
RECENT WRITING
Gibbs, H.M., Burchinal, M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2021, November 30). The 'real' economic advantage of investing in families this holiday season. Brookings Institution, Education Plus Development. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/education-plus-development/2021/11/30/the-real-economic-advantage-of-investing-in-families-this-holiday-season/
Gibbs, H.M., Blinkoff, E., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2021, December 15). Time for Bin Busting: Teach Math, Reading, and Social Skills Together. EdWeek, As a Psychologist. https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-time-for-bin-busting-teach-math-reading-and-social-skills-together/2021/12
Blinkoff, E., Gibbs, H.M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (in press). Teaching in the Ways that Brains Learn: Human Development Can Be Our Guide. In Smith, C., Carney, R.N., & Fong, C.J. (Eds.) Teaching Human Development for Educators. IAP series: Theory to Practice: Educational psychology for Teachers and Teaching. Southern Illinois University.
Gibbs, H.M., Hadani, H.S., Golinkoff, R.M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (in press). Playing into the Future: A 21st-Century Model for Education. In I. Ahmed & F. Kolbitz (Eds.) Imagining Post-COVID Education Futures. Center for Genocide Studies, University of Dhaka; in association with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Bangladesh.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Question-Asking | Critical Thinking | Playful Learning | Science and Information Literacy | Early Childhood
PUBLICATIONS
Butler, L.P., Schmidt, M.F.H., Tavassolie N.S., & Gibbs, H.M. (2018). Children's evaluation of verified and unverified claims. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 176. 73-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2018.07.007
Butler, L.P., Gibbs, H.M., & Tavassolie, N.S. (2020). Children's developing understanding that even reliable sources need to verify their claims. Cognitive Development, 54, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2020.100871
Butler, L.P., Gibbs, H.M., & Levush, K.C. (2020). Look again: Pedagogical demonstration facilitates children's use of counter-evidence. Child Development, 91, 1194-1210. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13414
EDUCATION
B.A. Psychology (minor in Philosophy)
Cum Laude, Thomas E. Bellavance Honors
Salisbury University, 2016
Ph.D. Human Development and Quantitative Methodology
University of Maryland College Park, 2021
Graduate Advisor: Dr. Lucas Payne Butler
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Temple Infant and Child Lab
Post-Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek