The University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
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Jocelyn Dautel
Background
Jocelyn graduated with a B.A. in psychology from Bucknell University (PA) in 2005 and an M.A. in social sciences from the University of Chicago in 2007. She is currently working towards her Ph.D. in developmental psychology with Katherine Kinzler in the Development of Social Cognition Lab. Jocelyn completed her trial research on children’s essentialist reasoning about language and race. She is also an active member of the Psychology Graduate Student Organization (PGSO), where she serves as a member of the Travel and Research Committee.
Research Interests
Jocelyn is interested in children’s social and moral reasoning about novel individuals based on their language, ethnicity, and religion. In the U.S., her research focuses on children’s priorities in social categories, and particularly the social judgments children make based on language in comparison to race. She has recently expanded this research to explore children’s social reasoning about ethno-religious identity in Northern Ireland. Jocelyn will investigate how growing up in a context of conflict affects social beliefs, and whether or not these beliefs may be malleable given exposure to different environments.
Publications and Presentations
Dautel, J. & Kinzler, K. (2011). Bilingual children’s reasoning about the malleability of language across the lifespan. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development: Montreal, Canada.
Dautel, J. & Kinzler, K. (2010). White and Black children’s reasoning about the stability of language and race across the lifespan. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology: Eleventh annual meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Dautel, J. & Kinzler, K. (2009). Developmental changes in essentialist beliefs about language and race. Poster presented at the Biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society: Sixth annual meeting, San Antonio, Texas.
