Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Boston University, 2005 (Psychology)
M.A., Boston University, 2002 (Psychology)
B.A., Eastern Nazarene College, 1999 (Psychology, English)

Email: krista.casler@fandm.edu
Phone: 717-291-3828

Child Development Lab webpage: www.fandm.edu/childlab.xml
Dr. Casler's webpage: www.fandm.edu/x11773.xml

Research Interests

My interests are in cognitive development, with particular focus on the nature and development of concepts in young children. Current research investigates the development of artifact concepts and children’s understanding of purpose and design.

Publications

Casler, K. & Kelemen, D. (2007). Reasoning about artifacts at 24 months: The developing teleo-functional stance. Cognition, 103, 120-130.

Casler, K. & Kelemen, D. (2005). Young children’s rapid learning about artifacts. Developmental Science, 8, 472-480.

Kelemen, D., Callanan, M., Casler, K., & Pérez-Granados, D. R. (2005). Why things happen: Teleological explanation in parent-child conversations. Developmental Psychology, 41, 251-264.

Kelemen, D., Widdowson, D., Posner, T., Brown, A.L., & Casler, K. (2003). Teleo-functional constraints on preschool children’s reasoning about living things. Developmental Science, 6, 329-345.