Jul 25, 2023 | Anthropomorphism, Articles about the lab, Awards, Catie Nielson, Education, Intuitive Biology, Presentations, Psychology Department, Science Education, Uncategorized
This past Friday, CORE Lab member Catie Nielson became Dr. Catie Nielson after defending her dissertation! Catie presented her talk titled, “Is This About Me? Understanding Anthropocentrism in Undergraduate Biology Learning,” to a large crowd consisting of...
May 19, 2021 | Articles about the lab, Awards, Jess Leffers, Psychology Department, Publications
On April 22nd, Jessica Leffers, 5th year graduate student in the CORE Lab, received the Dean’s Graduate Student Excellence Award in Teaching from the College of Science. She has excelled throughout her five years and has made valuable contributions to the Psychology...
Apr 7, 2021 | Anthropomorphism, Articles about the lab, Awards, essentialism, Publications
Recently, Shrreya Aagarwal, an undergraduate Research Assistant in the CORE Lab, received two awards to fund her research curiosities. The two grants that Shrreya received are the Honors Propel Grant and the Peak Summit Award, both of which are funded through...
Jun 15, 2020 | Articles about the lab, Awards, essentialism, Grant
CORE Lab research assistants Lauryn Lu and Alec Rutherford recently won Northeastern’s Honors Early Research Award. This award is given to undergraduates pursing student initiated research projects. Lauryn and Alec’s project, called Essentialist Thinking...
Jan 28, 2020 | Anthropomorphism, Articles about the lab, Awards, Conferences, Education, Emily Dahlgaard Thor, essentialism, Jess Leffers, John Coley, Presentations, Publications, race, Science Education
Several projects from the CORE Lab were accepted to Boston’s 2020 Eastern Psychological Association Conference this upcoming March at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. EPA is one of the oldest psychological associations in the United States and their main goal is to...
Nov 26, 2019 | Awards, Emily Dahlgaard Thor, essentialism, Grant, Jess Leffers, John Coley, Uncategorized
The current lab coordinator, Lucretia Henriquez, was recently selected for the Summit Award, which provides up to $3000 for a semester-long research or creative project in conjunction with a faculty mentor. Lucretia’s award will be used for a study about the...