Caitlin Mills joined UNH in 2018 as an assistant professor of psychology. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Notre Dame (2016), followed by a two-year postdoc in the Psychology Department at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses mainly focuses on constructs related to mind wandering and engagement – their neural correlates, relationship to affect, and impact on learning. Dr. Mills’s interdisciplinary research program incorporates theoretical and methodological approaches from cognitive psychology, computer science, cognitive neuroscience and education.