PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
since 2024
PostDoctoral researcher | Leipzig University, PI: Sebastian Grüneisen
2017 - 2022
Graduate student and teaching assistant | Duke University, Tomasello Lab.
2016
Lab manager | Johns Hopkins University, Courtney Lab
2012-2015
Research assistant | University of Maryland, College Park, USA
EDUCATION
2022, 2019
Ph.D. & M.A. Developmental Psychology
Duke University. Advisor: Dr. Michael Tomasello
2015
B.S. Psychology cum laude with High Honors for thesis, University of Maryland, College Park. Advisors: Dr. L. Robert Slevc and Dr. Melanie Killen
GRANTS and FUNDING
2024–2026 Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (€72,000), Leipzig University
2017–2022 James B. Duke Fellowship ($20,000 over 4 years), Duke University Graduate School
2017–2022 University Scholars ($52,656.50), Duke University, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2021 Graduate Grant Award ($1200), Duke University, Charles LaFitte Foundation
2021 Vertical Integration Program (VIP) Fellowship ($2200), Duke University
2021 Summer Research Fellowship ($6,500), Duke University Graduate School
2020–2021 Graduate Fellowship ($3,000), Duke University Kenan Institute for Ethics
2019 Summer Research Fellowship ($5,500), Duke University Graduate School
2018 Vertical Integration Program (VIP) Fellowship ($1800), Duke University
2018 Summer Research Fellowship ($5,500), Duke University Graduate School
2014 Maryland Summer Scholars ($3,000), UMD Center for Undergraduate Research
GRADUATE SCHOOL AWARDS
2023 Early Career Outstanding Paper Award, APA Division 7, for Akhter-Khan et al. (2023)
2023 Paper Award, Campaign to End Loneliness International Conference, for Akhter-Khan et al. (2023)
2022 Best Paper Award ($500), International Society for the Science of Existential Psychology, for Perlin and Li (2020)
2020 Charles LaFitte Foundation Travel Award ($1190) for the Society for Research in Child Development, Puerto Rico, 2020, (cancelled)
2019 University Scholars Program Travel Award ($418.16) for the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, San Diego, 2019
2018 Charles LaFitte Foundation Travel Award ($590) for the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, 2019
2017–2022 Society of Duke Fellows