Meet the Children Helping Science team

Core Team

Becky Gilbert

Becky Gilbert

Becky is a software engineer for Children Helping Science. She loves helping researchers build experiments, and working on state-of-the-art methods for online data collection.

CJ Green

CJ Green

CJ is Children Helping Science's lead software infrastructure engineer, working on planning and adding features for both participants and researchers.

Melissa Kline Struhl

Melissa Kline Struhl

Melissa is the director of Children Helping Science and a research scientist in the MIT Early Childhood Cognition Lab. She loves it when the data surprises her, and loves talking to researchers and families about how to make Children Helping Science better.

Laura Schulz

Laura Schulz

Laura is the PI of the Early Childhood Cognition Lab. She conducts research about how children arrive at a common-sense understanding of the physical and social world through exploration and instruction.

Mark Sheskin

Mark Sheskin

Mark Sheskin is the co-director of the Project GARDEN Team. Dr. Sheskin is an associate professor of psychology at Minerva University.

Parent Researcher Collaborative

If you are a parent who has participated with your child in a study on this website, or a university-based researcher who has posted a study on Children Helping Science (or its previous incarnation as Lookit), then we consider you a member of the Parent Researcher Collaborative! The team who created the original Children Helping Science platform includes Laura Schulz, Mark Sheskin, as well as:

Elizabeth Bonawitz

Elizabeth Bonawitz

Elizabeth is the David Vitale Associate Professor in Learning Sciences and PI of the Computational Cognitive Development Lab at Harvard University, Graduate School of Education. Her work focuses on the basic science theories of learning with the broader goal of informing educational practice, and her research bridges two research traditions: cognitive development and computational modeling.

Hyowon Gweon

Hyowon Gweon

Hyowon Gweon is an associate professor at Stanford University in the Department of Psychology.

Julian Jara-Ettinger

Julian Jara-Ettinger

Julian Jara-Ettinger is an associate professor on term at Yale University in the Department of Psychology.

Candice Mills

Candice Mills

Candice is an associate professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

Affiliated Universities and Researchers

As of March 2023, there are over 950 researchers in our community, and over 90 universities affiliated with Lookit/Children Helping Science, including:

United States:

Canada:

United Kingdom:

Worldwide:

Coming soon (Agreements in process):

To learn about joining us, visit the guide to getting started!

Staff alumni

Kim<br />Scott

Kim
Scott

Founder and Director

Rico<br />Rodriquez

Rico
Rodriquez

Software Engineer

Undergraduate student alumni

Joseph<br />Alvarez

Joseph
Alvarez

Summer 2015
Skidmore College

Daniela<br />Carrasco

Daniela
Carrasco

Spring 2015
MIT

Jean<br />Chow

Jean
Chow

Fall 2014
MIT

Junyi<br />Chu

Junyi
Chu

Summer 2015
Vanderbilt

Annie<br />Dai

Annie
Dai

IAP, Spring 2015
MIT

Hope<br />Fuller-Becker

Hope
Fuller-Becker

Spring 2015, 2016
Wellesley College

Kamaria<br />Kaalund

Kamaria
Kaalund

Fall 2019
Wellesley College

Audrey<br />Ricks

Audrey
Ricks

Summer 2016
MIT

Rianna<br />Shah

Rianna
Shah

IAP, Sp, Fall 2015; IAP, Sp 2016; Sp 2018
MIT

Alice<br />Wang

Alice
Wang

Summer 2017
Wellesley

Jean<br />Yu

Jean
Yu

IAP, Spring 2015
Wellesley Colleger

Jessica<br />Zhu

Jessica
Zhu

Fall 2016
MIT