Nathan George is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Derner School of Psychology at Adelphi University. His research program is focused on three main topics:
Prior to joining the faculty at Adelphi University, Nathan was an NSF Partnership in Research and Education (PIRE) Postdoctoral Scholar in the Center for Language Science (CLS) at Penn State University. While at Penn State, Nathan worked in the Child Language and Cognition Lab, where he researched verb learning in first and second language learners under the advisement of Dr. Daniel Weiss and Dr. Carol Miller.
Nathan received his doctoral degree in developmental psychology from Temple University in 2014. Working with Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Dr. Roberta Golinkoff, his research centered on the development of children's non-linguistic representations of force and motion events. As a member of the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center, he also collaborated with Dr. Nora Newcombe and Dr. Justin Harris to apply his early work to the study of physics education by studying learning trajectories in the domain of force and motion. Prior to enrolling at Temple University, Nathan received a bachelors of science from Lehigh University in 2008.
When not conducting research or teaching, Nathan can be found spending time with family, including his nieces and nephews, following Philly and Lehigh sports, golfing, cooking, live theater, and reading.
- infants' and children's developing understanding of events and how they are represented in language.
- Barriers faced by second language learners due to variations on how words are mapped onto the world.
- The role of informal learning, such as board games or reading, in fostering cognitive cognitive skills, such as spatial reasoning, memory, and language.
Prior to joining the faculty at Adelphi University, Nathan was an NSF Partnership in Research and Education (PIRE) Postdoctoral Scholar in the Center for Language Science (CLS) at Penn State University. While at Penn State, Nathan worked in the Child Language and Cognition Lab, where he researched verb learning in first and second language learners under the advisement of Dr. Daniel Weiss and Dr. Carol Miller.
Nathan received his doctoral degree in developmental psychology from Temple University in 2014. Working with Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Dr. Roberta Golinkoff, his research centered on the development of children's non-linguistic representations of force and motion events. As a member of the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center, he also collaborated with Dr. Nora Newcombe and Dr. Justin Harris to apply his early work to the study of physics education by studying learning trajectories in the domain of force and motion. Prior to enrolling at Temple University, Nathan received a bachelors of science from Lehigh University in 2008.
When not conducting research or teaching, Nathan can be found spending time with family, including his nieces and nephews, following Philly and Lehigh sports, golfing, cooking, live theater, and reading.