and Principles of Psychology, among others. Her research interests concentrate on episodic memory accuracy, including false memory and aging; and best pedagogical practices for students in general, as well as first-generation college students, and online instruction. Dr. Cervantes’ work includes video tutorials for Sage Publishing on Memory, The Neurobiology of Memory, The Case Study of H.M., and Study Strategies based on Memory and Learning Theory.