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1 May 28, 2016 Rizzo - 1 EDUCATION Michael Thomas Rizzo 3942 Campus Drive Suite 3304 University of Maryland, College Park College Park, MD, Phone: (630) [email protected] 2017 (Expected) Ph.D., Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland Area of specialization: Developmental Science. Advisor: Melanie Killen 2012 B.S. Psychology, University of California, San Diego. Cum Laude. Honor s thesis advisor: David Liu AWARDS AND HONORS National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/National Institutes of Health Pre-doctoral Traineeship in Social Development, 3 years (PI: Prof. M. Killen & Co-PI: Prof. Allan Wigfield) 2016 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Travel Award ($500) 2015 Support Program for Advancing Research and Collaboration (SPARC) Award, College of Education, University of Maryland. ($1000) 2015 William James Prize for the best contributed paper by a graduate student (Honorable Mention) from the Society for Philosophy and Psychology 2015 Society for Research in Child Development Travel Award ($300) 2014 HDQM Departmental Graduate Travel Award, University of Maryland ($400) 2013 Society for Research in Child Development Travel Award ($300) 2013 Jacob K Goldhaber Travel Award ($400) 2013 HDQM Departmental Graduate Travel Grant, University of Maryland ($400) Honors in Psychology, University of California, San Diego Warren College Provost Honor Roll, University of California, San Diego 2009 CCAA (NCAA II) All Academic Award, University of California, San Diego 2009 University Honor Roll, Indiana University RESEARCH INTERESTS Social-Cognitive Development, Moral Development, Resource Allocation, Conceptions of Fairness, Theory of Mind, Group Processes SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Articles Rizzo, M. T., & Killen, M. (in press). Children s understanding of equity in the context of inequality. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. Rizzo, M. T., Elenbaas, L., Cooley, S., & Killen, M. (in press). Children s recognition of fairness and others welfare in a resource allocation task: Age related changes. Developmental Psychology. Smith, C. E., Noh, J. Y., Rizzo, M. T., & Harris, P. L. (in press). When and why parents prompt their

2 May 28, 2016 Rizzo - 2 children to apologize: The roles of transgression type and parenting style. Journal of Family Studies. Mulvey, K. L., Rizzo, M. T., & Killen, M. (2015). Challenging gender stereotypes: The role of theory of mind. Developmental Science. Killen, M., & Rizzo, M. T. (2014). Morality, intentionality, and intergroup attitudes. Behaviour, 151, [Reprinted in F.B.M. de Waal, P. S. Churchland, T. Pievani, & S. Parmigiani (Eds.), Evolved Morality: The Biology and Philosophy of Human Conscience, 2014, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Publishers]. Chapters in Edited Volumes Rizzo, M. T., McGuire, L., Rutland, A., & Killen, M. (in press). Peer exclusion and moral development. In K. H. Rubin, W. Bukowski & B. Laursen (2016) (Eds.), Handbook of Peer Interactions, Relationships, and Groups. New York: Guilford Publications. Killen, M., Elenbaas, L., Rizzo, M. T., & Rutland, A. (2016). The role of group processes in social exclusion and resource allocation decisions. In A. Rutland, D. Nesdale, & C. Spears Brown (Eds.). Handbook of group processes. NY: Wiley Encyclopedia Contributions Rizzo, M. T. & Killen, M. (in press). Social exclusion. SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development. SAGE Publications Manuscripts in Revision and Under Review Elenbaas, L., Rizzo, M. T., Cooley, S., & Killen, M. (revise-and-resubmit, Cognition). Children rectify social resource inequalities: Age differences based on status and group identity. University of Maryland. Rizzo, M. T., & Killen, M. (under review, Psychological Science). Mental state knowledge is related to children s allocation of resources in gender stereotypic contexts. University of Maryland Rizzo, M. T., Li, L., Burkholder, A. R., & Killen, M. (under review, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology). Children s evaluations of unintended false claims to resources, University of Maryland. Li, L., Rizzo, M. T., Burkholder, A. R., & Killen, M. (under review, Cognitive Development). Theory of Mind and Resource Allocations in the Context of Hidden Inequality. University of Maryland. Smith, C. E., & Rizzo, M. T. (under review, Developmental Science). Children's views on confessionand lying-related emotions: Developmental differences and connections to parent reports of behavior. University of Michigan.

