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Cristine H. Legare, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychology UT Austin legare@austin.utexas.edu Faculty Profile |
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Dr. Legare is the director of the CCD Lab. Her training and research reflect her commitment to interdisciplinary approaches to the study of cognitive development. As an undergraduate, she took coursework from a variety of social science disciplines, double majoring in Human Development and Cultural Studies at the University of California, San Diego. In graduate school, she participated in the Culture and Cognition Program while completing her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Legare studies the intersection of several topics in the field of cognitive development: causal reasoning, social learning, and the development of scientific and supernatural belief systems. Her approach is to integrate theory and research from cognitive psychology and anthropology to examine basic cognitive processes in particular content areas and cultural contexts. She has done extensive field work in southern Africa, and is currently doing research in Brazil, China, and Vanuatu (a Melanesian archipelago), using both experimental and ethnographic methods. |
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Rachel Watson-Jones, Ph.D. watsonjones@austin.utexas.edu Website |
| Rachel is a postdoctoral researcher at UT Austin. She has a DPhil in Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology from the University of Oxford. Her research interests include cognitive and evolutionary approaches to understanding religion, cultural transmission, social learning, and ritual. | |
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Jennifer Clegg, M.A. jclegg@utexas.edu Website |
| Jen is a second year Developmental Psychology Ph.D. student at UT Austin. She graduated from Emory University in 2011 with a B.A. in Psychology and Linguistics and a minor in Italian Language. Jennifer's research interests include cross-cultural models of early childhood education and the development of prosocial behavior. | |
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Justin Busch, B.A. justin.ta.busch@gmail.com Website |
| Justin is an incoming Developmental Psychology Ph.D. student at UT Austin. He received his B.A. from the University of Colorado, Boulder in ecology and evolutionary biology with a certificate in neuroscience. Prior to coming to UT, he worked as a research assistant at the University of Colorado and Columbia University. Justin’s research interests include intuitive causal reasoning and studying religious cognition from an evolutionary perspective. He is also interested in science education. | |
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Nicole Wen, B.S. nicole.wen@utexas.edu Website |
| Nicole is an incoming Developmental Psychology Ph.D. student at UT Austin. She graduated from UT Austin in 2013 with a B.S. in Psychology and Plan II Honors and a minor in History. Nicole's research interests include the development of social cognition and cultural learning. | |
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Emily Little, B.A. elittle@ucsd.edu |
| Emily is a first year Ph.D. student in Developmental Psychology at UC San Diego, where she is working in Dr. Leslie Carver's Developmental Neuroscience Lab. She is currently a visiting student researcher in the CCD Lab at UT Austin. Emily received her B.A. in Psychology from University of Colorado at Boulder in 2010. Her research interests include how parent-infant interactions relate to early cognitive development in different cultural contexts. | |
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Katherine Cullum, B.A. katherinecullum@utexas.edu |
| Katie is the Cognition, Culture, and Development Lab Manager. She keeps the lab organized and running smoothly, helps hire new research assistants, trains research assistants in data collection and coding, assists in data collection, and acts as the liason between the lab and Austin area preschools, elementary schools, child care centers, and children's museums. | |
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