Jennifer Mankin
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Jennifer Mankin fulfilled her role as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in the town of Stadtroda, Germany, while also attending graduate classes to further develop her teaching and language skills at the university in nearby Jena.
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In 2012 she served as an instructor in Western Washington's Asia University American Program, and later completed graduate school at the University of Edinburgh with a Masters in Psychology of Language. Additionally, Jennifer has been helping scientists uncover details about the experiences of synesthetes. Synesthesia is a condition in which the senses become crossed or conjoined; for example, some people report seeing sounds or tasting colors. She earned a Ph.D. at the University of Sussex, where she presented her thesis, “Psycholinguistics of Synaesthesia.” She’s been a Lecturer there in the school of Psychology since 2017, mainly focusing on research methods and cognitive psychology.