Your Mind at Work: How Understanding Our Brains Can Improve Decision Making & Collaboration in the Workplace 

Emma Coddington, PhD Associate Professor in Biology & Neurosciences andWomen & Gender Studies Willamette University, Salem, OR

Dr. Emma Coddington is a behavioral neuroendocrinologist who investigates the neural mechanisms that drive stress behavior and decision making in amphibians and people. In this session, Dr. Coddington will explore how we are biologically primed to make decisions and how we can learn to nuance this process toward better collaborations, policies, and communities. She will discuss decision

making, imposter phenomenon, and mindset and consider how these thought processes and habits play out in our lives at work. She will also offer practical strategies for developing a new understanding of our personal and professional psyches and cultural scripts, as well as avenues for institutional change.