Joshua Burk

About

Josh Burk is a Professor of Psychological Science and the Provost Liaison for Academic Innovation after completing a three-year term as a Provost Faculty Fellow. Josh’s research interests include studying the neural basis of attention and the underlying neural circuits for attentional dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease and schizophrenia.

Along with Prof. Cheryl Dickter, Josh also co-leads an autism research lab that primarily focuses on attitudes toward autistic individuals. Josh teaches courses including Psychopharmacology and a PSYC 150 course, Normal and Pathological Aging. Josh served as the chair of the Department of Psychological Sciences and as the Director of the Neuroscience Program. He served on several working groups and committees, including the College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Affairs Committee and the Faculty Assembly.

As a Provost Faculty Fellow, he led the review process for the Interdisciplinary Research Innovation Fund and some faculty awards and served on committees, including the AI Policy Initiative. As Provost Liaison for Academic Innovation, Josh will support cross-campus academic collaborations, contribute to programmatic decision-making, and assist with faculty awards and fellowships.