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Dr. Rosa Toro
Class of 2003, B.A. in Psychology
Where have you worked and/or studied since you graduated from USC?
2003-2005: Research assistant with Dr. Farver
2005-2010: Graduate Student at UC, Riverside
2011-2013: Postdoctoral Research Associate for the MacArthur Network on How housing Matters for Families with Children, Tufts University, Boston, MA
2013-present: Assistant Professor, CSU, Fresno
What was the most beneficial thing you did as a student at USC to prepare you for post-graduation?
Without a doubt I can identify two equally important factors that contributed to my post-graduation activities. The first was the relevant course work that I took while at USC. Specifically, Developmental Psychology (taught by Dr. Manis) and Children’s Social Development (taught by Dr. Farver). Both of these courses highlighted that my future career activities would involve, in one way or another, the study of children’s development. The other factor is the research experience I gained as an undergraduate student in Dr. Farver’s Emergent Literacy Lab. This experience expanded by research repertoire and expertise in terms of the intricacies of on-field data collection as well as the procedures involving data analysis.
What course did you enjoy the most?
Children’s Social Development
If you were an undergraduate again, is there anything that you would do differently?
No
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