Child ISE

Gabriela Alicia Martorell was born in Seattle, Washington, but moved as a toddler to Guatemala. At eight, she returned to the United States and lived in Northern California until leaving for her undergraduate training at the University of California, Davis. After obtaining her B.S. in Psychology, she earned her Ph.D. in Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology with an interdisciplinary emphasis in Human Development from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She now works as a Full Professor of Psychology at Virginia Wesleyan University and serves as the chair of the Institutional Review Board. Gabi maintains an active teaching schedule and teaches courses in Introductory Psychology, Lifespan Human Development, Infant Development, Child Development, Adolescent Development, Culture and Development, Evolutionary Psychology, Research Methods, Original Research Project and Capstone community-based learning courses in Early Childhood Education and Adulthood and Aging. She is committed to teaching, mentoring, and advising. She recently concluded a 5-year longitudinal National Science Foundation grant focused on the retention of higher education students from traditionally underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering, and math. She is also a volunteer trainer for Court Appointed Special Advocates, and a group fitness instructor for the YMCA of South Hampton Roads. 

1.Introduction to Child Development
2.Conception, Heredity, and Environment
3.Pregnancy and Prenatal Development
4.Birth and the Newborn
5.Physical Development and Health in Infants and Toddlers
6.Cognitive Development in Infants and Toddlers
7.Psychosocial Development in Infants and Toddlers
8.Physical Development and Health in Early Childhood
9.Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
10.Psychosocial Development in Early Childhood
11.Physical Development and Health in Middle Childhood
12.Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
13.Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood
14.Physical Development and Health in Adolescence
15.Cognitive Development in Adolescence
16.Psychosocial Development in Adolescence