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Education

The Graduate Center, City University of New York — Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience), 2025–Present

Mississippi State University — Bachelor of Science in Psychology (Cognitive Science), May 2025

Employment

City College of New York — Instructor, Department of Psychology, 2026–Present

Visual NeuroAesthetics Lab, City College of New York — Graduate Research Assistant, 2026–Present

The Graduate Center Child Development and Learning Center, City University of New York — Childcare Assistant, 2026

Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi State University — Graphic Designer, 2024

Perception and Cognition Laboratory, Mississippi State University — Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2022–2025

Areas of Practice

Drawing
Illustration
Scientific Illustration
Visual Communication
Writing
Neuroscience
Neuroaesthetics
Interdisciplinary Research

Exhibitions

Discourse — Dual Exhibition
Starkville Area Arts Council + Colvard Student Union Gallery, Mississippi State University
Starkville, Mississippi
2024

Artist-in-Residence Exhibition — MacGown Art Retreat and Studio
Starkville, Mississippi
2023

New York City: ART 3801 — One-Night Exhibition
Howell Metal Shop, Mississippi State University
Starkville, Mississippi
2024

Kitchen: One Night Only — Curator and Organizer
Dunkington Gallery
Starkville, Mississippi
2025

Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition
Mississippi Museum of Art
Jackson, Mississippi
2020

Awards

Office of Research and Economic Development Undergraduate Research Program — Mississippi State University, 2024
Undergraduate Research Grant — $2,000
Isolation of Novel Organisms and Scientific Illustration/Communication of Life Cycles
Project: Unveiling the Hidden Life Cycles of Amoebas
Faculty Research Mentor: Matthew Brown, Biological Sciences
Co-Author: Tristan Henderson

Del Rendon Foundation Artist Stipend — $2,000
MacGown Art Retreat and Studio, 2023

Southeastern Museums Conference — Silver Award, 2022
Mississippi Makers Fest, Poster Design

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards — Silver Key, 2020
Welcome to the Freak Show, Drawing & Illustration

Press

Erter, Erin. “Zoé Ishee Combines Art and Science.” The Reflector, October 23, 2024.

Rochester, Abigail Sipe. “Student-Led Neuroscience Club Leads to New Minor at MSU.” The Dispatch, April 14, 2025

Leadership and Service

Founder and President — Neuroscience Club, Mississippi State University, 2022–2025
Founded and led a 200+ member student organization dedicated to neuroscience education, research, and outreach; organized brain dissections, microscopy and public-engagement events; contributed to campus efforts supporting the establishment of Mississippi State University’s first neuroscience minor.

Organizer and Presenter — “Day for Neuroscience,” Starkville Public Library, 2024
Organized and led a children’s neuroscience outreach event featuring hands-on microscopy of neurons and neural tissue, microscope instruction, and accessible neuroscience education.

Gallery Representation

Pacesetter Gallery — Mixed Media Artist
Flowood, Mississippi
2021–2023

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