Former Lab Members

Kaley Curtis

Kaley was a Research Assistant on the Causal Learning and EcoLEARN Projects before leaving to complete her PhD at UC Berkeley in clinical psychology. She loved her time at HGSE and Project Zero and especially appreciated the chance to work with Dr...

Miles Malbrough

Miles worked with the CLiC team as an undergraduate Social Studies concentrator at Harvard College with an interest in developing more effective public education programs for non-traditional students. Miles also worked as the Co-Director of the Refugee...

David Sabey

David Sabey was a Research Assistant on the EcoMobile and EcoXPT projects. He earned his Ed.M. in the Human Development and Psychology program where he thoroughly enjoyed his studies. Prior to HGSE, he taught 7 th grade English in Las Vegas. As an...

Eva Shultis

Eva Shultis was a Research Assistant on the Causal Learning and EcoXPT projects. She earned her Masters in the Mind, Brain & Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Prior to this, she did her undergraduate work in Biology at Brown...

Stephanie Landicho

Stephanie earned an Ed.M. in the Mind, Brain and Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She holds bachelor degrees in neuroscience and biological science from the University of Southern California and her Master of Urban Public...

Rosemarie Sese

Rosie Sese was a Research Assistant on the Causal Learning in the Classroom project. She earned her master's in the Learning and Teaching program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She previously worked as a consultant at a learning center that...

Michael Hoe

Michael Hoe earned his Ed.M. in the Mind, Brain and Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He holds a B.S. in Neuroscience from Brown University. He has taught high school science (biology, chemistry, and neuroscience) at Noble and...

Kasia Derbiszewska

Kasia was the Project Manager for the Causal Learning in the Classroom Project. Kasia received her Ed.M. from Harvard University where she studied translational cognitive neuroscience and program design in the Mind, Brain, and Education program. Her B.S...

Daniel Oh

Daniel Oh worked as a researcher on the Understandings of Consequence and Causal Learning Projects while earning his master’s degree with the Mind, Brain, and Education cohort at HGSE. Prior to this, he graduated from Northwestern University, where he...

Therese Arsenault

Therese worked as a Research Assistant on the Understanding of Consequence Project in 2009-2010. While at Harvard, her work focused on understanding how students reason about science concepts and how teachers come to understand and develop students’...

Maya Bialik

Maya Bialik was a Research Assistant on the Causal Learning Projects. She received her Ed.M. in Mind, Brain and Education from Harvard. Prior to this, she completed her Undergraduate Degree in Psychology, Biology, and Linguistics. She has worked with...

Nicole Brooke

Nicole completed her master's degree in the Human Development and Psychology program at HGSE, and was a Research Assistant in the "Causal Learning in the Classroom" study where she helped to develop tasks, interview students, and analyze data. Prior to...

Erin Carr

Erin Carr was a Research Assistant on the Understanding of Consequence Project. She completed her Ed.M. at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in the Mind, Brain and Education program in 2010. Prior to this, she earned her B.A. in biology and...

Ruthie Chang

Ruthie Chang was a graduate student in the Mind, Brain, and Education program and joined the Understandings of Consequence Project as a Research Assistant in both the ReCAST and the Causal Learning Projects. Prior to this, she graduated from the...

Evelyn Chen

Evelyn Chen was a Lab Manager and Research Assistant on the Causal Learning Projects. She was involved in studies that investigate how K-6 students perceive causes and its effects that are temporally delayed or spatially distant, and how students...

Lauren Farrar

Lauren Farrar worked as a Research Assistant on the Understandings of Consequence Project and the EcoMUVE Project. She received her Ed.M in Technology, Innovation, and Education at Harvard's Graduate School of Education. Prior to this, she completed her...

Heidi Fessenden

Heidi Fessenden was a Research Assistant on the Causal Learning Project. Her work involved in understanding children's reasoning about distributed causality, and designing classroom activities to build on their thinking. She graduated from the Learning...

Rose Honey

Rose Honey worked as a researcher on the Understandings of Consequence Project and the Causal Learning Projects. She received her doctorate and master's degrees (Mind, Brain, and Education) from the Harvard Graduate School of Education with a focus on...

David Jeong

David Jeong was a Research Assistant on the Causal Learning Projects. He graduated with his Master's in the Mind, Brain, and Education program at HGSE. Prior to this, David graduated Magna Cum Laude from UCLA in 2009 and stayed on as a research assistant...

Tim Johnson

Tim Johnson was a Research Assistant on the Causal Learning Projects focused on data analysis. He graduated with his master's degree from the HGSE Learning and Teaching program. His background is in youth development and informal education, along with...

Lisa Kim

Lisa Kim assisted in design and layout of instructional materials for the Causal Learning Projects. As graduate student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, in the Technology, Innovation and Education program, she focused on integrating multimedia...

Reuben Posner

Reuben Posner was a Research Assistant on the Causal Learning Projects. He graduated from the Master's Program in Learning and Teaching from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Previously, he taught and developed curriculum for all ages - from pre...

Emily Gonzalez

Emily was a Project Manager at the Next Level Lab, Project Manager of the EcoXPT Project, and a Research Assistant on the Causal Learning and EcoLEARN Projects. She is a graduate of HGSE where she received her Ed.M. in Mind, Brain, and Education...

Amber Kamilah

Amber Kamilah was a Research Assistant on the Causal Learning and EcoMOBILE projects. She completed her Master’s in Mind, Brain and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2014. Prior to this, she worked as a strategic planning consultant...

Chandana Jasti

Chandana Jasti was a Research Assistant in the Understandings of Consequence Project and later, worked as a Visiting Scholar at the lab. She graduated from the Mind, Brain, and Education master’s program in 2009 and worked with the Understandings of...

Y. Debbie Liu

Y. Debbie Liu worked on the Causal Learning projects in the lab. She earned her doctorate at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. Prior to this, she worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Cancer Research and has a...