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CURRICULUM
VITAE (March 2005)
AGELIKI NICOLOPOULOU 917 Railroad Avenue
1984 Ph.D. Psychology, University
of California at Berkeley
Areas: Cognitive / Developmental Thesis Title: "Young children's development of similarity and difference relations and their implications for the origins of negation" Training in cognitive development, language development, and cognitive psychology; some background in linguistics, philosophy, and sociology. 1977 M.A. Psychology, University
of Rhode Island
Area: General Experimental Psychology Thesis Title: "The structure of word meanings in semantic memory" 1973 B.A. Psychology, University
of Rhode Island
Magna cum Laude, and Honors in Psychology
2000-present Associate Professor
Department of Psychology, Lehigh University 2000-present NICHD Early Child Care Research Consortium: Consultant for Narrative Assessment 1996-2000 Assistant Professor Department of Psychology, Lehigh University 1991-1996 Assistant Professor Department of Education & Child Study, Smith College 1989-1991 Lecturer Department of Communication, University of California, San Diego 1988-1991 Research Associate Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition, University of California, San Diego Summer 1987 Visiting Research Fellow Laboratory of Comparative Psychology Institute of Psychology (CNR), Rome, Italy 1986-1988 Postgraduate Research Psychologist Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego 1984-1986 NICHD Postdoctoral Fellow in Developmental Psychology
Jean Piaget Society: Elected Board
Member (2002-2005)
Consultant Editor for Child Development Special Issue Coordinator for Cognitive Development Society for Research in Child Development
(SRCD)
Jean Piaget Society (JPS) International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) International Association for the Study of Child Language (IASCL) American Educational Research Association (AERA) The Narrative Consortium Ad hoc reviewer for Developmental
Psychology
Ad hoc reviewer for Human Development Ad hoc reviewer for Narrative Inquiry Ad hoc reviewer for Mind, Culture, and Activity Ad hoc reviewer for Discourse Processes Ad hoc reviewer for Psychonomic Science
Spring 2003 Faculty Research Grant
from Lehigh University ($2500)
2001-2002 American Philosophical Society Sabbatical Fellowship ($40,000) 2001-2002 Visiting Research Associate, Bryn Mawr College Summer 1999 Visiting Scholar, Dartmouth College 1998 Spencer Foundation Small Grant ($12,000, in support of research) Summer 1998 Franz & Class of 1968 Junior Faculty Fellowship, Lehigh University 1997-1998 Faculty Research Grants from Lehigh University for summer 1997 and 1997-1998 1993-1994 Picker Faculty Fellowship, Smith College 1991-1996 Awarded research funds every year by Smith College May 1993 Invited Panelist in a Workshop on "Initiatives for children and the law," American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA Summer 1987 Visiting Research Fellowship at the Institute of Psychology, Laboratory of Comparative Psychology, Rome, Italy 1984-1986 NICHD Postdoctoral Fellowship in Developmental Psychology Graduate Center of the City University of New York 1976-1980 NIMH Cognitive Biological Traineeship at the University of California, Berkeley Summer 1979 Grant from the Linguistic Society of America to attend the Summer Linguistics Institute in Salzburg, Austria. City University of New York, Graduate Center
(a) Books Scales, B., Almy, M., Nicolopoulou,
A., & Ervin Tripp, S. (Eds.) (1991). Play and the Social Context of
Development in Early Care and Education. New York: Teachers College Press.
Nicolopoulou, A. & Richner,
E. S. (in preparation). From actors to agents to persons: The development
of character representation in young children's narratives. Manuscript
under final revision for Child Development.
NICHD Early Child Care Research
Network (2005). Pathways to reading: The role of oral language in the
transition to reading. Developmental Psychology, 41, 428-442.
Nicolopoulou, A. & Richner, E. S. (2004). 'When your powers combine, I am Captain Planet': The developmental significance of individual- and group-authored stories by preschoolers. Discourse Studies, 6, 347-371. Cole, M. & Nicolopoulou, A. (2003). Cognitive consequences of literacy. International Encyclopedia of Linguistics (second edition). New York: Oxford University Press. Nicolopoulou, A. (2002). Peer-group culture and narrative development. In S. Blum-Kulka & C.E. Snow (Eds.), Talking to adults: The contribution of multiparty discourse to language acquisition (pp. 117-152).Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Nicolopoulou, A. & Weintraub,
J. (2001). Appropriation as a theoretical problem and a folk model:
Opening up some important and promising agendas. [Commentary on V.G. Aukrust, Agency and appropriation of voice: Cultural differences in parental ideas about young children's talk.] Human Development, 44, 257-263. Richner, E.S. & Nicolopoulou,
A. (2001). The narrative construction of differing conceptions of the
person in the development of young children's social understanding. Early
Education & Development, 12, 393-432.
