I recently recieved my Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at Indiana University, Bloomington (2026). I am currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at Warren Wilson College. I broadly study how social features of the learning environment (e.g. feedback, achievement emotions, individual differences) influence achievement outcomes in early STEM learning contexts. My dissertation centers around how ego-centric features of feedback influence children's in the moment learning, motivation, emotions, and attention during math problem solving. You can check out some examples in the "Research" section of this site. I am also passionate about undergraduate teaching and mentoring - check out my latest course designs in the "Teaching" section of this site. 

Feel free to contact me at mmerrick (at) warren-wilson (dot) edu