Jillian Lauer

PhD (Emory University)

College roles

Director of Studies in Education

University roles

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Faculty of Education

Biography

Dr Lauer completed their doctoral training in psychology at Emory University, where they studied the development of spatial, mathematical, and social cognition between infancy and early adulthood. After receiving their PhD in 2019, Dr. Lauer was awarded a three-year postdoctoral fellowship from the U.S. National Institutes of Health to study the development and consequences of children’s gender stereotypes at New York University. Dr. Lauer then joined the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge for Lent Term 2023. At Cambridge, Dr. Lauer directs the Cambridge University Development & Learning Lab, a research team that investigates the psychological origins of social and educational inequalities. Details of the lab’s current work are available at cambridgedevelopmentlab.com.