April is a doctoral student at HGSE, under the mentorship of Drs. Gigi Luk and Charles Nelson. She is interested in investigating neural and behavioral development in infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and early interventions that can promote positive, long-term outcomes in children with ASD.
Rachel Hantman is a recent graduate of the Mind, Brain, and Education program here at HGSE where she earned her Masters in Education. Prior to HGSE, she...
Doctoral Student in Human Development, Learning & Teaching
Sibylla is a doctoral student and research coordinator at the B.E.E. Lab. She investigates the interaction of language and reading difficulties with a special interest in dialect variation and 2nd language populations.
Doctoral Student in Human Development, Learning and Teaching
So Yeon Shin is a doctoral student in the Human Development, Learning and Teaching department at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She earned a B.A. in psychology and educational studies from Swarthmore College in 2015. So Yeon is interested in the sociocultural factors that influence children's language development. She is particularly interested in the experiences of emergent bilingual children from immigrant families.
Doctoral Student in Human Development, Learning and Teaching
Sarah is a doctoral student in Human Development, Learning and Teaching. She is interested in the early language and literacy development of children from diverse linguistics backgrounds, especially during the transition to formal schooling in early childhood. Other interests include social perceptions of bilingualism and parenting and teaching practices that support bilingual development.
Valerie is a graduate of the Mind, Brain and Education Masters program at HGSE. She currently works in the B.E.E. lab as a research assistant and prior to attending HGSE she worked as a middle- school teacher in Camden, New Jersey.... Read more about Valerie Woxholdt
Carolynn is a graduate student in the Mind, Brain, and Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. After spending a year teaching...
Dr. Whitford obtained her Ph.D. in Cognitive-Experimental Psychology from McGill University (Montreal, Canada). She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychology and Brain and Mind Institute at the University of Western Ontario (London, Canada). She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (under the supervision of Dr. Gigi Luk) and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and McGovern Institute for Brain Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (under the supervision of Dr. John Gabrieli).... Read more about Veronica Whitford
Masters Student in Communication Sciences and Disorders
Emilia is a a masters student at the MGH Institute of Health Professions studying Communication Sciences and Disorders. Her primary focus is communication disorders in early-middle childhood. She is particularly interested in the impact of diverse language backgrounds on cognitive and linguistic development.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the MGH Institute of Health Professions
Laura Mesite is a recent graduate of the B.E.E. Lab. Her research uses educational and cognitive neuroscience methods to explore the identification and remediation of learning disabilities in school-age children, particularly English Learners and those from socioeconomically-disadvantaged backgrounds. Her work aims to inform educational practice and policy.... Read more about Laura Mesite
Daniel received his EdD in Human Development from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His research interests include the impact of early adversity (maltreatment, trauma and poverty) on developmental, educational and mental health outcomes in children. He is interested in using the tools of neurobiology and cognitive science to better address questions of educational practice and policy.
Christiana is a graduate of the Mind, Brain and Education Masters program at HGSE. She worked in the B.E.E. lab as a research assistant, and now attends the Occupational Science PhD program at USC in the Brain Creativity Institute. She is interested in embodied cognition, and the effects of movement and exercise on social and emotional cognition.
