Charisse Pickron
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Research
I am interested in the intersection of perceptual and socio-cognitive development. I investigate changes in infants’ perception and representations of people and face groups within their environment. Specifically, I am interested in better understanding how infants’ experiences with faces of differing gender and races may change perceptual and conceptual representations of these social groups.
Teaching
Primary Instructor
- Developmental Psychology 350 - CPE online course Spring 2018
- Developmental Psychology 350 - CPE online course Fall 2017
Teaching Assistant
- Developmental Psychology 350 Fall 2016
- Methods of Inquiry in Psychology 241 Spring 2014
- Methods of Inquiry in Psychology 241 Fall 2013
Service
Co-Organizer of the Future Faculty for Women in STEM Workshop, Northeastern University July 2018; August 2017
Psychology Graduate Student Diversity Committee member, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2017-Present
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences Faculty Search Committee, Developmental Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 201
Graduate Students of Color Association: Executive committee member, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2015-Present
Department of Psychology Diversity Committee, Member, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Fall 2011-2014
NEAGEP Near Peer Mentor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2011-Present
Volunteer
Graduate Women In Science Volunteer, Amherst Regional Middle School Science Club Spring 2015
Guest Scientist, Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School Spring 2014
Panelist for STEM Diversity Institute & Initiative for Maximizing Student Development Recruitment Weekend
University Massachusetts, Amherst Fall 2013
Facilitator for EUREKA! Workshop for Girls, Inc. of Holyoke Summer 2013
Guest scientist for 6th & 8th grade biology class New Leadership Charter School Fall 2011, Spring 2012
Publications
- Pickron, C.B., Iyer, A, Fava, E, & Scott, L.S. (2017) Learning to Individuate: The specificity of labels differentially impacts infants’ attention related visual strategies and neural responses from 6 to 9 months of age. Child Development
- Pickron, C.B., Fava, E, & Scott, L.S. (2016) Follow My Gaze: Face Race and Sex Influence the Development of Gaze-cued Attention in Infancy.
- Hadley, H., Pickron, C. B., & Scott, L.S. (2014). The Lasting Effects of Process-specific versus Stimulus-specific Learning During Infancy. Developmental Science
Biography
I am originally from Amherst, Ma. I graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 2008. I competed on the Track & Field team at Mount Holyoke College, was a psychology major and completed a honors thesis on racial identity in college students. After college, I completed a 6 week internship with the program, Island Dolphin Care, which is a dolphin-assisted therapy program for children with disabilities. I worked full time for 2 years at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, FL. I moved back to Amherst to start a year-long research internship with Lisa Scott, Ph.D. funded through the Northeast Alliance for the Graduate and Professoriate. I completed my first 4 years of graduate school with Dr. Scott and then completed my dissertation with Dr. Erik Cheries in the Infant Cognition Lab. Outside of school, I enjoy spending time outdoors with friends and family. I enjoy exercising and have spent the last 7 years studying Argentine Tango.