CV
Kristen Gilyard
📧 kristen_gilyard@g.harvard.edu
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Research Experience
The Bergelson Lab — Cambridge, MA
Graduate Research Associate
2022–Present
Supervisor: Elika Bergelson, Ph.D.
The Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development — Durham, NC
Graduate Research Practicum Student
2023–2024
Supervisor: Elena Tenenbaum, Ph.D.
The Marsh Lab — Durham, NC
Graduate Research Practicum Student
2023
Supervisor: Elizabeth J. Marsh, Ph.D.
The Pepperberg Lab — Cambridge, MA
Research Assistant
2019–2020
Supervisor: Irene Pepperberg, Ph.D.
The Spelke Lab — Cambridge, MA
Research Assistant
2019
Supervisor: Elizabeth Spelke, Ph.D.
The Cognitive Neuroscience Group — Charlestown, MA
Research Assistant
2019–2021
Supervisor: Yael Arbel, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
The Martinos Center — Charlestown, MA
Research Assistant
2019
Supervisor: Chiara Maffei, Ph.D.
Education
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences — Cambridge, MA
Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology (Expected May 2027)
Advisor: Dr. Elika Bergelson
Harvard University — Cambridge, MA
Master of Education
Harvard University — Cambridge, MA
A.B. in Neuroscience and Mathematics
Teaching Experience
Harvard University — Cambridge, MA
Teaching Fellow for The Emotion Mind
Professor: Leah Somerville, Ph.D.
Spring 2024
Harvard University — Cambridge, MA
Teaching Fellow for Developmental Psychology
Professor: Ashley Thomas, Ph.D.
Fall 2024
Lotus Learning — Cambridge, MA
Academic and Executive Functioning Coach and Tutor
2021–2024
Skills & Licenses
- Proficient in R, Python, SAGE, Excel, LaTeX, MATLAB, Mathematica
- Proficient in task programming with Qualtrics
- Proficient in Spanish and American Sign Language
- Massachusetts Educator Licensure
Service & Outreach
- Meeting on Language in Autism Volunteer — 2023
- Duke University Neuroscience Experience High School Outreach Member — 2022–2023
- Boston Preparatory Charter School Choir Director — 2021–2022
- Harvard Non-Resident Tutor for Dunster House — 2021–2022
- MIHNUET - Music In Hospitals and Nursing Homes Using Entertainment as Therapy — 2017–2022
- Chelsea High School Summer Math Teacher — 2021
Papers
Tenenbaum, E. J., Stone, C., Vu, M. H., Gilyard, K. R., Hare, M., Arunachalam, S., Bergelson, E., Frank, M. C., Hamlin, J. K., Kline Struhl, M., Landa, R. J., Lew-Williams, C., Libertus, M. E., Luyster, R. J., Markant, J., Sheinkopf, S. J., Wagner, J. B., Park, K., Grapel, J. N., Soderling, A. I., Waterman, A. K., Jeste, S. (in press).
Remote Infant Studies of Early Learning (RISE): scalable online replications of key findings in infant cognitive development. Developmental Psychology.
Tenenbaum, E. J., Stone, C., Vu, M. H., Hare, M., Gilyard, K. R., Arunachalam, S., Bergelson, E., Bishop, S. L., Frank, M. C., Hamlin, J. K., Kline Struhl, M., Landa, R. J., Lew-Williams, C., Libertus, M. E., Luyster, R. J., Markant, J., Sabatos-DeVito, M., Sheinkopf, S. J., Wagner, J. B., … Jeste, S. (2025).
Remote Infant Studies of Early Learning (RISE): Scalable online replications of key findings in infant cognitive development. Developmental Psychology, 61(1), 151–167.
Conference Talks and Poster Presentations
Gilyard, K., & Bergelson, E. Where do New Words Come From? Novel noun learning during naturalistic picture book reading in 14-, 18-, and 22-month-olds. International Congress on Child Language, Prague, Czech Republic, Jul 2024.
Gilyard, K., & Bergelson, E. Novel noun learning during naturalistic picture book reading in 14-, 18-, and 22-month-olds. International Congress on Infant Studies, Glasgow, Scotland, Jul 2024.
Luyster, R., Sheinkopf, S.J., Stone, C., Hare, M., Gilyard, K., Vu, M.H., Kline Struhl, M., Lew-Williams, C., Wagner, J., Markant, J., Arunachalam, S., Bergelson, E., Sabatos-DeVito, M., Jeste, S., & Tenenbaum, E.J.
Pilot Study of the Remote Infant Studies of Early Learning (RISE) Battery. Meeting of the International Society for Autism Research, Sydney, Australia, May 2024.Gilyard, K., Stone, C., Hare, M., Arunachalam, S., Luyster, R., Landa, R., Bergelson, E., Lew-Williams, C., Frank, M., Sheinkopf, S., Markant, J., Wagner, J., Vu, M., Sabatos-DeVito, M., Jeste, S., Tenenbaum, E.
Predictive validity of parent-report measures of infant behavior for language development [Poster presentation]. Meeting on Language in Autism, Duke University, Durham, NC, Mar 2024.Gilyard, K., Stone, C., Hare, M., Arunachalam, S., Luyster, R., Landa, R., Bergelson, E., Lew-Williams, C., Frank, M., Sheinkopf, S., Markant, J., Wagner, J., Vu, M., Sabatos-DeVito, M., Jeste, S., Tenenbaum, E.
Pilot Investigation of the Remote Infant Studies of Early Learning (RISE) Battery. In S. Jeste (Chair), Neural Circuits to Visual Attention: Biomarkers of Atypical Development in Early Infancy [Symposium]. Gatlinburg Conference, Kansas City, MO, April 2024.