Brief CV

Education

PhD, Psychology, Yale University (1998)

MS, Psychology, Yale University (1995)

BS, Human Development & Family studies, Cornell University (1992)

Professional Experience

Institute of Education Sciences / National Center for Special Education Research, Research Scientist (2010 – present)

National Science Foundation / Developmental & Learning Sciences, Program Director (2004-2005; 2007-2010)

Georgetown University / Department of Psychology, Postdoctoral Fellow and Adjunct Faculty (2003-2007)

American Institutes for Research, Research Analyst (1999-2003)

U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families, American Psychological Association Congressional Fellow/AAAS Fellow (1998-1999)

Select Publications

Phillips, D., Crowell, N. A., Gunnar, M., Fox, N., Sussman, A. L., Hane, A. A., Bisgaier, J. B. (accepted). Reactive temperament and sensitivity to context in child care. Social  Development.

Goldstein, J. N., Degnan, K. A., Sussman, A. L., Fox, N. A. (in press). The relations among theory of mind, behavioral inhibition, and cooperation.  Social Development.

Phillips, D. A., McCartney, K., & Sussman, A. L. (2006). Child care and early development. In K. McCartney & D. Phillips (Eds.), Blackwell handbook of early childhood development (pp. 471-489). NY: Blackwell Publishers.

Sussman, A. L. (2005). NICHD Child Care Study. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of human development: Vol 2 (pp. 907-908). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Feldman, R., Sussman, A. L., & Zigler, E. (2004). Parental leave and work adaptation at the transition to parenthood: Individual, marital, and social correlates. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 25, 459-479.

Sussman, A. L. (2001). Reality monitoring of performed and imagined interactive events: Developmental and contextual influences. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 79, 115-138.

Select Presentations

Goldstein, J. N., Sussman, A. L., Degnan, K. A., Fox, N. A. (2009, April). The relations among theory of mind, behavioral inhibition, and cooperation. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

Sussman, A. L. (2007, March). Theory of mind: Effects of siblings and peers in child care. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.

Sussman, A. L., Nguyen, K., Barr, R. (2006, July).  Contextual continuity in the accessibility of autobiographical memory.  Presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Melbourne, Australia.