Sam Macksey
Email: macksey@wisc.edu
Biography
Sam Macksey is a doctoral student in the area of Human Development within the Department of Educational Psychology. She works with Dr. Haley Vlach in the Learning, Cognition and Development Lab. Samantha received her B.A. in Psychology (minor in mathematical modeling of complex systems) from Northeastern Illinois University.
Education
Bachelors in Psychology and minor in Mathematical Modeling of Complex systems from Northeastern Illinois University.
Research Interests
Her research focuses on understanding how storybooks and pretend play can promote children’s science learning. Her goal is to design developmentally appropriate interventions that facilitate in scientific knowledge acquisiton in early childhood classrooms.