PEOPLE

Melissa Koenig

Dr. Koenig the Director of the Early Language and Experience Lab and an assistant professor at the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota. She teaches CPSY 4345 (Language Development), as well as undergraduate and graduate seminars on moral development and cognitive development. She specializes in early language development and theory of mind and her recent research focuses on children's evaluation of testimony, the bases upon which they credit knowledge to others and the epistemic significance of doubt.

Sabine Doebel

Sabine is the lab manager for the Early Language and Experience Lab and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Child Psychology at the University of Minnesota. She is interested in conceptual development, and how children use what others tell them to construct their understanding of the world. More specifically, she is interested in exploring how children arrive at mature concepts and beliefs, and how learning from testimony may interact with the concurrent development of general cognitive abilities, the sociocultural and linguistic context, and biases within the child. Interests outside of research include cooking, reading, philosophy, film, art, and running.

Sherryse Corrow

Sherryse Corrow

Sherryse a second year graduate student at the >> Institute of Child Development. She is interested in the development of >> visual processes in infancy as well as language acquisition in infancy and childhood, specifically American Sign Language. She was born and >> raised in a suburb of Minnesota and received her undergraduate degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead near Fargo, ND.

Katie Millet

Katie a graduate student at the Institute of Child Development and is currently completing a research study in the lab investigating whether children update their memory for an object's location based on testimony provided by a previously reliable source.

Katie Warne

 

Katie is a senior at the University of Minnesota and is returning to the lab for a second semester.  She is majoring in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences with a minor in Child Psychology.   She plans to attend Graduate School next fall with the goal of becoming  a certified Speech-Language Pathologist and hopes to work with children with hearing loss in the future.  She enjoys shopping, traveling, walking and spending time with friends and family. 

 

Maggie Altschaefl

Maggie a senior from Brookfield, Wisconsin. She is the primary investigator for the Pretend Study, which she will be using to finish her senior honors thesis. She plans to attend graduate school at a school psychology and child development program, and to one day write the great American novel. When she is not in the lab, Maggie enjoys baking, running, reading, especially Twilight and Harry Potter, and helping with research for the Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood.

Kristina Pietsch

Kristina a Senior at the University of Minnesota and this is her second semester working in the lab. She is majoring in Child Psychology with a minor in Spanish. She plans to attend graduate school so that in the future she can work with children and their families in hospitals after life altering events occur. She is also a Community Advisor in one of the Residence Halls on Campus. In her spare time she volunteers with children, enjoys movies, books, music, and spending time with friends.

Elizabeth Blaschak

Elizabeth is a senior at the University of Minnesota and is majoring in Child Psychology.  She is interested in children with disabilities and plans to work in this area following graduation.  In addition to child psychology and development, she is also interested in art, especially photography, and music.

Laura Hughitt

Laura a senior from Northfield, Minnesota. This is her first semester in the lab and she is excited to be doing research. She plans on graduating in the spring of 2010 with hopes of continuing on to grad school for child psychology somewhere in the Midwest. She works year round at an elementary school as a Child Care Assistant. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, attending concerts, being out on the water and spending time with friends and family.

Ann Goyette

Ann is currently a junior at the University of Minnesota studying speech language hearing sciences. She is interested in language acquisition in children and plans on going to graduate school after completing her undergraduate degree to pursue a degree in speech pathology. She is from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin and is from a family of nine. She loves music, hiking and spending time with her friends and family.