From left to right: Kyla Zeldin, Kenan Carter, Dr. Sabrina Perkins, Megan Parks, and Anna Grace Gilbert.
Dr. Sabrina Perkins (former last name: Thurman) B.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; M.A., University of Tennessee; Ph.D., University of Tennessee) is an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at Elon University and Director of the Infant Development Lab. She studies how infants acquire new motor skills, postures, and forms of locomotion, and how infants learn to use their bodies for manipulation and exploration of their environments. She is interested in the role of caregivers in those processes. She also studies the development of reaching, intermanual coordination, and hand preference.
Sabrina’s research has been published in professional academic journals such as Child Development and Developmental Psychology. She has presented her research at multiple professional conferences, including the Society for Research in Child Development and the International Congress of Infant Studies. In her leisure time, Sabrina enjoys gardening and planning her next landscaping/home improvement projects.
Anna Grace is a Psychology major with a minor in Early Childhood Development. She is interested in studying hand preference and walking skills in infancy. In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with friends and reading and is also involved in the theater department here at Elon.
Olivia is a Psychology major with a double minor in Spanish and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She is interested in studying how infants meet motor and cognitive milestones, what influences contribute to the development of these actions, as well as cross-cultural comparisons of child-rearing practices. In her free time, Olivia enjoys volunteering at the local Burlington animal shelter, reading, and baking.
Ella is a Psychology major with a minor in Neuroscience. She is interested in the motor development of infants and how walking affects planning and problem solving abilities in toy retrieval activities. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, being outside, going on walks, and traveling.
Jessica is an Exercise Science major with a minor in Neuroscience. She is interested in pediatric physical therapy as well as the development of object retrieval in infants. She is a part of the Accelerated Pathways to PT and PA at Elon. She enjoys watching movies and shows with her friends and family, going to the gym, and crafting.