Office: Carney 259
Phone: 617-552-8820
Email: thalia.goldstein.1@bc.edu
Website: http://www2.bc.edu/~goldstet/
Primary Advisor: Ellen Winner
Academic Interests: Thalia Raquel Goldstein is a third-year student with Dr. Ellen Winner. Her interests lie in two main areas: 1) cognitive development, particularly the study of children’s theory of mind, imagination, and pretense as these capacities relate to fiction, narrative, and theatre (both viewing theatre, and acting in theatre); and 2) the study of emotion regulation in actors as a way of understanding the underpinnings of exceptional ability in emotion regulation (with Dr. Maya Tamir). In addition, she also does some work on creative organizational response in disaster situations, sponsored by a fellowship from the Department of Homeland Security. Thalia graduated Cum Laude and With Distinction from Cornell University and spent several years as a professional actress and dancer in New York City.
Undergraduate Institution/Degree: Cornell University.
Presentations
Goldstein, T.R., & Winner, E. (2007, Nov). Bringing Literature to Life: Acting Strategies and Theory of Mind. Paper presented at Literature and Theory of Mind Conference, Purdue University.
Goldstein, T. R., & Winner, E. (2007, Oct). Advances in Advanced Theory of Mind: Can Acting Help? Poster presented at the Cognitive Development Society Meeting, Santa Fe, NM.
Goldstein, T.R. (2007, July). Improvisation and Disaster Response: Links between Psychology and Disaster Research. Invited talk given at the Natural Hazards Workshop annual meeting. Boulder, CO.
Goldstein, T.R., & Winner, E. (2007, May). “My Conscience Hath a Thousand Several Tongues” (Richard III, 5.3): Empathy and Acting Strategies. Poster presented at the Jean Piaget Society meeting, Amsterdam, Holland.
Goldstein, T.R. (2007, May). Extroversion, Imitation, and Emotion Regulation: Early Predictors of Acting Talent. Poster presented at the Association of Psychological Science Annual Convention. Washington, DC.
Goldstein, T.R & Winner, E. (2007, March). Understanding Representational Diversity: One Achievement Early or Several Achievements Over Time? Chair of Symposium given at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) bi-annual meeting. With Paul Bloom, Deena Skolnik Weisberg, Jennifer Van Reet, Angeline Stoll Lillard, and Michael Chandler, Boston, MA.
Goldstein, T. R. (2007, March). Does Acting Training Foster the Development of Special Talent in Theory of mind? Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development bi-annual meeting, Boston, MA.
Goldstein, T.R., (2006, August). Creativity and Creative Response to Disasters: Links to Basic Psychological Research. Talk given at the Institute for Behavioral Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder.
Tierney, K., Sutton, J., Stapleton, S., Kuligowski, E. & Goldstein, T.R, (2006, June). Community Field Studies and Analyses of Preparedness Networks. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START). College Park, MD.
Goldstein, T.R., Iida, M., & Johnson, K.L. (2006, May). Stomp!: How Lay Theories Affect Group Creativity. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Sciences annual meeting. New York, NY.