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Carla Macias

Post-Doc

Broadly, I am interested in cognitive development. More specially, how learners use their expectations about the world to guide their attention, exploration, memory and learning.  Download CV.

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Awards & Distinctions

  • Rutgers Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship

    July 2022-July 2024

  • Cognitive Development Society (CDS) Diversity Travel Award

    Spring 2022

  • Rutgers Deans Dissertation Fellowship

    September 2021-May 2022

  • Harold Siegel Service Award

    May 2021

  • Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Honorable Mention

    May 2021

  • Rutgers Psychology Research Travel Grant

    July 2019

  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

    June 2018- June 2021

  • Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Fellowship Award

    Fall 2016-Spring 2018

  • Cognitive Development Society (CDS) Diversity Travel Award

    Fall 2017

  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention

    Spring 2016

  • Bilski-Mayer Fellowship Award

    Summer 2015 College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering, University of Rochester

  • Discover Research Grant

    Fall 2014

  • McNair Scholar Fellowship Award

    Summer 2014

  • Dean’s Academic Scholarship

    Fall 2012 – Fall 2016

  • Dean’s List

    Fall 2012, Fall 2013 – Spring 2016

  • Kearns Center Scholar Award

    Fall 2013 – Spring 2014