Nicolopoulou, A. & Cole, M. (1999). Literacy and cognition. In D.A. Wagner, L. Venezky, & B.V. Street (Eds.), Literacy: An International Handbook. Boulder, CO: Westview. Nicolopoulou, A. (1999). Play, cognitive development, and the social world: Piaget, Vygotsky, and beyond. In P. Lloyd & C. Fernyhough et al. (Eds.), Lev Vygotsky: Critical Assessments: Thought and Language, Vol.II (pp. 419-446). New York: Routledge. [reprint of Nicolopoulou, 1993] Nicolopoulou, A. & Weintraub,
J. (1998). Individual and collective representations in social context:
A modest contribution to resuming the interrupted project of a sociocultural
developmental psychology. Human Development, 41, 215-235.
Nicolopoulou, A. (1997a). Children
and narratives: Toward an interpretive and sociocultural approach.
In M. Bamberg (Ed.), Narrative Development: Six Approaches (pp. 179-215). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Nicolopoulou, A. (1997b). The invention of writing and the development of numerical concepts in Sumeria: Some implications for developmental psychology. In M. Cole, Yrjö Engström, & Olga Vasquez (Eds.), Mind, Culture, and Activity: Seminal Papers from the Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. [reprint of Nicolopoulou, 1989] Nicolopoulou, A. (1997c). Labov's
legacy for narrative research--and its ironies. Journal of Narrative
and Life History, 7, 369-377. Nicolopoulou, A. (1997d). Worldmaking
and identity formation in children's narrative play acting.
In B.D. Cox & C. Lightfoot (Eds.), Sociogenetic Perspectives on Internalization (pp. 157-187). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Nicolopoulou, A. (1996). Narrative
development in social context. In D. Slobin, J. Gerhardt, J. Guo,
& A. Kyratzis (Eds.), Social Interaction, Social Context, and Language: Essays in Honor of Susan Ervin-Tripp (pp. 369-390). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Nicolopoulou, A. & Weintraub,
J. (1996). On liberty, cultural relativism and development: A commentary
on Van der Veer's "The concept of culture in Vygotsky's thinking".
Culture & Psychology, 2, 273-283.
Nicolopoulou, A., Scales, B., & Weintraub, J. (1994). Gender differences and symbolic imagination in the stories of four year olds. In A. H. Dyson & C. Genishi (Eds.), The Need for Story: Cultural Diversity in Classroom and Community (pp. 102-123). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. Nicolopoulou, A. (1993). Play, cognitive
development, and the social world: Piaget, Vygotsky, and beyond. Human
Development, 36, 1 23.
Nicolopoulou, A. & Cole, M. (1993). The generation and transmission of shared knowledge in the culture of collaborative learning: The Fifth Dimension, its play world, and its institutional contexts. In E. A. Forman, N. Minick, & C. A. Stone (Eds.), Contexts for Learning: Sociocultural Dynamics in Children's Development (pp. 283-314). New York: Oxford University Press. Cole, M. & Nicolopoulou, A.
(1992). The intellectual consequences of literacy. International Encyclopedia
of Linguistics (first edition). New York: Oxford University Press.
Nicolopoulou, A. (1991a). Constructive play: A window into the mind of the preschooler. In B. Scales, M. Almy, A. Nicolopoulou, & S. Ervin Tripp (Eds.), Play and the Social Context of Development in Early Care and Education. New York: Teachers College Press. Nicolopoulou, A. (1991b). Play,
cognitive development, and the social world: The research perspective.
In B. Scales, M. Almy, A. Nicolopoulou, & S. Ervin Tripp (Eds.), Play and the Social Context of Development in Early Care and Education. New York: Teachers College Press.
Nicolopoulou, A. (1989). The invention of writing
and the development of numerical concepts in Sumeria: Some implications
for developmental psychology. The Quarterly Newsletter of the Laboratory
of Comparative Human Cognition, 11, 7 17. Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition (1989). Kids and computers: A positive vision for the future. Harvard Educational Review, 59, 73 86. Nicolopoulou, A. (1988). Interrelation of logical and spatial knowledge in preschoolers. In J. Stiles Davis, U. Bellugi, & M. Kritchevsky (Eds.), Spatial Cognition: Brain Bases and Development. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. RECENT UNPUBLISHED REPORTS Nicolopoulou, A. (January, 1999). Final Report to the Spencer Foundation: Mobilizing the Untapped Potential of Peer-Group Practices in Preschool Settings to Promote Narrative Development and Emergent Literacy in Low-Income Children. WORK IN PROGRESS (a) Submitted and Forthcoming Nicolopoulou, A. & Richner,
E.S. From actors to agents to persons: The development of character
representation in children's narratives. [Revised and resubmitted to Child Development] Nicolopoulou, A. The interplay of
play and narrative in children's development: Theoretical reflections
and concrete examples. In A. Göncü & S. Gaskins (eds.) Play and Development. Erlbaum. Nicolopoulou, A., & McDowell,
J. Narrative play as glue for school readiness: Storytelling and story-acting
meet journal writing. In D. Singer, R. Golinkoff, & K. Hirsh-Pasek
(Eds.), Play = Learning. Oxford University Press
Nicolopoulou, A. Using peer group practices to
promote narrative development and emergent literacy
in low income children. [article submitted to Applied Developmental Psychology] (b) In Preparation to be Submitted for Publication Nicolopoulou, A. (Ed.) Introduction.
