Meet our lab members!
Lab Director: Jasmine DeJesus, Ph.D.

Dr. DeJesus is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at UNC Greensboro. Her research examines the development of children's social attitudes, their reasoning about social and cultural groups, the development of food preferences and eating behavior, and children's early health concepts. Her research has been published in several top academic journals, including Child Development, Developmental Science, and Developmental Psychology, and her work has been supported by many sources, including the National Science Foundation, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and American Heart Association.

In her free time, Jasmine enjoys cooking, lively debates about her favorite television shows (currently: The Good Place​), and watching her favorite baseball team (win or lose).

For more information, visit her personal website or Google Scholar page.​
Lab Manager: Rachel Croce

Rachel Croce is Development, Culture and Health lab manager for the spring 2019 semester. She is a third-year graduate student, with interests in children's social cognition, specifically in their social decision-making. In her spare time, she enjoys playing board games, going to concerts, and attending sporting events. ​

​Undergraduate Students

​Taylor Gilliard is a senior psychology major with a minor in sociology at UNCG. She is interested in working with children and hopes to pursue a master’s degree in social work. Her research interests are mental health, social learning, and decision-making. In her free time, Taylor enjoys reading, spending time with family and friends, and binge-watching episodes of Grey’s Anatomy and Property Brothers.
Amanda Terrell is a senior psychology  major at UNCG. She is interested in children’s cognitive, social and behavioral development in academic and home settings and hopes to become a School Psychologist. Amanda works teaching children how to swim and in her free time, enjoys traveling to new places, watching her favorite sitcom TV shows, and hanging out with her loved ones.