Research

Supervisors: Dr. Susan Gelman and Dr. L. Monique Ward
Title: Graduate Student

Researching the influence of media on children’s gender identity development and stereotypes.
Analyzing how princess and superhero media affects girls’ and boys’ mental health.

Supervisors: Dr. Andrei Cimpian (PI) and Dr. Adam Stanaland (postdoctoral fellow)
Title: Senior Research Assistant

Studied the development of fragile masculinity and co-authored a published article (see Publications).
Investigated children’s status aspirations and endorsement of gender-based power differentials, analyzed data on RStudio and SPSS, and presented findings at national conferences (see Presentations).
Supervised a study on children’s power differential awareness, managed all stages of the research project, and prepared data for statistical analyses.
Researched children’s understanding of identity and non-sexual objectification, conducted virtual interviews, oversaw data cleaning and quality assurance, and analyzed data on JASP.
Assumed additional role of Junior Lab Manager, supervising daily lab operations, training research assistants, onboarding incoming lab managers, and maintaining local partnerships.

Supervisor: Dr. Eliza Congdon (PI)
Title: Honors Thesis Student & Research Assistant

Developed honors thesis project on how different types of gestures (iconic, deictic, or none) alleviate cognitive load and aid children perform better in a memory test, and presented findings at conferences (see Presentations).
Created a novel gender-identity measurement tool consisting of three continuous scales asking how much one feels like a girl, a boy, and another gender.
Studied the effect of math anxiety in bilingual and monolingual parents on their children.
Collected data on children’s gesture-speech synchrony for joint project with Loyola University.
Designed testing instruments and data collection surveys on Qualtrics, and established relationships with local schools and after-school programs.

Supervisor: Dr. Lori Markson (PI)
Title: Research Assistant

Developed framework and materials for a project on children’s sense of the common good.
Coded 80+ sessions for a project on children’s ability to infer others’ racial attitudes and willingness to discuss race.
Acted as Interim Lab Manager, responsible for scheduling testing shifts, onboarding new research assistants, and overseeing day-to-day operations.
Increased recruitment efficacy by implementing templates to speed up communication and scheduling tasks, and translated pamphlets to Spanish, broadening participant pool.