{"id":30,"date":"2025-01-14T17:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T17:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.la.utexas.edu\/imagcoglab\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2026-04-14T01:08:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T01:08:51","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.la.utexas.edu\/imagcoglab\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Our Team<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Assistants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Susan Kruglinski<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a mid-career student with experience in science journalism and mental healthcare studying the influence of social media on child development, with a focus on social contagion, magical thinking, unusual niche cultures, and young people\u2019s susceptibility to maladaptive conformity. I am interested in how these issues are novel in the digital age, as well as how they relate to what is already known about the psychological development of children, adolescents, and young adults.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Taryn Crone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a second-year graduate student and my research has focused on the different domains of creativity, how they develop in young children, and what benefits they have. My research interests also include determining how children differentiate between fantasy and reality, specifically through their beliefs in luck and superstitions, and how those beliefs can affect their day-to-day lives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Lab Manager<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Aarushi Gupta<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a graduate from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in Psychology and a certificate in Applied Statistical Modeling. My research interests revolve around understanding the complexities of cultural differences and how they shape conceptual development, social judgements, and cognitive processes in children. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Research Assistants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Anna Havner, Julia Weist, Emma Quayle, Risha Patel, Rebecca Varghese, Julia McMahon, David Foral, Christine Madarang, Rasikapriya Krishna, Irene Kim, Lydia Pandyan, Rahulraja Arunkumar, Katherine Peterson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Join the Lab<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Prospective Ph.D. Students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Woolley will not be accepting a new graduate student for academic year 2026-2027.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are not <\/em>currently accepting new Research Assistants. Please check back in Fall 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Collaborators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Amanda Rhoads
Ansley Tullos
Art Markman
Beth Boerger
Emily Myers
Jean Dunham
Lili Ma
Louis Bunce
Rebecca Dore
Harsha Ketavarapu
Natalie DeMario
Maya Vemulapalli
Aubrey Clayton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Former Graduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ansley Tullos
Beth Boerger
Brooke Miller
Chelsea Cornelius
Debra Davis
Gabriel Lopez-Mobilia
Hannah Lunkenheimer
Jenny Nissel
Katie Steele
Katrina Phelps
Kelsey Kelley
Maliki (Kiki) Ghossainy
Marc Bruell<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Former Postdoctoral Fellows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hui Li
Lili Ma<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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