Kristen Asplin

Assistant Professor of Psychology
Department: UPG Nat Sci-Psychology
Office: GFOB 131, Greensburg campus
Email: kna4@pitt.edu

Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst M.S. in Psychology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst B.A. in German, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN

I teach classes in Introductory Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and Research. I especially enjoy helping students come to think in a new way, whether it's in their interactions with children, or in their understanding of the everyday behavior of people.

My research focuses on children's thinking and learning. I am especially interested in how children learn language. My research tries to look at all the tools (like sentence context, and understanding of grammar) children have to use to learn language.