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Alisa gave a talk titled "Investigating the Types of Secrets that Promote Friendship Evaluation in Children" at the biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society (CDS).

Liz received an Honorable Mention for her National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP) application. This mention recognizes meritorious applicants and is considered a national academic achievement.

Our Sunday research assistants tested at the Santa Barbara Zoo during El Dia del Niño! Pictured are Maisie Edsall-Lingenfelter (left), Julia Bainbridge (middle), and Keyla Ruiz (right), and behind them are (left to right) Stormtrooper 1, Boba Fett, Darth Vader, Stormtrooper 2, and Stormtrooper 3. 

Our undergraduate research assistants are back at the Santa Barbara Zoo to run studies with children ages 3- to 11-years! Pictured are Saturday research assistants Quinn Schroeder (left), Gaby Luna-Victoria (middle), and Julia Bainbridge (right) who are running a study designed by Bailey Immel, Shreya Sodhi, and Dr. Zoe Liberman.

Liz presented a poster titled "Attributions of bisexual discrimination" at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP).

Rodney presented a poster titled "Children recognize language and race as flexible social categories" at the Origins of the Social Mind pre-conference at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP).

Seniors Jackie Kalleberg, Marco Muñoz, Emily Park, and Aurora Parks were awarded with grants from the UC Santa Barbara Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) program to fund independent research projects. 

Rising seniors Marco Muñoz and Martha Garcia presented research at the California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP) poster session!

Liz wrote a piece titled "Student Notebook: A Cohort Conundrum" for the Association for Psychological Science (APS) website. Liz details her experiences as a first year graduate student, including becoming close with fellow lab mates and finding doctoral advisors who provide supportive lab environments. 

Martha is participating in the National Science Foundation funded California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP) Program here at UC Santa Barbara. The CAMP Program is intended to provide intensive research opportunities and experiences to students under-represented in STEM fields.