POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

Jenny Nissel

Postdoctoral Research Associate

nissel@bu.edu

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.

Maliki Eyvonne Ghossainy

Associate Project Director

malikig@bu.edu

Kiki is our Associate Project Director for the DBN. She completed her PhD in Psychology and MSc in Statistics at the University of Texas at Austin in 2016. Kiki has been with the DBN since its inception in 2020 and has played a lead role in the design, implementation, and management of this large-scale, multi-site collaborative project. She helps ensure that our 15+ research teams have the support they need to be successful and meet the project's goals, and that collectively, we are attuning to the needs of all of our research participants.