Latasha "Tasha" Holden is an assistant professor in the  at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a researcher at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.
Holden's research seeks to better understand how (process), when (context), and why (internal vs. external factors) different individuals achieve academic and career success in spite of threats to their identity, well-being, and belonging.
Her research interests include learning and memory with a focus on applying cognitive science to support students with diverse learning needs. She is particularly interested in supporting student resilience in the face of cognitive demands, biases, and identity threats experienced in various testing and learning situations. 
Research areas

Working memory, long-term memory, and learning
Control of cognition
Inter- and intra-individual differences
Culturally informed and responsive science and pedagogy
Diversity, equity, and inclusion
Test performance and achievement
Intervention
Open science and secondary data approaches

Education

B.A., psychology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2010
B.A., art history/museum studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2010
M.A., experimental psychology, Towson University, 2012
M.A., psychology, Princeton University, 2014
Ph.D., psychology, Princeton University, 2018

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