• PSYC 101. Introduction to Psychology
• PSYC 201. Psychological Research: Methods & Statistics I
• PSYC 202. Psychological Research: Methods & Statistics II
• PSYC 230. Cognition
• PSYC 325. Sensation & Perception
• PSYC 331. Human Memory

• Ph.D., Psychology, University of California, Riverside (2023)
• M.S.Ed., Learning and Developmental Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington (2017)
• B.S., Psychology, Southern Medical University, China (2015)
• B.A., English, Southern Medical University, China (2015)

Publications

• Luo, C. & Franchak, J.M. (2025). Learning to efficiently gather visual information using the eyes, head, and body. Collabra: Psychology, 11(1): 138145.
• Franchak, J.M., Tang, M., Rousey, H., & Luo, C. (2023) Long-form recording of infant body position in the home using wearable inertial sensors. Behavior Research Methods. doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02236-9
• Luo, C., Franchak, J. M. (2022). Eye-head-body coordination in the motor-memory trade-off. Collabra: Psychology, 8(1): 38821.
• Franchak, J. M., Scott, V., & Luo, C. (2021). A contactless method for measuring full-day, naturalistic motor behavior using wearable inertial sensors. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 701314.
• Luo, C., Franchak, J. M. (2020). Head and body structure infants’ visual experiences during mobile, naturalistic play. PLoS ONE, 15(11): e0242009.

Broadly I am interested in perception, action, and learning. My ongoing study looks at how people order tasks.

For example, when there are multiple tasks to do, which task do people choose to do first? Why? Does the difficulty of tasks, the type of tasks (e.g., solving a math problem vs going upstairs), anxiety, or any other factors affect task ordering? Why do people postpone doing some tasks (e.g., writing a paper) but do other tasks earlier than necessary (e.g., paying bills ahead of time, arriving at the airport too early)? Do people order tasks rationally? How to order tasks to be more efficient?

Those questions fascinate me. I am happy to work with students exploring those topics.