Cognition Across Development Lab

Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences

Gorana graduated from the University of Florida with a B.S. in Psychology and is a first year graduate student in the CAD lab. She's interested in children's conceptualization of racial categories, the development of racial identity, and racial privileges.

Jordan graduated from Wesleyan University with a B.A. in Psychology and a Minor in Education Studies. Before Jordan joined the CAD Lab in 2020, he completed a year teaching English to elementary school students in Taiwan on a Fulbright scholarship. He is interested in how essentialist thinking develops across various social categories, specifically in minority populations.

Alix graduated from Northeastern University with a B.S. in Psychology in December 2017. She's interested in how social categorization processes are permeable to ideological and group-based motivations, focusing on minoritized individuals. In addition to her work with the CAD Lab, Alix coordinates database recruitment for the Developmental Science Initiative.

Edye is a junior psychology major at UMass with an interest in issues of gender identity, attachment/adoption, and anxiety in young children. She has always loved working with kids and hopes to pursue a research career in developmental psychology in order to positively impact the lives of children and families.

Amber is a Neuroscience and Legal Studies major at UMass Amherst (class of 2022). She is a Vietnamese international student with a passion for working with children and a curiosity for the wonders of psychology

Jess is from Grafton, Massachusetts and she is a (rising) sophomore psychology major at UMass Amherst. She hopes to pursue clinical and counseling psychology specifically with children and adolescents after she graduates, and she believes that CAD lab is a wonderful opportunity and experience to help her gain more knowledge in the field that she loves!

Andrew is from New York City and is a rising sophomore student majoring in psychology and getting a minor in Spanish. He plans to become an industrial-organizational psychologist in order to promote cultural inclusivity.

Jenna Rubin is a sophomore psychology major at UMass with an interest in psychopathology and early social cognition. She hopes to pursue clinical psychology after graduating, particularly with children and adolescents. She is excited to further explore her passion for developmental psychology in the CAD Lab!

Emmy is a sophomore psychology major on the neuroscience track looking forward to exploring all the different concentrations that psychology has to offer before going into the research field after obtaining her PhD. Having much experience with children, she believes it will be fun to look further into their minds, as she knows how smart and how critical they can be.