College of Education and Human Development

Institute of Child Development

Romulus Castelo

  • Pronouns: he, him, his

  • Doctoral Student

  • Institute of Child Development
    Carmen D. and James R. Campbell Hall
    51 East River Parkway
    Minneapolis, MN 55455

  • caste151@umn.edu
Romulus Castelo

Areas of interest

Cognitive development; Executive function; Families and parenting;

Degrees

BS Psychology, minor, Neuroscience; University of Maryland, 2016
MA Dev Psychology, University of Minnesota, 2021

Biography

My research revolves around better understanding the influence of early life adversity, specifically post-institutionalization, on cognitive development. Another line of work examines parenting and how it may support the development of executive function in young children.

Publications

Castelo, R. J., Meuwissen, A. S., Distefano, R., McClelland, M. M., Galinsky, E., Zelazo, P. D., & Carlson, S. M. (2022). Parent provision of choice is a key component of autonomy support in predicting child executive function skills. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 773492.