Dana Miller-Cotto
@damcotto.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley studying children’s thinking, learning, and educational inequality. Temple Made. Proud CUNY alum. First Gen 🇯🇲🇺🇸. Views are mine.
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Today’s lab meeting was led by @berkeleyeducation.bsky.social grad students Jetta McPhee and Elise Levin-Guracar who offered to host a session for our undergraduates applying to grad programs this year (and beyond!).
October 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Today’s lab meeting was led by @berkeleyeducation.bsky.social grad students Jetta McPhee and Elise Levin-Guracar who offered to host a session for our undergraduates applying to grad programs this year (and beyond!).
First day of preschool observations for my Early Development and Education class. Students were so jazzed about getting to see the preschoolers’ daily routines and connecting it to the course lectures (theories of development) 🤓 @berkeleyeducation.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
First day of preschool observations for my Early Development and Education class. Students were so jazzed about getting to see the preschoolers’ daily routines and connecting it to the course lectures (theories of development) 🤓 @berkeleyeducation.bsky.social
First day of teaching Mathematical Thinking and Problem Solving ✅! Had a great first class with a lively discussion spatial reasoning and math cognition 🤓 @berkeleyeducation.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
First day of teaching Mathematical Thinking and Problem Solving ✅! Had a great first class with a lively discussion spatial reasoning and math cognition 🤓 @berkeleyeducation.bsky.social
I’ve spent the last 15 years thinking about math skills that set kids up for success at school entry. Now, I’m excited to dive into new work on how math is conceived in California’s universal transitional kindergarten (UTK) funded through the Barbara White Bequest @berkeleyeducation.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I’ve spent the last 15 years thinking about math skills that set kids up for success at school entry. Now, I’m excited to dive into new work on how math is conceived in California’s universal transitional kindergarten (UTK) funded through the Barbara White Bequest @berkeleyeducation.bsky.social
Year one in the lab at Berkeley is ✅
Excited to see what we’ll do in year 2. Onward!
Excited to see what we’ll do in year 2. Onward!
May 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Year one in the lab at Berkeley is ✅
Excited to see what we’ll do in year 2. Onward!
Excited to see what we’ll do in year 2. Onward!
Paintings from students/mentees over the years that made their way onto my office walls as of this week 👌🏾.
November 28, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Paintings from students/mentees over the years that made their way onto my office walls as of this week 👌🏾.
So proud of RA Lauren Parrish for presenting her very first poster AND winning first place in psychology at the Undergraduate Research Symposium today! 🎉 #goflashes
April 6, 2024 at 12:37 AM
So proud of RA Lauren Parrish for presenting her very first poster AND winning first place in psychology at the Undergraduate Research Symposium today! 🎉 #goflashes
A fun reunion with these two @sammyahmed.bsky.social @alexagraceellis.bsky.social (just missing @andyribner.bsky.social)
March 23, 2024 at 10:24 PM
A fun reunion with these two @sammyahmed.bsky.social @alexagraceellis.bsky.social (just missing @andyribner.bsky.social)
March 23, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Congrats to @deontbenton.bsky.social for receiving the Steve Reznick Early Career Award 🎉 at #CDS2024
March 23, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Congrats to @deontbenton.bsky.social for receiving the Steve Reznick Early Career Award 🎉 at #CDS2024
Five years of fantasy basketball, my first year making it to the finals (bonus for having no injuries).
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Five years of fantasy basketball, my first year making it to the finals (bonus for having no injuries).
Had a great visit to Purdue presenting work and having many great/engaging conversations! Many thanks to @davidjpurpura.bsky.social for the invite.
March 2, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Had a great visit to Purdue presenting work and having many great/engaging conversations! Many thanks to @davidjpurpura.bsky.social for the invite.
Many thanks to @ericdwilkey.bsky.social for joining us today for the Kent State Brain Health Institute's speaker series. Informative talk with engaging conversations had afterward (and surely more to come throughout the day).
February 13, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Many thanks to @ericdwilkey.bsky.social for joining us today for the Kent State Brain Health Institute's speaker series. Informative talk with engaging conversations had afterward (and surely more to come throughout the day).
It's November 1st and... there's snow on the ground 🫠
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 PM
It's November 1st and... there's snow on the ground 🫠
I keep running in to some version of these Halloween trees. Is this a Midwest thing? Is it a new TikTok trend that I just don’t know about? They bring me both joy and confusion.
October 18, 2023 at 1:54 PM
I keep running in to some version of these Halloween trees. Is this a Midwest thing? Is it a new TikTok trend that I just don’t know about? They bring me both joy and confusion.
Come join us @APAdiv7 for Dr. Roberta Golinkoff’s @KathyandRo1 Presidential Address at 10AM in 207A of the convention center!
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Come join us @APAdiv7 for Dr. Roberta Golinkoff’s @KathyandRo1 Presidential Address at 10AM in 207A of the convention center!
Finally, @ldsteinberg, member of
@APAdiv7, and new recipient of the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Psychology, is giving a major address at
@APA on August 5th at 1PM. Hope to see you there!
@APAdiv7, and new recipient of the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Psychology, is giving a major address at
@APA on August 5th at 1PM. Hope to see you there!
November 12, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Finally, @ldsteinberg, member of
@APAdiv7, and new recipient of the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Psychology, is giving a major address at
@APA on August 5th at 1PM. Hope to see you there!
@APAdiv7, and new recipient of the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Psychology, is giving a major address at
@APA on August 5th at 1PM. Hope to see you there!
At our @APADiv7 Business Meeting, we'll also honor our 2023 Awardees.
November 12, 2024 at 1:32 PM
At our @APADiv7 Business Meeting, we'll also honor our 2023 Awardees.
Folks, we are one week out! @APAdiv7 has an exciting lineup planned, and we hope you'll join us.
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Folks, we are one week out! @APAdiv7 has an exciting lineup planned, and we hope you'll join us.