3 May 28, 2016 Rizzo - 3 Manuscripts in Preparation Rizzo, M. T., Mulvey, K. L., & Killen, M. (in prep). Children s desire to play with peers who challenge gender stereotypes: The roles of contact and stereotypes. University of Maryland Rizzo, M. T., Cooley, S., Elenbaas, L., & Killen, M. (in prep). Preschoolers inclusion decisions based on moral and conventional norms. University of Maryland INVITED PRESENTATIONS Rizzo, M. T. (2015, April). The context-dependence of children's conceptions of fairness regarding resource allocations: Knowledge and behavior. Paper presented at the Social Minds Graduate Conference, Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. NATIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Rizzo, M. T. & Killen, M. (2016, March). Gender inequalities in childhood: Developing gender stereotypes regarding merit. Poster presented at the University of Maryland, College of Education Graduate Student Research Symposium, College Park, Maryland. Burkholder, A. R., Rizzo, M. T., Li, L., D'Esterre, A. P., & Killen, M. (2016, March). Children s attributions of intentions and evaluations in an ambiguous resource allocation context. Poster presented at the University of Maryland, College of Education Graduate Student Research Symposium, College Park, Maryland. D'Esterre, A. P., Rizzo, M. T., Li, L., Burkholder, A. R., & Killen, M. (2016, March). Children's attributions of blame in a resource allocation task: The role of mental state attribution. Poster to be presented at the University of Maryland, College of Education Graduate Student Research Symposium, College Park, MD. D'Esterre, A. P., Rizzo, M. T., Li, L., Burkholder, A. R., & Killen, M. (2016, May). Do children assign blame as a function of their ability to attribute the mental state of knowledge to others?: Testing social cognitive abilities in a resource allocation task. Poster to be presented at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Sciences, Chicago, Illinois. Burkholder, A. R., Rizzo, M. T., Li, L., D'Esterre, A. P., & Killen, M. (2016, May). Attribution of intentions mediates the relationship between age and evaluation of an unintended false claim to resources. Poster to be presented at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Sciences, Chicago, Illinois. Rizzo, M. T., Elenbaas, L., Meirama, S., & Killen (2016, January). Income inequality in preschoolers: How gender stereotypes influence conceptions of merit. Poser presented at the 17 th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, California. Elenbaas, L., Rizzo, M. T., & Killen, M. (2016, January). Children rectify inequalities for disadvantaged groups. Poster presented at the 17 th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, California.

4 May 28, 2016 Rizzo - 4 Rizzo, M. T. & Killen, M. (2015, June). Early emerging conceptions of equity and merit: The influence of resource type. Paper presented at the Society for Philosophy and Psychology Annual Meeting, Raleigh, NC. Rizzo, M. T., Elenbaas, L., Cooley, S., & Killen, M. (2015, March). Children s conceptions of fairness regarding merit and poverty when allocating luxury and necessary resources. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Li, L., Rizzo, M. T., & Killen, M. (2015, March). Children consider others welfare and resource type into their conceptions of fairness in resource allocations. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Li, L., Rizzo, M. T., & Killen, M. (2015, March). Children s reasoning for rejecting unfair allocations of luxury and necessary resources. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Elenbaas, L., Cooley, S., Rizzo, M.T., & Killen, M. (2015, March). Children rectify social inequalities regarding access to educational resources. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Hitti, A., Cooley, S., Noh, J., Elenbaas, L., Rizzo, M. T., & Killen, M. (2015, March). Group and individual level factors that contribute to the perpetuation of ethnically homogeneous peer groups. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Rizzo, M. T., Li, L., Choi, E., & Killen, M. (2014, August). Children s conceptions of merit-based fairness: Allocations, judgments, and reasoning. Poster presented at the Cutting Edge Research from Emerging Psychological Scientists: Late-Breaking Poster Session at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. Rizzo, M. T., Elenbaas, L., Cooley, S., Choi, E. & Killen, M. (2014, August). Children weigh effort and poverty when allocating resources. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. Mulvey, K. L., Rizzo, M. T., Elenbaas, L., & Killen, M. (2014, August). The role of social-cognition in understanding gender stereotypes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. Elenbaas, L., Rizzo, M.T., & Killen, M. (2014, July). Preschoolers rectify resource inequalities and ensure fair distribution of necessary goods. Poster presented at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Biennial Conference, Portland, OR. Mulvey, K. L., Rizzo, M. T., Elenbaas, L., & Killen, M. (2014, July). Social-cognitive development, group norms, and children s support for peers who challenge gender stereotypes. Paper presented at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Biennial Conference Portland, OR.

