Our Team

Meltem Karaca is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Assumption University, following a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Neurology at Boston University where she focused on enhancing everyday memory functioning in individuals with dementia and traumatic brain injury. She completed her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Lowell in 2022, following an M.S. in Neuroscience and a B.A. in Psychology from Bilkent University in Türkiye. Her research program examines the role of self-perceptions of aging in older adults’ memory, as well as strategies to improve memory retention in individuals with and without cognitive impairment. Additionally, she is interested in investigating methods to improve student learning and academic performance both in and out of the classroom. At Assumption, she teaches Psychology of Aging, Introduction to Psychology, the course on Experimental Methods Human Neuroscience Psychology, and a Cognitive Neuroscience seminar.