Congratulations, Dr. Caporaso!
/Jessica Caporaso defended her dissertation on April 29, 2021! Jess' dissertation breaks novel ground in identifying key skills that children need to demonstrate social competence and avoid aggression toward others. In particular, children require executive control when faced with social conflict, but this is particularly important for those children who are described as exuberant (highly energetic, highly sociable, and reactive). These findings are important for intervention because they specify where certain children have difficulties and will enable us to determine the best ways to improve their skills.
It is highly impressive that Jess was able to complete this research during such a challenging year and we are so grateful to our DUCK lab families, preschools, teachers, and administrators for contributing directly to Jess' success and our research mission.
Congratulations, Jess! She will continue working with the DUCK Lab as a postdoctoral research fellow.
