Cognitive Scientist; David J. Vitale Associate Professor of Learning Sciences, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Recipient of the James McDonnell Foundation Understanding Human Cognition Scholar Award and the Jacobs Early Career Research Fellowship; Former Associate Editor for Journal of Cognitive Science and Governing Board of the Cognitive Development Society and Children Helping Science; Co-Author, "Early Environments and Exploration in the Preschool Years" (2022, PsyArXiv), "Wow, I Did It: Unexpected Success Increases Preschooler Exploratory Play on Later Tasks" (2020, Cognitive Development), and "Choosing to Learn: Evidence Evaluation for Active Learning and Teaching in Early Childhood" (2018, Active Learning From Infancy to Childhood)