Sabrina Thurman

The department recognized students with the outstanding student, research excellence and community engagement excellence awards

Members of the Infant Development Lab attended and presented research at scholarly conferences in Salt Lake City and New Orleans this spring.

The Elon Psychology Department is pleased to announce the 2021 Seena Granowsky Outstanding Psychology Student Award goes to Grace Feiner.

The online study aims to understand parent beliefs about infant motor development and the impact on infants’ motor behaviors. Eligible participants are first-time parents of infants aged 1-7 months living anywhere in the USA.

The research was published in the journal Infancy as a first-authored peer-reviewed article.

Assistant Professor Sabrina Thurman was featured in an episode on the podcast "Women in Academia," where she shared her personal story and tips on thriving in academic and everyday life.

The first-authored peer-reviewed empirical article by the assistant professor of psychology describes how infants’ and mothers’ interactive behaviors during free play change as infants progress from sitting to walking.

The assistant professor of psychology presented motor development research at the biennial conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, held in Baltimore, Maryland.

The assistant professor of psychology presented research at the annual conference of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, held in Denver, Colorado.

Associate Professor of Human Service Studies Judy Esposito and Assistant Professor of Psychology Sabrina Thurman hosted a panel discussion for their Winter Term courses on fatherhood and early childhood development.