- Research Spotlight: Dr. Geetha Ramani 08/28/08
- Dr. Patricia Alexander named Jean Mullan Professor of Literacy. 7/10/08
- APA Science Summer Fellows Come to EDHD 06/26/08
- EDHD is pleased to announce the hiring of three new tenure-track faculty: Dr. Donald J. Bolger, Dr. Nathan Hall, and Dr. Meredith Rowe. 06/10/08
- Dr. Min Wang and Dr. Natasha Cabrera were promoted to associate professor with tenure. 04/08/08
- Beginning in mid-March Dr. Brenda Jones Harden will be a Visiting Scholar at the University of Washington School of Social Work. 03/13/08
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Melanie Killen
General Research Area:
Moral reasoning about intergroup relationships; developmental social cognition; children's and adolescents' evaluations of group inclusion and exclusion; racial bias; explicit and implicit judgments; cultural influences on development.
Areas of Student Supervision:
Developmental social cognition, moral reasoning, developmental intergroup relationships, children’s concepts of group inclusion and exclusion.
Recent Publications:
Killen, M. (2007). Children’s social and moral reasoning about exclusion. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 16, 32-36.
Killen, M., Margie, N.G., & Sinno, S. (2006). Morality in the context of intergroup relationships. In M. Killen & J. Smetana (Eds.). Handbook of moral development. (pp. 155-183). Mahwah , NJ : LEA.
Links:
Curriculum VitaeSocial and Moral Development Research Group
The Center for Children, Relationships, and Culture
Email:
mkillen@umd.edu