Dr. Rebekah Richert
Full Professor of Psychology and
Director, Childhood Cognition Lab
University of California, Riverside
Ph. D., University of Virginia, 2003
office: 3111G Psychology
phone:(951) 827-4804
e-mail: rebekahr@ucr.edu
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Rebekah Richert is a full professor of Psychology and the Director of the Childhood Cognition Lab at the University of California, Riverside. Based on her training in cognitive development, Dr. Richert has developed various lines of research into how children’s developing social cognition influences their understanding of religion, fantasy, and media. Her research team is nearly done with data collection from a JTF-funded, 6-wave longitudinal study of the development of religious cognitions in early childhood in children from various religious background. Her research has been published in top journals in developmental psychology, including Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, and the British Journal of Developmental Psychology, as well as journals specifically devoted to the psychology of religion, including Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion and the Journal of Cognition & Culture. Dr. Richert’s research has been funded by the National Science Foundation (including as PI of a 5-year Collaborative Research Grant), the Social Science Research Council, the John Templeton Foundation, and the Templeton World Charity Trust.