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.

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

in my free time, you can find me reading fiction, 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