Jana Dreston, M.Sc.

Researcher

Address: Forsthausweg 2, 47057 Duisburg
OfficeLF 127
Office hours: by arrangement
Phone+49 203 379 - 1324
E-Mail: jana.dreston@uni-due.de

Areas of Interest

  • Science Communication
  • Political education on social media
  • Memory processes

Academic Qualifications:

2018-2021

M. Sc., Psychology (research oriented), University of Cologne Specialisation: Media and cognitive Psychology

09/2016-02/2017

Semester abroad, Uniwersytet JagielloĊ„ski (Krakau)

2014-2018

B. Sc., Psychology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf

Professional Background:

08/2023 - 12/2023

Fulbright Research Stay at the University of Michigan, Department of Communication and Media

Since 2021

Researcher and doctoral student - Psychological Processes of Education in Social Media, University Duisburg-Essen

2020-2021

Tutor - Research Methods and Experimental Psychology, University of Cologne (Chair: Christoph Stahl)

2019-2020

Student research assistant - Social and Economic Cognition III, University of Cologne (Chair: Iris Schneider)    

2015-2018

Student research assistant - Cognitive and Industrial Psychology, University Düsseldorf (Chair: Axel Buchner)

Awards and Scholarships

08/2023 - 12/2023 Fulbright Scholarship (University of Michigan)
2022 - 2023

Fellow "Zia - Visible Women in Science"

https://zeitfuerx.de/forschung/zia/

2021

C-SEB Student Award (University of Cologne)

Other

Since 2024

Editor-in-chief in-mind Magazine

https://www.in-mind.org/

Publications

Journal Articles

Dreston, J. H., & Neubaum, G. (2023). How incidental and intentional news exposure in social media relate to political knowledge and voting intentions. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1250051