The Social Understanding Program is where Amanda Woodward conducts her research. Prof. Woodward is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Chicago. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Swarthmore College in 1987 and her Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford University in 1992. She spent a year as a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University, and then joined the faculty of the University of Chicago in 1993. In addition to her work as a researcher, Prof. Woodward teaches undergraduate and doctoral students at the University, serves as the chair of the Psychology Curriculum Committee, and serves as an editorial consultant or reviewer for a number of scientific journals and granting agencies. Prof. Woodward's work has been recognized by several awards, including the John Merck Fund Young Scholars Award (1994), the Division 7 American Psychological Association Boyd McCandless Award for an Early Career Contribution to Developmental Psychology (2000) and the Neubauer Faculty development Fellowship in the College, University of Chicago (2001). Her current research is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation.  For more information, visit her web page.
	Elizabeth Perkowski is our current lab manager. She received her BA from the University of Chicago in 2001.
	JJ Guajardo is a doctoral candidate in Developmental Psychology at the University of Chicago.  He received a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University in 1997 and a master's degree from the University of Chicago in 1999. He is currently conducting a study investigating infants' understanding of rationality. For more information about his research and interests, visit JJ's home page
	Jessica Sommerville is also studying Developmental Psychology at the University of Chicago. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto in 1997 and her master's degree from the University of  Chicago in 1999.  Jessica is a doctoral candidate as well. Her current projects include investigating infants' understanding of action sequences, the origins of action understanding, and infants' expectations about a person's future actions.
	Amy Hammond is a third year graduate student studying Developmental Psychology. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of California at Irvine in 1991, and a master's degree from Rice University in 1995. Her research interests include verb learning and infants' memory for actions.
	Camille Wilson is a 2nd year graduate student at the University of Chicago.  She earned her bachelor's degree in Psychology from Duke University in 2000 and is currently investigating infant's understanding of action categories.
	In addition to these folks, we are proud to have several volunteers and research assistants in the lab.  This year, the lab's staff includes Monique Duwell, Stacy Hodgins,  Dina Colarossi, Ashley Pinkham, Lisa Bastarache, and Scott Teper

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