FACULTY

Kathleen Corriveau

Professor

Director, Social Learning Laboratory

Office: 621 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 322
Email: kcorriv@bu.edu

Professor Corriveau’s Faculty Profile / CV

Professor Corriveau’s research focuses on social and cognitive development in childhood, with a specific focus on how children decide what people and what information are trustworthy.  She is also interested in language and reading development, cross-cultural differences and the role of parenting in children’s social and emotional development.

Jenny Nissel

Assistant Research Professor

Email: nissel@bu.edu

Professor Nissel’s Faculty Profile

Jenny is a Postdoctoral Research Associate for the Developing Belief Network. She earned a B.A. from Yale University in Psychology and Theater (2009), and a Ph.D. from UT Austin in Developmental Psychology (2023). She studies the development of the imagination, with a particular interest in how children across cultures think about possibility, fiction, and religion.