Justin C. Hulbert
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
About
Justin received his B.A. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, where he studied human memory control under the supervision of Michael C. Anderson. Following a postdoctoral fellowship in Ken Norman’s Computational Memory Lab at Princeton University, Justin joined the psychology faculty at Bard College and established the Memory Dynamics Lab in 2015 before moving to Bates College in 2024. Justin and his team of enthusiastic undergraduates aim to harness strategies to better remember what we wish to remember and forget what we wish to forget—even while we sleep.
Expertise
Current Courses
Short Term 2026
The Sleeping Brain
Why do we sleep, and can we manipulate it to improve our health and cognition? This course explores the neuroscience of sleep, drawing on research from chronobiology and psychology to answer fundamental questions about sleep’s role in health, memory, and well-being. Students will gain hands-on exp…
Fall Semester 2026
Capstone Thesis in Neuroscience
Open to senior majors with permission of the program faculty. A neuroscience thesis involves independent laboratory research on a topic broadly related to neuroscience. This may take the form of a one- or two-semester project conducted under the supervision of a Bates faculty member, or participati…
Medical Psychology
This course explores the interplay between brain function and mental health, focusing on how neural processes shape—and are shaped by—psychological experiences and interventions. Beyond learning core concepts in neuroanatomy, neural communication, and psychopharmacology, you will investigate how…