Meet Our Team!

Audun Dahl

Associate Professor of Psychology

After growing up in Norway, Audun studied and worked in Northern California before moving to Ithaca in 2023. He’s interested in how morality develops across the lifespan.

Zoe Favilla

Lab Manager

Zoe graduated from Franklin & Marshall College with a double major in Psychology and Public Health and a concentration in Government. Zoe’s research interests exist at the intersection of morality, politics, and decision-making to facilitate informed and equitable outcomes.

Arvid Samuelson

PhD Student

Arvid is in his second year of his Ph.D. program at Cornell in which he is studying developmental moral psychology. He is from Sweden and California, and a fun fact is that he has moved 7 times in his life!

Rob Ethan Santiago

PhD Student

Rob is from San Jose, CA and is in his first year of the the Psychology Ph.D. program at Cornell. Rob is studying moral development!

Margie Martinez-Mora

PhD Student

Margie is in her sixth year of her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at UC Santa Cruz! Margie is from Richmond, VA and received her bachelor’s degree in psychology and French at the University of Virginia. Her research primarily examines why young children help and how their experiences with their parents and families guide their judgments and reasoning about helping.

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Reagan Allvin
Anna Victoria Bartolome
Hope Thi Chan
Yujin Choe
Alexandra Gardi
Chloe Kurschat
Sophia Luo
Bita Molaie
Eden Park
Kailey Park
Marilyn Vargas-Rodriguez
Sabina Schrynemakers
Michelle Tcherevatenko
Jiyin You