Email: rachel.taffe@nyu.edu
Program: PhD in Developmental Psychology
Year Entered Program: 2022
Research Interests: Childhood and adolescence; Interpersonal curiosity; Social emotional development; Listening; Stereotyping; Identity
Principal Advisor(s): Dr. Niobe Way
Research Description/Bio: Rachel Taffe is a doctoral student in the Developmental Psychology program at NYU Steinhardt, working under the advisement of Dr. Niobe Way. Broadly, she is interested in interpersonal curiosity’s role in social emotional and identity development processes during childhood and adolescence. Through her research, Rachel hopes to learn more about how children’s innate, relational capacities (e.g., interpersonal curiosity) may be nurtured and leveraged as a means of fostering meaningful social connections within and across groups. Prior to NYU, Rachel earned bachelor’s degrees in Psychological Science and Criminology at the University of California, Irvine, where she also served as the Lab Manager for Dr. J. Zoe Klemfuss’s Child Narratives Lab.