Principal Investigator
Hannah Kramer (she/her)
Hannah Kramer is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Rochester. Hannah received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Davis in 2013 and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of California, Davis in 2021. Before coming to the University of Rochester she was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland. Hannah is broadly interested in how children and adults figure out what other people are thinking and feeling. In this work, she takes context seriously: That is, not only how social structures shape people’s reasoning, but also how children and adults incorporate contextual features into their beliefs about people.
Hannah’s favorite childhood book: Frog & Toad by Arnold Lobel
Lab Manager
Maddy Ephraim (she/her)
Maddy graduated from the University of Iowa in 2025 with a B.S. in psychology and a minor in statistics. While at the University of Iowa, she was a lab manager for the Hank Virtual Environments Lab and a research assistant in the Developmental Psychopathology Lab. Maddy plans to pursue a PhD in Developmental Psychology. Her previous research has focused on the role the home environment plays in the development of children’s executive functioning and parenting.
Maddy can be contacted at mephraim@psych.rochester.edu
Maddy’s favorite childhood book: The Babysitter’s Club by Ann M. Martin
Lab Pets
Zeno (orange) and Rice (grey tabby) are Hannah’s cats. Zeno loves cuddling and fighting with Rice. Rice loves belly rubs and crying for attention.
Cordelia (nicknamed Deedee) is Maddy’s cat. She enjoys long naps, bird watching, and chin scratches.