Nazanin Akmal

Naz received her B.A. (Honours) in psychology from UBC last Spring. She conducted her honours thesis with Dr. Birch in the K.I.D Studies Centre. Her project explored children's sensitivity to others' nonverbal cues to konwledge and uncertainty; more specifically, children's ability in using nonverbal cues to learn new information. During her time in the K.I.D. Studies Centre, Naz has been managing the lab with Sarah. She also worked on a couple of extra projects with Dr. Birch investigating social-perspective taking and socio-cognitive development. Naz is now taking some pre-med courses at UBC, getting ready for Med School.

Negar Amini

Negar received her B.A. in psychology from UBC last year. During her time in the K.I.D. Studies Centre, she worked on a directed studies project where she explored the relationship between children's intelligence and their abilty to read the emotions in the eyes of others. Negar is now working on her Masters degree at McGill Univeristy in the Faculty of Education.

Samantha Bangayan

Samantha worked in the K.I.D Studies Centre for several years as a volunteer, directed studies student and NSERC summer student. She recently returned from Peru where she was undertaking a mental health internship. She is now working in Dr. Janet Werker's Infant Studies Centre, but is itching to travel once again.

Sherilynn Chan

Sherilynn completed her junior and senior honours theses with Dr. Susan Birch. Her research focused on empathy and its relationship with social-emotional health in children and adolescents. She recently graduated from UBC in May 2009 with a B.A. in psychology and is applying for graduate school in child clinical psychology.

Sarah Heller

Sarah was the 2008-2009 lab manager for the K.I.D Studies Centre as well as the coordinator for the Early Development Research Group. She left Vancouver in 2009 to pursue a Masters degree in Organizational Management at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Sarah currently lives in Arlington, VA (a suburb of D.C.) and spends much of her time studying and interning for a small non-profit. After completing her Masters, Sarah hope to continue her education in I/O Psychology or work in the DC area as an organizational consultant.

Sophie Vauthier

Sophie completed her Senior honours project under Dr. Susan Birch's supervision where she conducted a series of empirical studies looking at three- and four-year-old children's socio-cognitive development and its influence on their learning and memory. She went on to become an RA and Lab Coordinator for the K.I.D Studies Centre for three years before moving on in 2008 to pursue her Ph.D. in child clinical psychology at Columbia University.