hi, i'm min! i am a first-year phd student in cognitive developmental psychology at harvard university, working with profs tomer ullman and ashley thomas. as an undergraduate, i studied psychology, cognitive science, and religion at (the) ohio state university.

i study how young humans represent and understand close relationships. i’m especially interested in early concepts of love, obligations, and commitments in relationships (e.g., promises). some of the questions i’m most interested in are: how do we use general, abstract knowledge to reason about special relationships with particular people? how do we begin to understand what it means to owe something to another, and how do we choose the people to whom we owe loyalty, or favors, or love (and expect the same in return)? do norms help us know to behave in close relationships, as they help us to know how to behave in groups and in public?

in my free time, you can find me reading fiction, swimming, at a ceramics or yoga class, trying new coffeeshops, or on a long walk listening to yacht rock!

currently reading...

inquiries, minfeldman@g.harvard.edu