Join us in congratulating Natalie Hutchins, one of our 2026 Koppitz Fellows! 🌟 Natalie’s research seeks to understand how schools can nurture intrinsic motivation, spark curiosity and engagement, and create learning environments where every child feels excited to learn and explore. 💙

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

“Who has to work harder, girls or boys?” Children’s gender stereotypes about required effort in math and reading 🚨 Recent work from Bethany Lassetter, Natalie Hutchins, Vivian Liu, Natalie Toomajian, Sarah T. Lubienski & Andrei Cimpian

Bethany Lassetter led this new paper on gender stereotypes about effort in school, now in press at Developmental Science: “Who Has to Work Harder, Girls or Boys?” Children’s Gender Stereotypes about Required Effort in Math and Reading www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Did I plan for #SRCD2025 ahead of time? No. Did I make cute Canva pics to plug my presentations? Also no. Did I print a poster on site? Yes. Did I have a great time? Also yes. Let’s start the recap with the lab alumni! All PhDing or Post-docing (docking?) in amazing dev labs across the land ♥️🤓