Special Issue for Cognitive Development: "Play and narrative in the
process of development: Commonalities, differences, and interrelations."
(Participants: Ayhan Aksu-Koc, Carol Feldman, Laurence R. Goldman, Susan
Engel, Keith Sawyer, Jerome & Dorothy Singer)
Nicolopoulou, A. The development
of main character in young children's narratives.
[article for submission to Journal of Child Language]
Hirsh-Pasek, K., Morrison, F, & Nicolopoulou,
A. Introducing a valid and practical assessment of narrative skill.<
(c) Projected
Nicolopoulou, A. Telling the Word and the World:
Narrative Practices as Symbolic Action in Children's
Construction of Reality and Identity. (book: provisional title) Nicolopoulou, A. The elementary forms of narrative coherence in young children's storytelling. (article) Nicolopoulou, A. Uses of characters and modes of coherence in children's narrative development. (article) Nicolopoulou, A. Problems, strategies, and intentions in children's narrative genres: Rethinking our conceptions of narrative competence and narrative development. (article) Nicolopoulou, A. Developmental origins of gender-related moral orientations. (article) Nicolopoulou, A. Narrative genres as cognitive models: Selective appropriation and symbolic reworking in children's narrative construction of reality. (article) Nicolopoulou, A. Why is the treatment of imagination in developmental psychology so unimaginative? (article) Nicolopoulou, A. How much do teachers matter?: The role of peer-group culture in children's socialization and development. (article) PRESENTATIONS (a) Symposia Nicolopoulou, A. Invited Symposium Organizer:
"Play and narrative in the process of development: (Organizer & Participant: Ageliki Nicolopoulou;
Other Participants: Carol Feldman, Susan Engel, Nicolopoulou, A. Co-Organizer: "The pretend
play of cultures; cultures of pretend play." Symposium presented (Organizers & Participants: Ageliki Nicolopoulou & Artin Göncü; Other Participants: Wendy Haight, Jonathan Tudge; Discussant: Brian Sutton Smith) Nicolopoulou, A. Chair and Organizer: "The
play element in culture as an alternative mode of learning: (b) Papers and Posters Nicolopoulou, A., & McDowell, J. "Narrative play as glue for school readiness: Storytelling and story-acting meet journal writing." Paper to be presented at an invited conference on "Play = Learning" (Yale University, New Haven, CT: June 10-11, 2005). Nicolopoulou, A., McDowell, J., & Brockmeyer, C. "Reflections on young children's transition from personal to fantasy narratives in a low-income classroom." Paper to be presented at the International Conference on Imagination and Education (Vancouver, Canada: July 14-17, 2004). Nicolopoulou, A. "Peer-group culture as a matrix for narrative development." Paper presented at a symposium on "Social sources of narrative and literacy" at the Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society (Toronto, Canada: June 3-5, 2004). Nicolopoulou, A. "Two is better than one, you know": Differing modes of narrative collaboration by preschool girls and boys." Poster presented at Gender Development Research Conference (San Fransisco, CA: April 23-24, 2004). Nicolopoulou, A. "The interplay of play
and narrative in children's development: Theoretical reflections and Richner, E.S. & Nicolopoulou, A. "Using
a peer-oriented storytelling and story-acting practice to promote social Nicolopoulou, A. "The sociocultural context
of peer interactions: Culture-building and identity formation in young Richner, E.S. & Nicolopoulou, A. "Teacher-child
interactional styles and their impact on children's peer Richner, E.S. & Nicolopoulou, A. "Can
narrative promote social understanding and theory of mind development?
