DR. SARAH KUCKER

Assistant Professor; Lab Director

Dr. Sarah Kucker is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Southern Methodist University. She moved to SMU in the spring of 2023 and has previously held a faculty position at Oklahoma State University (OSU) and the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (UWO), as well as completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Callier Center for Communication Disorders at the University of Texas Dallas (UTD). She received her PhD in Psychology and Developmental Science from the University of Iowa. She currently directs the SMU KID (Kids in Development) Lab and mentors the wonderful students who work with her (see below). Her research focuses on word learning, categorization, and the developmental trajectories of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with a current focus on the role of digital media in these processes. She also teaches a number of undergraduate and graduate courses on developmental psychology and research methods.