Gilda Morelli

Gilda Morelli is the Department Chair and Associate Professor in the Counseling, Developmental & Educational Psychology Department at Boston College. She leads research on sociocultural and ecological factors influencing early childhood development, focusing on caregiver-child relationships and policy impacts on families.

Education:

• Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst
• M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst
• B.A., University of Massachusetts Boston

Research Interests:

• Examines infants' and young children's relational experiences across diverse cultural contexts, including the Efe hunters-gatherers of DR Congo, U.S., Guatemala, and Gabon.
• Investigates how caregivers' perceptions of scarcity affect child and family well-being.
• Advocates for culturally relevant interventions in early childhood education and policy.

Grants & Collaborations:

• 2021-2023: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant ($100K) for sociocultural policy research (collaborators: Dawn Witherspoon, Miao Qian, Tiffany Yip, Alaina Brenick, Lauren Bader).
• 2019-2021: LEGO Foundation grant ($100K) to advance culturally relevant early childhood interventions.

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