Faculty Advisor

Dr. Nicole Alea Albada received her BS in Psychology, with honors, from the University of Florida. She continued at the University of Florida, earning her PhD in Developmental Psychology, with an emphasis on adult development and aging. She also received graduate certificates in Gerontology and Social Science methodology. Her PhD was funded by a National Research Service Award (NRSA) Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Institute on Aging.

Nicole began her position as an Assistant Teaching Professor at UCSB in 2018, after spending 10 years teaching and conducting research in the Caribbean, at the University of the West Indies.

She is the director of the Thinking About Life Experiences (TALE) Lab, which explores why and how people remember events from their life, and the links between remembering autobiographical events and psychosocial well-being in various age groups and across cultures. She primarily teaches research methods and statistics to undergraduate students in the PBS program.