Tracy Riggins received her Ph.D. in Child Psychology from the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota. She completed postdoctoral fellowships in pediatric neuroimaging at the University of California, Davis and the University of Maryland, School of Medicine in Baltimore. The goal of her research program is to provide better understanding of the neural bases of cognitive development, particularly in the domain of memory. The empirical research conducted in her laboratory (known as the Neurocognitive Developmental Lab or NCDL) involves both typically developing children and children at-risk for cognitive impairments and uses a combination of behavioral, electrophysiological, and neuroimaging methodologies. Findings from her research have shown accelerated rates of change in children’s episodic memory abilities during early childhood that are associated with changes in hippocampal structure and function. Recently, she has begun to explore how individual differences in experiences such as sleep or parenting impact memory and brain development. Her research has been funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Science Foundation.
Dr. Riggins currently teaches an undergraduate course in Developmental Psychology (PSYC355) and a graduate seminar on Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.
Jade is a third-year graduate student in the Developmental Area of the Psychology Department. She graduated from Boston College in 2016 with a B.S. in in Psychology and held a full-time Research Assistant position in the Gaab Lab at Boston Children's Hospital from 2016-2020. Her research interests include the neural mechanisms underlying the development of autobiographical memory in children.
Brooke is a first-year graduate student in the Clinical Area of the Psychology Department. She graduated from Kenyon College in 2018 with a B.A. in in Psychology and a minor in English. She has held full-time Research Assistant positions in the Nelson and Faja Lab at Boston Children's Hospital (2018-2021) and Dr. Moriah Thomason's lab at New York University (2021-2022). Brooke is interested in studying dimensions of dyadic synchrony and environmental stressors that influence neurodevelopmental trajectories and child self-regulatory capabilities.
Bella is a first-year graduate student in the Developmental Area of the Psychology Department. She graduated from New York University in 2020 with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Studies. She has held Research Assistant positions in the Computational Cognitive Neuroscience & Psychiatry Lab (2020 - 2022) and the Child Developmental Lab (2022 - 2023) and was an MRI Technologist at the University of Maryland, College Park. Bella is interested in the relationship between sleep, episodic memory, and brain development in early childhood.
Isabel is a first-year graduate student in the Developmental Area of the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS) program. She graduated from the University of Maryland in 2022 with degrees in psychology and medical anthropology. She worked for 2 years as a full-time postbaccalaureate research fellow in the Section on Integrative Neuroimaging within the
Clinical & Translational Neuroscience Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, MD. Isabel is interested in studying stress, sleep, and neurocognitive development in early childhood.
Postdoc
University of Georgia (2022)
Major: Human Development and Family Science
I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Neurocognitive Development Lab. I received my Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Science from the University of Georgia in 2022. My research focuses on examining the impact of early life stress at multiple ecological contexts (e.g., family, school, neighborhood, etc.) on children’s socio-emotional, behavioral, brain, and cognitive development. In addition, I seek to explore and identify multilevel processes and protective factors that elucidate the developmental mechanisms of resilience among children in adverse contexts.
Postbac
University of Maryland, College Park (2024)
Major: Psychology
Postbac
Penn State University (2023)
Major: Psychology, Neuroscience
Postdoc
Oklahoma State University (2021)
Major: Human Sciences
Postbac
Johns Hopkins University (2023)
Major: Psychology and Cognitive Science
Postbac
Northwestern University (2024)
Major: Cognitive Science
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