Madeline Harms
Faculty
I investigate how reward learning changes across development and am interested in the influences of social experience and stress on the ways in which children, adolescents, and adults perceive and respond to potential risks and rewards in their environment. I use a combination of computer-based tasks, questionnaires, interviews, and occasionally brain imaging methods in my research.
When not teaching or working on research, one can usually find me running absurdly long distances. I also enjoy hiking, cycling, yoga, and live music.
Education
Dr. Harms completed her B.A. at Wellesley College, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Child Psychology at the University of Minnesota. She then completed a 3-year post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Areas of Expertise
reward processing, early life stress, adolescence, developmental psychology, and emotion
Courses Taught
| Synonym | Title | Times Taught | Terms Taught |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSY-234 | Child Development | 6 | 2021/FA, 2020/FA, and 2018/FA |
| PSY-235 | Adult Development | 5 | 2022/SP, 2020/SP, and 2019/SP |
| PSY-100 | General Psychology | 3 | 2022/SP and 2020/SP |
| PSY-344 | AT:Childhood Adversity | 2 | 2021/SP and 2018/FA |
| PSY-210 | Prob/Chall Adolescence | 2 | 2020/JN and 2019/JN |
| PSY-244 | ST:Psych of Stress | 2 | 2019/FA |
| PSY-225 | Statistics and Research Methods II | 2 | 2019/FA and 2019/SP |
| IDS-210 | Prob/Chall Adolescence | 1 | 2022/JN |