Jamie Jirout
jamiejirout.bsky.social
Jamie Jirout
@jamiejirout.bsky.social
UVA Ed Associate Professor - Applied Developmental Science, some Ed Psych. Curious about all things related to curiosity and learning, creativity, intellectual humility, open-mindedness, etc. Mom to 3.
Local artist who sometimes makes murals with local youth: www.whoislauralee.com Scroll down the page for some examples.
Cartoonist + Teaching Artist Laura Lee Gulledge ✍🏽💫
Explore the creative world of Laura Lee Gulledge's art, murals, and graphic novels!
www.whoislauralee.com
July 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I'm pretty sure the measuring curiosity session is on May 3 - Saturday... I'm filling in to give a talk so hope that's correct :) Thanks for posting this, I'm still struggling to find some of these on the app to add them to my schedule!
May 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
CASTL at UVA has a few examples, the most widely used is probably the literacy screeners that are used with over 260,000 kids each year! literacy.virginia.edu/background. But this was more Ed research than traditional cog dev lab work I think. It started before my time here.
Background | Virginia Literacy Partnerships
State-wide screening for early signs of reading difficulties has occurred in the Commonwealth of Virginia since 1997 and is guided under the legislative mandate called the Early Intervention Reading I...
literacy.virginia.edu
February 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Would love to be added!
November 16, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Was hoping someone would make one! Please add me!
October 20, 2024 at 3:04 PM
That said, I’ve seen post bacc lab manager positions help students figure out that they don’t want to go to graduate school when they were on the fence, or help prepare students to be competitive to get into grad school (who may otherwise not make it). So it seems like useful opportunity!
April 3, 2024 at 2:07 AM