Brendan is a first-year PhD student at the University of Texas at Austin in the Science of Learning and Metacognition lab. Broadly, he researches the cognitive and socio-motivational underpinnings of educational success. His current areas of interest include retrieval practice, the utility of metacognitive judgements, and educational data mining. Before coming to UT, Brendan studied cognitive science at Dartmouth College. Outside of research, Brendan can be found engaging with Austin’s photography, board gaming, and Dungeons and Dragons scenes. He also has a penchant for creating psychology-themed twitter bots. Follow him on twitter @ba_schuetze. His blog is located at schu.etze.co.