Educational Background

Ph. D., Stanford University, Psychology (2005)
Area of Specialization: Developmental Psychology

B.A., University of Chicago, Psychology [honors] (1999)

Research Interests

Cognitive Development


-Social learning mechanisms: imitation, the understanding of preferences, and language acquisition

-Conceptual development: acquisition and application of subordinate level categories and detailed distinctions

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2005-present,
University of Washington, Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences

Teaching Experience

Co-Instructor

-General Psychology, Stanford University Summer Session, 2004
-Developmental Psychology, Stanford University Summer Session, 2002-3

Head Teaching Assistant

-Developmental Psychology, Stanford University, Prof. John Flavell, Fall 2001
-Prof. Susan Johnson, Fall 2002, 2003

Teaching Assistant

-Cognitive Development, Professor Ellen Markman, Fall 2004
-Cognitive Psychology, Professors Barbara Tversky & Anthony Wagner, Winter 2004
-Statistics, Professor Ewart Thomas, Winter 2003
-Introduction to Psychology, Profs. John Gabrieli & Brian Knutson, Winter & Spring 2002.

Guest Seminar

-Developmental Psychology, San Mateo Psychiatry Residents Program, Summer, 2003
-How to be a Head TA, Psychology Department Teaching Assistant Training, Stanford University, Fall, 2002.


Awards and Honors


Graduate Research Opportunities Award, 2004

Department of Psychology Teaching Award, Stanford University, 2003

University of Chicago Police/Fire Scholarship, 1995-1999

Richter Grant recipient, University of Chicago, 1998


Professional Activities and Service

Co-coordinator, Stanford-Berkeley-Santa Cruz conference in Developmental Psychology, April, 2004.

Member, Organizing Committee, “Stanford Child Language Research Forum.” Stanford University, April, 2004; April, 2002.

Student Representative, Graduate Student Admissions Committee, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, 2003.

Student Representative, Faculty Search Committee, Dept. of Psychology, Stanford University, 2002.

Coordinator, Developmental Psychology Brownbag Series, Stanford University, Spring 2002.





 


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