Our Team
Dr. Selin GülgözPrincipal Investigator
Dr. Selin Gülgöz is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Fordham University. Her research interests lie in children’s and adults’ social cognition and conceptual development, with particular focus on children’s reasoning about social groups. She is particularly interested in how individuals with diverse (and often marginalized) identities construct social categories, how people’s reasoning about social categories is reflected in their attitudes and behaviors toward members of those categories, and how we can learn about the developmental origins of early social cognition by observing these cognitive and behavioral outcomes. Outside of research and teaching, Selin enjoys exploring New York with her husband and their 5-year-old, and reading good fiction.
Principal Investigator
Dr. Selin Gülgöz is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Fordham University. Her research interests lie in children’s and adults’ social cognition and conceptual development, with particular focus on children’s reasoning about social groups. She is particularly interested in how individuals with diverse (and often marginalized) identities construct social categories, how people’s reasoning about social categories is reflected in their attitudes and behaviors toward members of those categories, and how we can learn about the developmental origins of early social cognition by observing these cognitive and behavioral outcomes. Outside of research and teaching, Selin enjoys exploring New York with her husband and their 5-year-old, and reading good fiction.
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Daniel AlonsoPh.D. student
Daniel is a third-year graduate student in the Applied Developmental Psychology program at Fordham University. Daniel’s research interests span various lines of inquiry related to gender diversity across the lifespan. He is particularly interested in questions related to children’s gender cognition, as well as identity concealment behavior in childhood and adolescence. Previously, Daniel conducted research as a lab manager for Dr. Kristina Olson at the University of Washington and earned his bachelor’s in psychology at The University of Texas at Austin. In his free time, Daniel enjoys people-watching at Central Park and updating his Spotify playlists.
Ph.D. student
Daniel is a third-year graduate student in the Applied Developmental Psychology program at Fordham University. Daniel’s research interests span various lines of inquiry related to gender diversity across the lifespan. He is particularly interested in questions related to children’s gender cognition, as well as identity concealment behavior in childhood and adolescence. Previously, Daniel conducted research as a lab manager for Dr. Kristina Olson at the University of Washington and earned his bachelor’s in psychology at The University of Texas at Austin. In his free time, Daniel enjoys people-watching at Central Park and updating his Spotify playlists.
Alison De Leon EscobarPh.D. student
Alison is a first-year graduate student in the Applied Developmental Psychology program at Fordham University. She is particularly interested in exploring how different features of language impact children’s social category and identity representations, and broadly contribute to the development of harmful social stereotypes. Alison graduated from New York University with a bachelor’s in Psychology & Chemistry, where she also conducted research as Lab Manager for Dr. Marjorie Rhodes. Aside from her passion for research, Alison enjoys discovering new music, going on walks with her dog, and spending time with friends and family.
Ph.D. student
Alison is a first-year graduate student in the Applied Developmental Psychology program at Fordham University. She is particularly interested in exploring how different features of language impact children’s social category and identity representations, and broadly contribute to the development of harmful social stereotypes. Alison graduated from New York University with a bachelor’s in Psychology & Chemistry, where she also conducted research as Lab Manager for Dr. Marjorie Rhodes. Aside from her passion for research, Alison enjoys discovering new music, going on walks with her dog, and spending time with friends and family.
Collaborators
Lily Durwood, University of Washington; Margaret Echelbarger, Stony Brook University; Elizabeth Enright, St. Mary’s College of Maryland; Anne Fast, Western Washington University; Rachel Fine, University of Michigan; Susan Gelman, University of Michigan; Jessica Glazier, University of Washington; Eric Gomez, Google; Emma Gross, University of Michigan; Jeffrey Heer, University of Washington; Arnold Ho; University of Michigan; Jennifer Jipson, California Polytechnic State University; Carol Lynn Martin, Arizona State University; Thekla Morgenroth, Purdue University; Kristina Olson, Princeton University; James Rae, Apple; Steven Othello Roberts, Stanford University; Jennifer Rubin, Foundry 10.
Lab alumni
Christine Irlbeck, Veronika Kobrinsky, Marianna Apazidis, Olivia Dean, Matthew Kozakowski, Amelia Marotta, Chloe McGovern, Riley Ng, Alex Pahl, Stephanie Price, Amber Ray, Mariana Rodrigues, Adam Saad, Maggie Schenk, Elena Tycer.