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Summer 2025 Lab Photo!
Back Row, Left to Right: Jonah Brenner, Ally Bruner, Nathaniel Pearl
Middle Row, Left to Right: Kate Luken-Raz, Marley Forbes, Elise Kaufman, Emily (Meiyu) Li
Front Row: Mazelie Passmore, Melanie Killen, Xuhui Zhou
The 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Conference was a success!
Mazelie presenting data from Marley Forbes' project on gender bias in STEM (pictured left).
Ally presenting a literature review and proposal for Clara Plutzer's upcoming project on multi-ethnic identity bias (pictured right).
Spring 2025 Lab Photo!
Far Back Row, Left to Right: San Thompson, Jonah Brenner
Back Row, Left to Right: Alex Fernandes, Sophia Moore, Ally Bruner, Marley Forbes, Nathaniel Pearl
Middle Row, Left to Right: Kate Luken Raz, Clara Plutzer, Elise Kaufman, Katy Crispens
Front Row, Left to Right: Mazelie Passmore, Lillian Strogach, Melanie Killen, Sheisa Naderi, Anusha Kumar
Sheisa, Katy, and Mazelie presenting teacher survey data from the DIY project at Undergraduate Research Day (Pictured Left)
Sophia presenting data from Elise Kaufman's Classroom Bias Project at UGRD (Pictured Right)
Anusha presenting data from Marley Forbes' project on gender bias in STEM at Undergraduate Research Day
Jonah Brenner presenting research materials for feedback in preparation for Maryland Day (pictured left)
The coding team for Marley Forbes' project on gender bias in STEM hard at work (pictured right)
Fall 2024 Lab Photo!
Back Row, Left to Right: Sam Thompson, Sophia Moore, Ally Bruner, Alex Fernandes, Jonah Brenner, Nathaniel Pearl
Middle Row, Left to Right: Kate Luken Raz, Elise Kaufman, Lillian Strogach, Sheisa Naderi, Katy Crispens, Clara Plutzer
Front Row, Left to Right: Hannah Scopp, Marley Forbes, Melanie Killen, Anusha Kumar, Mazelie Passmore
Dr. Melanie Killen has been awarded the university’s highest recognition for tenure track faculty, Distinguished University Professor, for her impactful scholarship and commitment to mentorship.
Left: Dr. Killen and Dean Kimberly Griffin
Right: Provost Jennifer King Rice, Dr. Killen, President Darryll Pines,
Two of our research assistants, Sophia Moore (pictured left) & Hannah Holloway (pictured right), presented research from the lab at UMD's 2024 Undergraduate Research Day!
We've enjoyed our time with our visiting scholar Carmen Barth, a doctoral candidate working with Dr. Jeanine Grütter at the University of Konstantz in Germany!
Carmen is working on a study examining children's reasoning about exclusion based on learning differences.
Spring 2024 Lab Photo!
Back Row, Left to Right: Hannah Holloway, Sophia Moore, Elise Kaufman, Ally Bruner
Middle Row: Nathaniel Pearl, Elena Kilby, Carmen Barth, Marley Forbes, Alexander Fernandes
Front Row: Kate Luken Raz, Anusha Kumar, Melanie Killen, Jonquil Rumberger, Kat Yee
Professor Killen, Marley Forbes, and Alexandra Paquette (National University of Singapore) attended CDS in Pasadena!
Summer 2023 Lab Photo!
Can't wait to see what the Fall will bring!
Celebrating the 25th Maryland Day with the Killen Lab!
Spring 2023 Lab Photo!
Have a great summer, everyone!
Congratulations to Riley Sims and Jacquelyn Glidden for becoming the Killen Lab's newest doctors!
Killen Lab at SRCD 2023!
Happy Holidays from the Fall 2022 Killen Lab!
From left to right: Buse Gonul, Ameya Sriram, Regina Familiar Avalos, Justin Zhou, Daphne Ansel, Ryusei Taguchi, Katherine Luken Raz, Jacquelyn Glidden, Melanie Killen, Nitesh Acharya, Elise Kaufman, Ricardo Calvo, Riley Sims, Emily Berman, Marley Forbes, Stephanie Choi, Jonquil Rumberger & Emma Krueger
DIY Cookies: Do It Yourself + Developing Inclusive Youth! Courtesy of Elise.
Back row: Ricardo Calvo, Regina Familiar Avalos, Jacquelyn Glidden, Kat Yee, Riley Sims, Emma Krueger, Jonquil Rumberger
Front row: Ameya Sriram, Kate Luken Raz, Elise Kaufman, Melanie Killen, Marley Forbes
The Summer 2022 Team!
From left to right: Riley Sims, Ameya Sriram, Amanda Burkholder, Kat Yee, Emily Berman, Katherine Luken Raz, Melanie Killen, Arvid Samuelson, Elise Kaufman, Nastassja Stevens, Natalie Bartholet, Ricardo Calvo, & Jonquil Rumberger
Farewell to Arvid! Thank you for all your wonderful work as lab manager. The Killen Lab wishes you all the best in graduate school!
Above, from left to right: Emily Berman, Elise Kaufman, Riley Sims, Melanie Killen, Arvid Samuelson, Ricardo Calvo, Nastassja Stevens, Ameya Sriram, Natalie Bartholet, & Jonquil Rumberger
The Summer 2022 Team, hard at work!
Above, left to right: Ameya Sriram, Ricardo Calvo, & Natalie Bartholet
Below, left to right: Emily Berman, Arvid Samuelson, Nastassja Stephens, & Jonquil Rumberger
Professor Killen went to ISSBD 2022 in Rhodes, Greece
Professor Killen attended ESRC 2022 in London!
Professor Killen went to SRCD Puerto Rico
Maryland Day 2022!
Our research assistants presented their final projects during the last lab meeting! Great job everyone.
Maryland Giving Day 2022
College of Education Ice Cream Social Fall 2021 with our great RA team!
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