Contact

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Christina M. Karns, Ph.D.

Assistant Research Professor

Center on Brain Injury Research and Training

Senior Instructor, Psychology Department

Affiliated faculty Clark Honors College

University of Oregon

Email: ckarns@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-0550

Office Hours for Fall 2023:

1:30-3:30 pm Mondays of academic term.

https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/96922152260

or LISB 226 by appointment

Education

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (Neuroscience)

B.S. University of California, San Diego (Cognitive Science, Clinical Aspects Cognition)

Research

At the University of Oregon, I use neuroimaging and behavioral interventions with children, teens, and adults with and without disability to clarify how attention and self-regulation support healthy neural development. I develop evidence-based behavioral interventions that utilize the neuroplasticity of emotions and cognition to support people in positive and healthy interactions with society and each other. …. More

Teaching

I teach to learn. In the lecture hall and seminar room, my mission is to engage, challenge, and hopefully inspire my students to dig deep in finding connections between neuroscience and our world. These connections will support continued learning well beyond the constraints of the classroom as students engage with their communities. … More

AFFILIATIONS

Center on Brain Injury Research and Training

CBIRT conducts research and training to improve the lives of children and adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI). CBIRT’s research focuses on developing interventions to improve outcomes related to education, employability, and quality of life. Our training activities promote the use of best practices among educators and other professionals who serve individuals with TBI.

Psychology

At the University of Oregon we are constantly working to push the boundaries of psychological science in the classroom, in the lab, and in the clinic. We pair the wisdom of decades of foundational work with an excitement for shaping the future of our field.

Emotions and Neuroplasticity Project

Ongoing projects advancing neuroscience knowledge of positive emotions and social well-being.

Online Master's in Applied Psychology

Through connections between cutting-edge researchers and working professionals, and by learning to understand the neuroscience that underpins effective programs, the UO Online Master’s of Psychology program will equip you to select, deliver, and evaluate evidence-based programs and increase their real-world impact on public health.