MAY 2026
Congratulations to graduating senior, Julia Weber!
APRIL 2026
Graduate student, Sofía Briones and lab manager, Saren Ramsey attended the biennial Cognitive Development Society (CDS) meeting in Montréal, Canada where Sof presented a poster, “Young Children’s Evaluations of Gender (Non)Conforming Peers”, and Saren presented a talk, “Children’s Evaluations of Multiracial Identity Disclosure and Concealment”.
DECEMBER 2025
Research assistant, Reese Gbur attended the UW-Madison BIO 152 Symposium and presented a poster, “How Children Evaluate the Variability of Transgender and Cisgender Peers’ Gendered Preferences”.
MAY 2025
Congratulations to graduating senior, Grace Vella!
Dr. Jordan and lab manager, Saren Ramsey attended the biennial Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) meeting in Minneapolis, MN where Saren presented a talk, “Minimal Group and Racial/Ethnic Attitudes Among US Minority and Majority Race/Ethnic Children”.
APRIL 2025
Research assistants Maria Larson and Kal Shary attended the UW-Madison Undergraduate Symposium, where Maria presented a poster, “Children’s Evaluations of Biracial Identity Concealment and Disclosure,” and Kal presented a talk, “Children’s Affiliation Inferences when Group Membership and Shared Preference Conflict”.
JANUARY 2025
The DISC Lab officially opens its doors to child participants and families!
DECEMBER 2024
Congratulations to graduating senior, Rachel Fu!
JULY 2024
The DISC Lab welcomes lab manager, Saren Ramsey, who recently graduated with honors from Purdue University.
MAY 2024
Congratulations to graduating seniors, Harlan Gunderson, Ava Heyrman, and Mikey Jasinski!
MARCH 2024
Dr. Jordan attended the Cognitive Development Society (CDS) biennial meeting in Pasadena, CA and presented a poster, “Children’s Reasoning about Transgender Identity Disclosure”.
Awards Spotlight
APRIL 2026
Congratulations to new graduate student, Saren Ramsey for receiving a Community of Graduate Research Scholars (CGRS) fellowship, awarded to students pursuing graduate education in Letters & Science departments.
Congratulations to research assistant, Andriana Boulos for receiving the Sophomore Research Fellowship, a competitive award to support rising sophomores conducting independent research with UW-Madison staff/faculty.
FEBRUARY 2026
Congratulations to research assistant, Andriana Boulos for being admitted to the Letters and Science Summer of Excellence in Research (LASER) program, an 8-week experience to introduce undergraduate students to STEM fields.
DECEMBER 2025
Congratulations to research assistant, Julia Weber for receiving an Undergraduate Thesis Award, given to exceptional psychology department undergraduates to support their faculty-mentored research.
Congratulations to research assistants, Lianna Lee (top) and Emily Leys (bottom) for receiving Outstanding Undergraduate Research Scholar (OURS) awards, given to students who show significant achievement and promise in research.
SEPTEMBER 2025
Congratulations to graduate student, Sofía Briones for receiving a University Fellowship (declined) and a Community of Graduate Research Scholars (CGRS) fellowship, awarded to students pursuing graduate education in Letters & Science departments.
AUGUST 2025
Congratulations to graduate student, Sofía Briones for receiving the Clark Award, which is given to a psychology doctoral student to support their moving expenses to UW-Madison.
DECEMBER 2024
Congratulations to research assistant, Maria Larson for receiving an Outstanding Undergraduate Research Scholar (OURS) award, given to students who show significant achievement and promise in research.