Dr. Jennifer Whitson: "The Perception of Patterns in the Noise of Everyday Life"

ACA Lecture SeriesThe Perception of Patterns in the Noise of Everyday Life2010-02-07Jennifer Whitson received her PhD from Northwestern University in Management and Organizations, and her BA from the University of California, Irvine. Her research focuses on illusory and accurate pattern perception and how the experience of power changes the way we come to understand the world around us, and has both psychological and management implications. Her dissertation received the Best Student Paper Award from the Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division of the Academy of Management Conference. Her research has also received numerous media mentions including Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Telegraph, and Psychology Today.The ACA Lecture Series is a monthly event in Austin, Texas geared at a non-atheist audience. Lectures are generally free and open to the public.. The ACA Lecture Series is produced by the Atheist Community of Austin. The Atheist Community of Austin is organized as a nonprofit educational corporation to develop and support the atheist community, to provide opportunities for socializing and friendship, to promote secular viewpoints, to encourage positive atheist culture, to defend the first amendment principle of state-church separation, to oppose discrimination against atheists and to work with other organizations in pursuit of common goals.