Jason Runyan

Associate Professor

Jason Runyan earned his master’s degree in neuroscience from the University of Texas and his doctorate from the University of Oxford, where he did work in philosophical psychology. He is currently an Associate Professor in Psychology, and in the John Wesley Honors College, at Indiana Wesleyan University. His research interests range from the neurobiology of long-term memory and working memory to philosophical issues concerning free will. His current work brings a philosophical and experimental approach to addressing questions about human agency and dispositions. To this aim, he has co-developed several smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment (EMA) systems, and is a co-founding partner of LifeData—a tech company that develops software for psychological research.