Email: harloj01@nyu.edu
Program: PhD in Developmental Psychology
Year entered Program: 2020
Research Interests: Indigenous communities and family practices, and the intersection of Indigenous culture and STEM
Principal Advisor(s): Dr. Gigliana Melzi
Research Description/Bio:
Jessica's studies how the Quechua Runa, the ancestral people of the Andean highlands, describe themselves ethnoculturally, and how these identities inform their ideas about children's socialization, and children's early STEM learning. Jessica holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Psychology from The City College of New York.