5 May 28, 2016 Rizzo - 5 Rizzo, M. T., Elenbaas, L., Choi, E., & Killen, M. (2014, May). Children s judgments of merit-based and equal distributions of resources when recipients have effort-based and need-based claims. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, San Francisco, CA. Rizzo, M. T., Elenbaas, L., Choi, E., & Killen, M. (2014, May). Children allocate luxury and necessary resources differently based on effort and poverty claims. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, San Francisco, CA. Rizzo, M. T., Cooley, S., Elenbaas, L., Choi, E. & Killen, M. (2014, May). Children s conceptions of merit: Allocations and judgments of necessary and luxury resource-allocations. Poster presented at the Association of Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA. Rizzo, M. T., Elenbaas, L., Cooley, S., Choi, E. & Killen, M. (2014, May). Children s responses to inequity: Resource allocations and judgments of equal- and poverty-attenuating-allocations. Poster presented to the Association of Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA. Mulvey, K. L., Rizzo, M. T., & Killen, M. (2014, April). Challenging gender stereotypes: The role of theory of mind. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rizzo, M. T., Mulvey, K. L., Hicks, C. M., & Liu, D. (2013, June). Preschoolers reactions to parental rules for moral, conventional, and unexplained transgressions. Poster presented at the 43 rd annual Jean Piaget Society. Chicago, Illinois. Cooley, S., Mulvey, K. L., Rizzo, M. T., & Killen, M. (2013, June). Children s evaluations of nonconformity in moral and non-moral group contexts. Poster presented at the 43 rd annual Jean Piaget Society. Chicago, Illinois. Mulvey, K. L., Beissert, H., Rizzo, M. T., & Killen, M. (2013, June). Do groups exclude those who challenge them? Poster presented at the 43 rd annual Jean Piaget Society. Chicago, Illinois. Hitti, A., Noh, J., Rizzo, M. T., & Killen, M. (2013, April). Children s and adolescents judgments about inclusion and exclusion: The role of culture, shared interests and group norm. Poster presented at Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, Washington. Kelly, M., Mulvey, K. L., Hitti, A., Rizzo, M. T., & Killen, M. (2013, April). Morality and theory of mind: Children s reasoning about intergroup transgressions. Poster presented at Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, Washington. Rizzo, M. T., Hicks, C. M., & Liu, D., (2012, June). Preschoolers reactions to explained and unexplained rules. Poster presented at University of California, San Diego Honors Psychology Presentations, La Jolla, CA. Rizzo, M. T., Hicks, C. M., & Liu, D., (2012, April). Preschoolers reactions to explained and unexplained rules. Poster presented at seventh annual Southern California Conference on Cognitive and Language Development, La Jolla, CA. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

6 May 28, 2016 Rizzo - 6 Killen, M., Elenbaas, L., & Rizzo, M. T. (2016, July). Mental state knowledge and intergroup competence are necessary for fair allocation of resources. Paper to be presented at the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Vilnius, Lithuania. Elenbaas, L., & Rizzo, M.T. (2014, September). Preschoolers rectify resource inequalities and ensure fair distribution of necessary goods. Poster presented at the British Psychological Society Developmental Section Annual Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Elenbaas, L., Rizzo, M.T., Cooley, S., & Noh, J. (2014, September). Kindergartners resource allocations in the context of educational inequalities. Poster presented at the British Psychological Society Developmental Section Annual Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Jan 2014 Present Graduate Research Coordinator, Project titled: Gender stereotypes and conceptions of merit in resource allocation (PI: Prof. Melanie Killen, University of Maryland). Investigating how children s gender stereotypes influence conceptions of merit in a resource allocation context. Duties: Design and execution of one study on this topic including instrument development, participant recruitment, pilot testing, data collection, data analysis, and anticipated publication and conference presentations. Jun 2014 Present Graduate Research Coordinator, Project titled: Resource allocation and Theory of Mind (PI: Prof. Melanie Killen, University of Maryland). Investigating how children s social-cognitive, ToM abilities influence their moral judgments and conceptions of fair resource allocations. Duties: Design and execution of one study on this topic including instrument development, participant recruitment, pilot testing, data collection, data analysis, and anticipated publication and conference presentations. Jul Present Graduate Research Coordinator, Project titled: Fair allocations of resources: Children s understanding of merit and resources (PI: Prof M. Killen, University of Maryland). Investigating children s conceptions of fairness (i.e. effort, poverty, and ability), and the differences between necessary and luxury resources, in resource allocation. Duties: Design and execution of two studies on this topic including instrument development, participant recruitment, pilot testing, data collection, data analysis, conference presentations, and anticipated publication. Jan Present Graduate Research Assistant, Project titled: Challenging peer groups gender stereotypes with Theory of Mind (PIs: Asst Prof. Dr. Kelly Lynn Mulvey, University of South Carolina and Prof. Melanie Killen, University of Maryland). The role of Theory of Mind ability in preschool-aged children s willingness to challenge gender-based group stereotypes. The data were collected and analyzed at the University of Maryland while Dr. Mulvey was a graduate student, and the collaboration continued during her transition to the University of South Carolina.

