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Hi there! I'm Rodney, an experimental psychology PhD candidate at UC San Diego. Broadly, I am interested in humans as a social species. We devote years of our lives to care for the youngest among us; we protect our closest social partners from what seem to be possible fates. My research focuses on the developmental basis for understanding these kind of phenomena: I study how children think about the social relationships and physical entities that keep people safe from harm.

Before arriving at UC San Diego, I completed my BS in psychology with biological emphasis at UC Davis, then worked as a post-baccalaureate researcher at Yale University and UC Santa Barbara. As a graduate student, I am funded through the US National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, the UC San Diego Jacobs Endowed Fellowship, and the UC San Diego Morgan Endowed Fellowship.