Principal Investigator

Caitlin M. Fausey, Ph.D.
Caitlin is a developmental psychologist who studies how everyday experiences of young children matter for building knowledge.
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Current team members

Reema Mendoza, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Reema studies music perception and cognition, exploring questions related to how infants’ everyday musical experiences shape their learning and development.

Heather Anderson, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Heather studies how parent-child interactions influence the development of language and executive functioning over time. She is particularly interested in the language and strategies parents use to guide their children through “everyday tasks” like grooming, mealtime, and book-reading – things that can be challenging for a young child.

Ally Kuznia
Ph.D. Student
Ally is a Ph.D. student who studies how children learn and remember language over extended time. Outside the lab, she spends her time figure skating, playing with her puppy, and drinking fancy coffee with friends.

Kayla McComb
Ph.D. Student
Kayla is a Ph.D. student who studies musical and linguistic development. She is particularly interested in how environmental musical experience impacts infant vocalizations. Outside of the lab, Kayla enjoys playing with her puppy, cooking, and writing and listening to music.

Moriyah Brown
Undergraduate Student
Moriyah is an undergraduate student double majoring in Psychology and Music. Moriyah enjoys studying music and its relation to mental health. After college, she plans on attending grad school to become a child/adolescent psychologist. In her free time, Moriyah is part of UO’s running club and enjoys reading, making music, and spending time outdoors.

Immie Burstein
Post-undergraduate Student
Immie is a University of Oregon graduate who majored in Neuroscience. She has experience with cognitive neuroscience research and is excited to learn about linguistic development research. Immie hopes to attend graduate school for clinical psychology. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, painting, and playing trivia with friends.

Ian Foster
Undergraduate Student
Ian is an undergraduate student majoring in Psychology. He plans on attending graduate school on the path to becoming a clinical psychologist. In his free time, Ian loves to listen to music, read, and build puzzles.

Isabelle Lowe
Undergraduate Student
Isabelle is an undergraduate student majoring in Psychology. She hopes to attend grad school and become a clinical psychologist. In her free time, Isabelle enjoys reading, crocheting, and running.

Sadie Magner
Undergraduate Student
Sadie is an undergraduate student majoring in Psychology and minoring in Special Education. Sadie enjoys spending her free time outside, reading, and singing.

Andrew McQueen
Project Manager
Andrew is a UO graduate double majoring in Psychology and Economics. Other than pursuing research in psychology, Andrew enjoys reading fiction and hiking with his two children.

Kayley Quach
Undergraduate Student
Kayley is an undergraduate student majoring in Psychology with a minor in Special Education. She aspires to earn a Master’s degree and pursue a career as a Child Psychologist. In her free time, Kayley enjoys spending quality time with friends, reading, traveling, and watching movies.

Nally Serrano
Undergraduate Student
Nally is a Human Physiology major with a Chemistry minor at the University of Oregon. She is originally from Sacramento, California and is a proud fan of the Sacramento Kings. One of her greatest joys is baking and cooking for others. Beyond the kitchen, Nally is passionate about her studies and aspires to combine her love for science and care for others by pursuing a career in the medical field.

Alex Verduzco
Undergraduate Student
Alex is an undergraduate student majoring in Psychology. She hopes to earn a master’s degree in either psychology or speech pathology in the future. In her free time, Alex enjoys going to concerts, painting, and sewing.
Collaborators
Drew Abney
Lera Boroditsky
Paulo Carvalho
Laura Cirelli
Kaya de Barbaro
John Franchak
Casey Lew-Williams
Teenie Matlock
Jessica L. Montag
Linda B. Smith
Catalina Suarez-Rivera
Catherine Tamis-LeMonda
Catarina Vales
Dominique Vuvan
Anne Warlaumont
Adriana Weisleder
Erica Wojcik
Learning Lab Alumni


Sarah Amini
Evan Arasu
Melissa Banderas
Jorge Barraza Bautista
Erin Batali
Lindsey Bavetta
Kate Bee
Melissa Berg
Daniel Bussey
Sue Carney
Isabel Colman
Carlie Crowther
Natalie Draga
Natalie Dueltgen
Madison Edgar
Jasmine Engen
Madeline Fouts
Haily Fox
Adeline Fecker
Sonoma Frederick
Vinitha Gadiraju
Lucie Gilda
Lilly Granados
Jolie Green
Kiera Gruver
Abbie Hall
Catherine Hamby
Sabrina Haskinson
Chloe Hecht
Kaitlyn Henner
Samuel Hickman
Carson Houchen
Katelyn Hughes
Anelisa Jongeling
Amy Kelly
Nathan King
Jenny Lowery
Faith Longnight
Aiko Luckasavage
Cayla Lussier
Rose Maier Hartman
Arielle Markowitz
Damion Martin
Ellie McLoughlin
Megan Mertzel
Jena Miko
Abbie Minten
Jordyn Mons
Izzy Moranda
Alyssa Nguyen
Kinhdara Nguyen
Mitchell Passadore
Kirstin Patterson
Noelani Pence
Amanda Powell
Helen Rawlins
Emmy Rich
Emma Salmon
Aashi Singhani
Savannah Staten
Selora Stull
Ayisha Tamerhoulet
Kavita Tripuraneni
Sophia Truitt
Arianna Valencia
Caitlin Walker
Abbey Ward
Christine White
Alexandra Zakin
Lauren Ziehnert
Allison Zhou
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