Shriya Biswas

Shriya Biswas is a first -year Ph.D. student in the Human Development and Family Sciences
(HDFS) program at the University of Delaware. She is pursuing research focused on aging and health disparities, with an interdisciplinary focus on the social, psychological, and biological determinants of health across the life course. I am also interested in studying the role of the brain at the intersection of behavior and society, especially how emerging technologies like AI affect brain function and cognition. She earned her B.S. from Union College (NY) in Neuroscience and Political Science in June 2026.

Publications

• Ferguson, G., Biswas, S., Mogle, J., & Scott, S. B. The Idiosyncrasy of Emotion Language: Use and Understanding of Researcher-Provided and Self-Generated Affect Adjectives. (under review)
• Biswas, S * ., Ahamed, S.M * ,. Mahajan, S. “What Feels Human—Exploring Student Folk Theories and Machine Heuristics in Parsing Text” (under review) denotes equal contribution
• Biswas, S * ., Pitera, J * ,. Mahajan, S. How Do Students Really Use AI? Researching Student AI Use at a Small Liberal Arts College. (In preparation, Writing Ongoing) * denotes equal contribution
• Biswas, S ., & Ferguson, G . Neuropolitics of Aging: Cognitive Decline as a Predictor of Political Attitudes. (In preparation, Writing Ongoing)

Presentations

• Biswas, S. (2026, November). Invited student panelist: 2026 Skills Workshops for College and High School Students [Panel presentation]. Harvard Medical School Office for Culture and Community Engagement & Biomedical Science Careers Program.
• Biswas, S. (2026, September). Ageism [Guest lecture]. HDFS 202: Diversity & Families, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Delaware.
• Biswas, S., Mahajan, S., & Ahamed, S. M. (2026). The Powers of Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research: TI Steinmetz Day Special Session [Invited panel]. Union College.
• Biswas, S., Oxley, Z., & Ferguson, G. (2026). Neuropolitics of aging: Cognitive decline as a predictor of political attitudes and behaviors [Oral presentation]. Steinmetz Symposium, Union College.
• Biswas, S., & Wang, J. (2026, March). Exploring disparities in metastatic breast cancer treatment timeliness [Poster presentation]. New England Science Symposium at Harvard Medical School.
• Biswas, S., & Wang, J. (2025). Exploring disparities in metastatic breast cancer treatment timeliness [Poster presentation]. National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Philadelphia, PA.

Professional Experience

• Graduate Research Assistant, Stress & Health Equity Lab, University of Delaware |
  2026–Present
• Graduate Research Assistant, Queer Development Lab / Healthy Young Men Study, University of Delaware | 2026–Present
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, HDFS 202: Diversity & Families, University of Delaware | 2026–Present
• Writing Center Mentor, Union College (2023-2026)
• Academic Opportunity Tutor/Community Advisor, Union College (Summer 2024 & 2025)

Honors and Awards

• Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSS) Student Travel Stipend, Gerontological Society of
  America (GSA) (2026)
• Selected participant, Neuroscience Initiative for Education & Discovery (NIED),
  University of California, Davis, 2026.
• Union College Student Conference Travel Grant (2x)
• Harvard Medical School New England Science Symposium Travel Grant
• Harvard Biomedical Sciences Student Education Fund Scholarship
• Union College Templeton Institute Summer Research Fellowship
• Union College Student Research Grant
• Union College Dean’s List
• Union College Student Conference Travel Grant
• Harvard Biomedical Sciences Student Conference Travel Fund Award
• Union College Sciortino Summer Research Fellowship

Professional Memberships

• Gerontological Society of America

Education

BS, Neuroscience & Political Science, 2026