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Postdoctoral Fellows:

Jennifer Kotler, Ph.D.
Dr. Kotler has been studying the influences of media on children for the past twelve years. She received her Ph.D. in Child Development from the University of Texas at Austin where she spent her time as a researcher at the Center for Research on Influences of Television on Children. She subsequently received post-doctoral training at Georgetown University where she coordinated the Children and Media Project, which assessed children's learning from educational television. She is now Assistant Vice President of Domestic Research, Education, Research and Outreach at Sesame Workshop.

Tiffany Pempek, Ph.D.
Dr. Pempek received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her research interests focus on the impact of media on development and the cognitive processes involved in children's media use. Her work centers around understanding the attentional processes employed in children's media use as well how this knowledge informs our general understanding of the development of the attention systems early in life. Dr. Pempek's primary research goals are to understand media use in two specific domains: very early development and children's health issues. She is now assistant professor of psychology at Otterbein College.

Graduate Research Assistants:

Christina Baker
M.A., Psychology, Catholic University

Gina Dyson
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology
Now Service and Operations Manager at Laureate Education

Rob Ellis
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology
Now Lead Web Developer for Carnegie Institute of Washington

Edward Gonzales, Jr.
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology

David Huffaker
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology
Now pursuing Ph.D. at Northwestern University

Eliza Jacobs
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology
Now pursuing Ph.D. at Temple University

Katherine Jacobs
Ph.D in Psychology from Georgetown University
Now Vice President and COO of the Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group

Abby Jenkins
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology
Now at Communication's Associate at
Women’s Learning Partnership, Bethesda, MD

Sean Lai
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology

Brian Mahler
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology

Katherine J. Murray
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology
Now pursuing Ph.D. at Stanford University

Katrina Pariera
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology
Now Program Associate at American Bar Association

Robert Ramsey
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology
Now pursuing Ph.D. at University of Toronto

Jennifer Wells
M.A. Communication, Culture and Technology
Now Senior Manager for Product Development at PBS Interactive Businesses

Kirk Willard
M.A, Communication, Culture and Technology
Now General Manager at The Roasterie, Inc. in Kansas City, Missouri

Sean Zehnder
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology
Now pursuing Ph.D. at Northwestern University

Undergraduate Research Assistants:

Natasha Bimbau
B.A., Psychology

Adrienne Bramlett
B.A., Psychology

Emily Conger
B.A., Psychology
Now pursuing a MPP at Georgetown Public Policy Institute.

Kevin Englert
B.A., Psychology

Melissa Friedman
B.A., Psychology
Now pursuing Ph.D.

Lizann Gallagher
B.A., Psychology

Samantha Goodrich
B.A., Psychology
Now pursuing a PhD in Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Connecticut

Phillip Hammack
B.A., Psychology
Ph.D at the University of Chicago
Now an assistant professor in social psychology at UC Santa Cruz

Matthew Hammar
B.A., Psychology
Now Assistant Vice President & Senior Training Consultant at
The Bank of New York Mellon in Pittsburgh

Christine M. Hluchan
B.A., Psychology and Government
Now volunteering for Peace Corps

Alison Kuhl
BA, Psychology

Laura Phillipe Larson
B.A., Psychology
Now pursuing a Masters Degree in Religious Studies at Yale Divinity School

Mickey Lee
B.A., Psychology

Christine Paces
B.A., Psychology

Georgia Papatheodorou
Anticipated B.A. (December 2009), Psychology

Michael Riboli
B.A., Psychology

Kristin Savoye
B.A., Psychology
Now Manager at Compensation at Time Inc in New York City

Erin Shockey
B.A., Psychology

Alex Verdaguer
Currently studying abroad in France

Jessica Walsh
B.A., Psychology
Now pursuing a Masters of Education and Human Development at George Washington University in Early Childhood Special Education

Yevdokiya (Dussy) Yermolayeva
B.A., Psychology
Now pursuing a PhD in developmental psychology at Carnegie Mellon University.

Past Staff:

Lisa Alvy
B.A., Psychology
Now pursuing a Ph.D. at University of Illinois Chicago

Jessie Connell
CDMC Research Assistant
Now pursuing a Ph.D. in Family Social Science at University of Minnesota

Bonnie Strong
CDMC Administrator
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology
Now Knowledge Management Consultant at International Resources Group in Washington, D.C.

Gabrielle Strouse
CDMC Research Assistant and Lab Manager
Now pursuing a Ph.D in Psychology and Human Development at
Vanderbilt University