Tamara Spiewak Toub is a graduate student working with Dr. Repacholi in the Social and Emotional Development Lab. Currently, Tamara's research focuses on infants' understanding of other people's emotions and how these emotions influence infants' behavior. Her other interests include early peer and family relationships and their influences on children's social and emotional development. After earning a Bachelor's degree in Psychology at Harvard University, Tamara worked in NYC as a research assistant. Her projects included the School-Age Care Project at the Cornell Early Childhood Program and a variety of early language development studies in the Psychology Department at Hunter College.