People

 

Current Members and Alumni

Dr. Dan Lapsley

Email:  danlapsley@nd.edu

Ph.     574.631.4515

Education

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, (1982)

M.S., University of New Orleans ( 1979)

B.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1977)

Lab Alumni

Patrick Hill, Ph.D.

Dr. Hill took up a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Illinois after graduateing from Notre Dame, working with Professor Brent RobertsPat is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Carleton University, teaching and writing in the area of health and personality psychology and various topics in life-span development.

Mark Alfano, Ph.D.

Dr. Alfano joined our lab when he was a Fellow at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study.  He works in the interdisciplinary field of moral psychology, with an eye to exploiting the understanding of human nature afforded by the human sciences. His 2012 book Character as Moral Fiction (Cambridge) argues that virtue and vice attributions tend to function as self-fulfilling prophecies; and that the situationist challenge to virtue ethics should be co-opted, not resisted. Mark is currently an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Oregon, and co-PI on a Templeton-funded grant on “intellectual humility.”

Paul Stey, Ph.D.

Dr. Stey’s research concerned how children and adults arrive at judgments about the moral qualities of actions, and to what degree these judgements are influenced by an  understanding of causality and intentionality.  Hew was also interested in the relationship between cognitive science and philosophy and how the two fields can be mutually informative. Paul defended his dissertation in Spring 2014 and has taken a research position with the Environmental Protection Agency.


Class of 2014

Christen McDonough, Charlotte, NC

Lisa Rague, Hilliard, OH

Jessica Kusina, Toledo, OH

Madeline Jarrett, Indianapolis, IN


Class of 2013

Katie Elish, Highland, IN

Elizabeth Cooney, Palm Beach, Fl

Elliott Mitchem, West St. Paul, MN

Class of 2012

Guanqi Hang, Peoples Republic of China

Erin Reilly, Media, PA

Norah Hass, Burnsville, MN

Robby Carter, Cranford, NJ

Corinne Vittori, Elmhurst, IL

Ellen Peralta, Charleston, NC

Class of 2011

Nick Biagini, Chevy Chase, MD

Mary McKeever, South Bend, IN 

Ashley Renteria, Hawthorne CA

Class of 2010

Courtney Ball, Lawrenceville, Georgia

Andrew Cavanagh, Pelham, NY

Laura Lauck, Brookfield, WI

Mark Russo, Nutley, NJ

Nicole Sugiyama, Wilmette, IL

Meghan Thornton, Monrovia, CA

Class of 2009

Shanelle Felder, South Bend, IN

Class of 2008

Jessica Jimenez, Escondido,CA

Loretta Rodts (St. Mary’s College, Mishawka, IN)







Ryan Woodbury

Doctoral Student

B.A. Brigham Young University

Email: rwoodbu1@nd.edu

“I am interested in morality. How does it form and develop during adolescence? How can we best measure something as foundational to what makes us human? Similarly, I am interested in the underpinnings of theories of morality and their implications for human nature.”

Rafael Galvao Guerra

Senior

Salvador, Brazil

Rafa has wide-ranging interests in adolescent development.  He studied abroad in London in Fall 2013.  He is president of the ND Metal Club and is affiliated with the shadowy  League of Shadows.   He is lead author of a paper that was presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence. One day he will be a professor of psychology or dictator of Brazil, either one.

Ziming Yuan

Senior

Shanghai, China

Ziming has been with the lab for two years, collecting and coding data for several projects.  She will study abroad in Japan in summer 2014. Ziming is currently writing a senior thesis on acculturation, parenting styles and various outcomes, including dysfunctional individuation.

Huili Chen

Junior

Guiyang, China

Huili has been with the lab for two years.  She is majoring in psychology and also computer science and engineering.  Huilli studied abroad at St. Andrews University, Scotland, in Spring 2014; and she is writing a senior thesis.

Alyssa Schlotman

Sophomore

Florence, KY

Alyssa Schlotman is a Science Preprofessional and Psychology major who joined the lab in Fall 2014.  She is particularly interested in adolescent psychology and the neurodevelopmental disorders that can arise during these years.  She works with Rafael Guerra on a project that explores the interplay of agency and communion in adolescent development

Claire joined the lab in spring 2014.  She will assist in Paul Stey’s dissertation project and other work of the lab.  Claire is a psychology major and Education Schooling and Society minor

Claire Cosgrove

Senior

Kenilworth, IL

Angela Reilly

Junior

St. Petersburg, Fl

Alyssa Schlotman

Sophomore

Florence, KY

Catherine Lee

Junior

Elizabethtown, KY

Jamie Trost

Senior


Audrey Rose

Sophomore

Granger, IN


Nicole Murgas

Junior

Grayslake, IL