Our People
Dr. Evelyn Milburn is the director of the Experimental Cognition and Language Lab and an Assistant Professor at NDSU since 2025. She earned her Bachelors in Psychology with a minor in Linguistics from the University of California, Davis, before going on to complete a Masters and PhD in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. She joined the Department of Language and Literature at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway for her postdoctoral work, and was a Visiting Teaching Professor at the University of Delaware. In her research, Dr. Milburn asks questions at the intersection of language comprehension, ambiguity resolution, prediction, and learning. Her goal is to understand how our language comprehension system is able to quickly and flexibly adapt to complicated real-life language use situations. In her free time, Dr. Milburn is an enthusiastic knitter, birdwatcher, and ceramic artist.
Office: Minard 134D12
Email: evelyn.milburn@ndsu.edu
Research Assistants
We are always looking for motivated undergraduate research assistants with an interest in language and cognition. Fill out the Interest Form and Dr. Milburn will be in touch soon: Experimental Cognition and Language Lab Undergrad RA Interest Form
Morgan Gable
Hello I am Morgan! I am a non-degree graduate student with a BA in psychology. Cognition research is interesting to me as I love to learn why people do and think the way they do, and I hope to become a researcher and or a professor in the future! In my free time I enjoy being outside or reading.
Kingston Kamangala
My name is Kingston Kamangala. I am a sophomore at NDSU majoring in psychology. I am interested in research because it is the career field I plan to pursue. Outside of school, my interests include traveling, going to the gym, and playing video games.
