Ian Campbell, Ph.D.

2022-2024. Ian Campbell was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Think Lab, working on Project GARDEN, an NSF-funded collaboration between developmental psychologists across the U.S. aimed at improving the accessibility and reproducibility of developmental science research through online infrastructure. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Human Development from Boston University.

Dr. Campbell’s research examines how children develop the ability to engage in inquiry practices, seeking out knowledge in the world around them. In particular, he is interested in how understanding of knowledge artifacts (information media such as books, YouTube videos, etc.) as well as other knowledge agents or algorithms (voice assistants, search engines, etc.) affects people’s learning practices.

Meridith Grant, PhD

Spring 2007 — Spring 2011. Meridith earned a bachelor of arts in international relations from Tufts University and a masters of science in counseling psychology from the University of North Texas. She joined the Think Lab in Spring 2007 and was a leader in the lab on many projects with both preschoolers and elementary school-aged children. She defended her dissertation in April of 2011 and is currently an Associate Professor of Instruction at UTD.

Asheley Landrum, PhD

Spring 2009 — Summer 2013. Asheley completed her undergraduate education at The University of Texas at Austin before beginning graduate school at The University of Texas at Dallas. Her research in the UTD Think Lab focused on the development of critical thinking skills from early preschool to adulthood. After completing postdoctoral positions at the University of Louisville and at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, she is now an Associate Professor at Arizona State Universrity. You can find out more about her work here: http://www.asheleylandrum.com

Fadwa Elashi, PhD

Spring 2008 — Summer 2009 undergraduate; Fall 2009 — Summer 2013 graduate. Fadwa’s research in the UTD Think Lab centered on the overlap between social and developmental psychology. Her senior honors thesis examined stereotypes in children. In graduate school, she examined how children’s learning may be influenced by biases related to group membership as well as how children think about bias in themselves and others.

Sydney Rowles, PhD

Fall 2013 — Spring 2018. Sydney graduated Summa Cum Laude with Psychology Honors from the University of Alabama with a major in psychology and a minor in sociology. Her research in the UTD Think Lab focused on the factors that influence how children seek information from others. Sydney now serves as a Program Evaluation Analyst for the Dallas Independent School District.

Kaitlin Sands, PhD

Fall 2015 — Summer 2021. Kaitlin graduated Magna Cum Laude from Elon University with a major in psychology as well as minors in neuroscience and early childhood education. Kaitlin’s research in the UTD Think Lab focused on how young children learn about science from others. She examined how 3- to 7-year-olds make sense of explanations and non-explanations about biology as well as what kinds of instructional techniques work best to teach children about scientific concepts, such as camouflage.