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Dolly P. Rojo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Mount Saint Mary's University
in Los Angeles
email me at drojo@msmu.edu
Research Interests: social and cognitive factors of children's bilingual language development, word learning, preschool-aged children, non-native language exposure, development of metalinguistic skills
More recent curiosities, often led by my student-researchers:
What is Gentle Parenting?
Implicit biases in college-course evaluations (e.g., how might instructor's attire or use of slang impact course ratings?).
What's new?
Drs. Jen Clegg, Katie Warnell (both at Texas State University in San Marcos), and I are planning (and applying for) a 2nd rendition of a pre-conference (teaching) workshop for Cognitive Development Society (CDS) conference in 2025, a follow up to CDS 2024's "Developmental Science at Non-R1 Institutions: Collaborative Strategies for Success." We had a great turnout in 2024, and great success in these conversations. We hope to see y'all again in Montreal, in April 2026!
Along with current research student, Eli Arroyo, and (now graduated and in her 3rd of her PsyD program) Ana Munoz Constantino, our manuscript, Parenting for Autonomy: New Insights into Warmth, Leniency, and Emotion Regulation ,is under review (pre-published on Authorea). Crossing our fingers that this is published soon. Stay tuned!
Dr. Nicole Wen (Brunel University in London) and I led a roundtable event (Teaching in Tandem: Enhancing Developmental Psychology Through Co-Instruction) at the Teaching Pre-conference, on April 30, for SRCD 2025:. Thanks for joining us!
Undergraduate researcher, Elizabeth (Eli) Arroyo, presented preliminary findings of our "Grandparent's parenting style" project (an assessment of self-identified Gentle Parents' own childhoods) at WPA 2025. See check our poster here.
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