Dr. Masnick received both her B.S. and Ph.D. in Human Development at Cornell University, and then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Carnegie Mellon University before joining the Hofstra faculty in 2003. At Hofstra she teaches courses in introductory psychology, research methods, child development, and cognitive psychology. Dr. Masnick’s research is focused on conceptual development, reasoning about numbers and scientific experimentation in children and adults, and STEM education.