Moon Evans

Email: yjevans@wisc.edu

Moon Evans

Biography

Moon Evans is a doctoral student in the Human Development area within the Department of Educational Psychology. Her research focuses on the development of forgiveness and agape love, as well as psychological well-being in children, adolescents, and adults.

Research Interests

Moon’s research interests include the moral-virtue sense of forgiveness and agape love, with a focus on interventions and education across the lifespan, as well as social-emotional development.

Publications/Presentations

Saban, L., Tali Gal, T., , Xu, JW., Song, J., Rapp, H. Evans, M., Lee, D., Enright, R. (2024). Forgiveness Education in Conflicted Societies: The Lived Experiences of Arab and Jewish 5th-Grade Children in Israel. Educ. Sci. 2024, 14(12), 1300; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14121300

Enright, R. D., Xu, W. J., Rapp, H., Evans, M., Song, J. (2022). The philosophy and social science of agape love. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology. Advance online publication.https://doi.org/10.1037/teo0000202

Acar, I. H., Evans, M., Rudasill, K. M., & Yildiz, S. (2018). The Contributions of Relationships with Parents and Teachers to Turkish Children’s Antisocial Behavior. Educational Psychology, 1469-5820 https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2018.1441377