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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 the Joan Ganz Cooney Center.

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.

tpempek@gmail.com

Graduate Research Assistants:

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

Rob Ellis
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology
ree4@georgetown.edu

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

David Huffaker
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology
Now pursuing Ph.D. at Northwestern University
d-huffaker@northwestern.edu

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

Katherine Jacobs
Ph.D in Psychology from Georgetown University

Abby Jenkins
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology
Now at Women’s Learning Partnership, Bethesda, MD
ajenkins@learningpartnership.org

Sean Lai
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology
syl@georgetown.edu

Brian Mahler
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology
bam7@georgetown.edu

Katherine J. Murray
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology
Now pursuing Ph.D. at Stanford University
kjm29@georgetown.edu

Katrina Pariera
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology
katrinalp@gmail.com

Robert Ramsey
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology
Now pursuing Ph.D. at University of Toronto
rmr22@georgetown.edu

Jennifer Wells
M.A. Communication, Culture and Technology
jlw63@georgetown.edu

Kirk Willard
M.A, Communication, Culture and Technology

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
goodrich.sam@gmail.com

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

Christine M. Hluchan
B.A., Psychology and Government

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

William Murray
B.A., Psychology

Christine Paces
B.A., Psychology

Michael Riboli
B.A., Georgetown University

Kristin Savoye
B.A., Psychology

Erin Shockey
B.A., Psychology

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

Kirk Willard
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology

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

Past Staff:

Lisa Alvey
B.A., Psychology
Now pursing a Ph.D. at University of Illinois Chicago

Bonnie Strong
CDMC Administrator
M.A., Communication, Culture and Technology

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