College of Education and Human Development

Institute of Child Development

Beyza Kazan

  • Pronouns: she, her, hers

  • Doctoral Student

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

  • kazan023@umn.edu
Beyza Kazan

Areas of interest

Cognitive development; Culture, cross-culture; Infancy; Relationships; Social and emotional development; Theory of mind

Degrees

BA Psychology & Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Bahcesehir University, 2022

Biography

Beyza is a first year PhD student working with Dr. Charisse Pickron and Dr. Melissa Koenig. She previously worked with Dr. Elizabeth Spelke and Dr. Ashley Thomas at Harvard University, focusing on understanding social relationships. She is interested in how infants and children make inferences of the world within social contexts.