Hi! I’m Aarti!

I’m currently a postdoctoral research scientist at foundry10. I am a part of the Conceptual Development Lab and the Health and Well-being team. My projects aim to research children’s and caregivers’ understanding of health and whether explanatory models can be used to support a better understanding of these topics. 

I recently finished my PhD at Boston University, where I studied how children learn about the world around them. My research explores how the explanations kids hear from others shape what they learn, and how social and contextual factors like learning environments and identity play a role in that process.

I’m also fascinated by how people think about science more broadly. A second thread of my work investigates how beliefs about science and comfort with scientific thinking affect how people learn and reason about scientific questions.

If you’d like to learn more about my work or connect for any other reason, feel free to reach out! 🙂

Contact: aartibodasphd@aartibodas
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