{"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":"2026-09-03T17:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:00:22","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<\/h1>\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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Risha Patel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a Psychology major and Honors student at the University of Texas at Austin, also pursuing a minor in Statistics and Data Science. My research interests broadly center around children\u2019s cognitive and social development, particularly how children form beliefs and understand the world around them. I am especially interested in how parent-child relationships and social experiences shape children\u2019s reasoning, judgments, and conceptual development.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Research Assistants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Brittany Van Cleave, Christine Madarang, Julia McMahon, Kaitlyn Jensen, Katie Peterson, Mary-Kate Havens, Rasikapriya Krishna, Sarie Goodweather, Tanisha Parikh, Xue Rojas-Tang<\/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 at the end of 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
Aarushi Gupta<\/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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