Dominic Gibson, PhD
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I study cognitive development with a focus on how humans learn words and concepts.
​My research explores why children find certain ideas - like numbers and other abstract concepts - difficult to understand, how learning language shapes our understanding of these concepts, and the role that our social context plays in children's early cognitive development. 
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I am currently a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Kristina Olson's Human Diversity Lab at Princeton University and the University of Washington.
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Education & Employment

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2019-Present
University of Washington/Princeton University

Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, 2017-2019
The University of Chicago

PhD, Developmental Psychology, 2011-2017
​The University of Chicago

Lab Manager, 2010-2011
​Johns Hopkins Lab for Child Development

BA, Psychology, 2006-2010
​Wesleyan University

Recent News

September 2020
My paper on the importance of parent number talk to children's number learning was recently accepted for publication in Child Development.  Read it here ​or check out my other research.

January 2020
I was named 2018's Outstanding IES Predoctoral Fellow. Read my blogpost about the questions that inspire my research, my experiences as an IES Fellow, and what my research has taught me about how parents impact their children's early math development.
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