Hayley Brooks

Hayley Brooks, PhD, is an experienced researcher with a strong background in psychology, specializing in human financial decision-making, emotion, and behavioral interventions. At the University of Denver from January 2017 to June 2023, Hayley secured over $30K in funding for research projects, led experimental design, and published findings in five publications while presenting at eleven conferences. Currently, as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Brown University, Hayley enhances behavioral and brain imaging analysis for studies, utilizing R for data analysis. As the Director and UX Researcher for the Application Statement Feedback Program, Hayley led a team to improve the quality of feedback provided to PhD applicants and successfully increased user recruitment by 18%. Recently, as the Founder and Lead UX Researcher for Emerging Tech, Hayley is developing a customer-focused product through extensive user research. In addition to roles at New York University and Meta, Hayley holds multiple advanced degrees in psychology from the University of Denver and New York University.