Tristan Defrancesco-Loria

Tristan’s BA thesis investigated the effect of the urban soundscape on visual attention and self-reported stress response (Loria & Russo, 2012). He was a major contributor to the Toronto Sound Map project and worked as the Lab Manager for 1-year following graduation (2012-13). During that year he was influential in helping to organize two successful conferences (SMPC and CogMIR). Afterwards he completed a MS.c in Kinesiology at the University of Toronto and is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology at Washington State University.