Nicolopoulou, A. & Richner, E.S. "The
developmental significance of individual and collaboratively composed Richner, E.S. & Nicolopoulou, A. "The impact of teaching styles and beliefs on the integration of a preschool storytelling and story-acting practice: Implications for promoting children's narrative and pretend play development." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society (Philadelphia, PA: June 6-8, 2002). Richner, E.S. & Nicolopoulou, A. "Classroom
community and narrative development: Using the cross- Richner, E.S. & Nicolopoulou, A. "Adult-child
interactional styles, the facilitation of children's peer interactions, Ferrara, D. & Nicolopoulou, A. "Narrative
self-understanding among early and late adolescents." Poster Nicolopoulou, A. & Richner, E.S. "Using
peer-group practices to promote narrative development and Richner, E.S. & Nicolopoulou, A. "Constructing
alternative conceptions of personhood in young children's Nicolopoulou, A. & Richner, E.S. "Narrative
development and emergent literacy in social context: Nicolopoulou, A. & Richner, E.S. "The
development of main character in young children's narratives." Nicolopoulou, A. & Richner, E.S. "From
actors to characters to persons: The development of character Nicolopoulou, A. "The elementary forms of
narrative coherence in young children's storytelling." Paper Richner, E.S. & Nicolopoulou, A. "Character
development in young children's narratives." Poster presented Nicolopoulou, A. "Developmental origins
of gender-related moral orientations." Paper presented at the Conference __________. "Uses of characters and modes
of coherence in children's narrative development." Poster __________. "Cultural diversity and developmental
theory." Paper presented in an invited discussion on __________. "Gender-specific narrative styles and their implications for understanding narrative development." Paper presented in an invited symposium on ""Narrative knowledge: What's general and what's unique in the process of meaning making?" at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (Quebec City, Canada: August 12-16, 1996). __________. "Problems, strategies, and intentions
in young children's narrative genres." Paper presented at __________. "Individual and collective representations
in social context: The interplay of world-making, __________. "Play, narrative, and group
dynamics in the formation of gendered subcultures by young __________. "Narrative styles as symbolic
action in children's construction of gender identity." Paper __________. "The active interplay of social
relational and cognitive/symbolic factors in the development of __________. "Worldmaking and identity formation
in children's narrative activity." Paper presented in an __________. "The symbolic management of
order and disorder in the stories of four year olds: Gender __________. "Gendered narrative styles in
children's story telling: The linkage of worldmaking and identity Nicolopoulou, A. & Cole, M. "Taking
culture seriously: Understanding the generation and transmission of Nicolopoulou, A. & Scales, B. "Gender
differences and symbolic imagination in the stories of four- Nicolopoulou, A. & Scales, B. "Order
and disorder in the stories of four year olds: Gender differences in Nicolopoulou, A. & Cole, M. "Activating
the ZPD: Activity systems and development." Paper presented at Nicolopoulou, A. & Scales, B. "'Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles' versus 'The Prince and the Princess': Nicolopoulou, A. "Local and global similarity
relations in the development of analogical reasoning." Paper __________. "Constructive play: a window
into the mind of the preschooler." Paper presented at __________. "Is the similarity relation
constructed prior to the difference relation?" Poster presented
at the __________. "Young children's development
of similarity and difference relations". ERIC/EECE. __________. "Predication in spontaneous
spatial constructions of 3 to 5 year old children." Paper presented (c) Invited Colloquia & Talks Nicolopoulou, A. "Character representation and conceptions of the person in young children's stories." Department of Human Development, Center for Children, Relationships, and Culture, University of Maryland (College Park, Baltimore, MD: April 6, 2003). Nicolopoulou, A. "The sociocultural context of peer interactions: Culture-building and identity formation in young children's narrative activity." Paper presented in an invited conference on "Peer Interaction and Pragmatic Development" at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (Harvard University: May 27-28, 2003). Nicolopoulou, A. "Peer-group culture, narrative
development, and emergent literacy." Center for Human Nicolopoulou, A. "The dialectic of culture
and agency in development: Structures of meaning and peer- Nicolopoulou, A. "Narrative development
in social context: Toward an integrated sociocultural, interpretive,
Nicolopoulou, A. "Worldmaking and identity
formation in children's narrative activity: Toward an integrated Nicolopoulou, A. "Narrative development
in social context: Toward an integrated sociocultural, interpretive,
Nicolopoulou, A. "Gendered narrative styles
in children's storytelling: The linkage of worldmaking and identity Nicolopoulou, A. "Gendered narrative styles
in children's storytelling: The linkage of worldmaking and identity Nicolopoulou, A. "Gendered narrative styles
in children's storytelling: The linkage of worldmaking and identity Nicolopoulou, A. "Gendered differences and
symbolic imagination in the stories of 4-year-olds." Department Nicolopoulou, A. "Gendered differences and
symbolic imagination in the stories of 4-year-olds." Department Nicolopoulou, A. "Gendered differences and
symbolic imagination in the stories of 4-year-olds." Department Nicolopoulou, A. "The fifth Dimension and
its play-world: The generation and transmission of shared knowledge." Nicolopoulou, A. "Gendered differences and
symbolic imagination in the stories of 4-year-olds." Department
1996-present TEACHING AREAS OF EXPERTISE Theories of Development; Cognitive Development;
Socio-Emotional & Moral Development |