The Kids' Table

Join us as we chat with Dr. Rachel Flynn about video games, executive functioning, and the many positive uses of media for children's physical, cognitive, and social health.

Rachel is an Assistant Professor at San Francisco State University.

Join us as we chat with Dr. Elysia Choi and Janet Gu about their research on the social-emotional and identity development in immigrant youth, including racial microaggressions and joking in middle school.

Elysia received her PhD in Developmental Psychology from New York University. Janet is a doctoral student at Boston University.

Join us as we talk with Dr. Jacob Schatz about joint engagement in parent-child interactions, and the many ways parents can support and advance children's play!

Jacob received his PhD in Developmental Psychology from New York University. He is currently a rabbinical student at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at American Jewish University.

Join us as we talk with Dr. Sandy Gonzalez about children's healthcare, bilingualism, and motor development!

Sandy is a a Senior Research Associate at Nicklaus Children's Health System.

Join us as we talk with Sarah Vogel about what we can learn about the gut microbiome from baby's poop, the surprising benefits of dogs for promoting infant health, and the intersection between social determinants of health and stress and deprivation in early life.

Sarah Vogel is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University. You can follow her work at https://www.sarahcvogel.com/.

Join us as we chat with Katherine Ziska, our new(ish) Kids' Table co-host! We discuss her experience with homeschooling, the overlap between philosophy and psychology, the ethics of artificial intelligence, and social categories.

Katherine is a lab manager at the University of Michigan's Intelligent Media Lab with Ying Xu, where she conducts research on the education applications of artificial intelligence.

In December, Dr. Emily Foster-Hanson helped us understand the way we reason about the world - sorting categories and representing them through our mental concepts. We took a dive into how those concepts shape our assumptions, stereotypes, and inform future learning - and the ways in which language influences what concepts we form.

Dr. Foster-Hanson is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Swarthmore College. You can follower her work at https://www.fosterhanson.com/.

In November, we were joined by the inimitable Dr. Amanda Woodward, researcher and educator extraordinaire, who shared her research on how children reason about social exclusion, the power of social connection in development, and how those lessons can apply to the classroom (even stats classes!).

Amanda is a Teaching Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Adriana Bankston has built her career doing science policy work, conducting research, collaborating with nonprofits, think tanks, and the federal government to advocate for federally funded research and train early career scientists. She obtained her PhD from Emory University in Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology. She is a Strategic Advisor for the Journal of Science Policy & Governance.

You can follow her work at https://adrianabankston.com/.

Join us as we chat with Dr. Molly Scott all about the Active Playful Learning project, a national study aimed at helping students become deeper, more creative thinkers!