7 May 28, 2016 Rizzo - 7 Duties: Assisted with the design and execution of one study on this topic including assisting with instrument development, pilot testing, data collection, coauthorship on conference presentations, and co-authorship on anticipated publication. Nov Present Graduate Research Assistant, Project titled: Children s resource allocation decisions in the context of group-based social inequities. (PIs: Laura Elenbaas and Prof. Melanie Killen, University of Maryland). Children's decisions and reasoning about the allocation of limited resources in the U.S. on the basis of race. Children's associations of race, wealth, and status in the U.S. Duties: Assisted with the execution of one study on this topic including instrument development, pilot testing, data collection, co-authorship on conference presentations, and co-authorship on anticipated publications. Oct Present Graduate Research Assistant, Project titled: Obligatory helping in toddlers. (PIs: Prof J. Beier and Prof M. Killen, University of Maryland). Investigated 20- to 36-month-olds behavioral responses to individuals who do not help others, to assess their expectations regarding the obligatory nature of helping. Duties: Assisted with the development and execution of one study on this topic including the development of an experimental paradigm, pilot testing, data collection, and co-authorship on anticipated conference presentations and publications. Aug Present Graduate Research Assistant, Project titled: Children and adolescents interpretations of peer-based social exclusion. (PI: Shelby Cooley and Prof. Melanie Killen, University of Maryland). Study investigates children s perceptions of intergroup social exclusion, with a specific focus on children s and adolescents evaluations of exclusion on the basis of group membership, and the extent to which social reasoning about exclusion is related to racial identity, perceptions of status, unfair treatment, and intergroup contact Duties: Assisted with the development and execution of one study on this topic including instrument development, data collection, and co-authorship on conference presentations. Aug Present Graduate Research Assistant, Project titled Children s perceptions of peer relationships (PI: Shelby Cooley and Prof M. Killen, University of Maryland). How children interpret intentions in dyadic, interracial peer encounters. Study examines if interpretations of these ambiguous peer interactions change with age and if it bears on how children make decisions about the potential for friendship and parental attitudes about friendship Duties: Assisted with the execution of one study on this topic including data collection, co-authorship on conference presentations, and co-authorship on anticipated publications. Aug Present Graduate Research Assistant, Project titled: Trust and consensus regarding novel object labeling and social exclusion (PIs: Prof I. Enesco, Complutense de Madrid and Prof M. Killen, University of Maryland).

8 May 28, 2016 Rizzo - 8 How young children use the opinion of a majority group and dissenter to make decisions in social contexts. Study 1: object naming and evaluation of peer social exclusion (Spanish and U.S. samples); study 2: object naming and evaluation of peer intentions (U.S. sample); and study 3: object naming, evaluation of peer social exclusion, evaluation of peer intentions (Korean sample). Duties: Assisted with the execution of one study on this topic including instrument development and data collection. Apr Jul 2012 Lab Manager, Brain and Cognitive Development Lab (PI: Prof. D. Liu, University of California, San Diego). Sep Jul 2012 Honors Program Student, University of California, San Diego: Honors Psychology Program (PI: Prof. G. Heyman and Prof. D. Liu, University of California, San Diego). Thesis: Preschoolers Reactions to Explained and Unexplained Rules Jul Jul 2012 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Brain and Cognitive Development Lab (PI: Prof. D. Liu, University of California, San Diego). FUNDING SOURCES Aug Jul 2016 NIH/NICHD Trainee, Graduate Training Program in Social Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 3 years funded (PI: Prof M. Killen). Aug Jul 2013 Graduate Research Assistantship, College of Education, University of Maryland (PI: Prof M. Killen, University of Maryland). EDITORIAL AND REVIEW EXPERIENCE Ad Hoc Reviewer 1. Child Development 2. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 3. Cognitive Development 4. Social Development 5. PLOS One 6. Behaviour 7. UMD Social Minds Graduate Conference (Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland) CONSULTING EXPERIENCE 2014 Consultant, All Together Now: Erasing Racism. Director, Priscilla Brice, Sydney, Australia. Member of an advisory team (University of Maryland group: Melanie Killen, Laura Elenbaas, Michael Rizzo) assisting with designing a mobile phone app for an anti-bias, anti-racism curriculum for 8-10 year olds based on a successfully launched current mobile app produced for

9 May 28, 2016 Rizzo year olds which won second prize for the Intercultural Innovation Award from BMW Group and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED 2012 Graduate Research Co-organizer for the Graduate Field Committee in Developmental Science Workshop entitled Morality: An interdisciplinary field linking the brain, behavior, and society, December 7, 2012, University of Maryland. TEACHING AND MENTORSHIP 2016 Guest Lectures on Moral Development University of Maryland, College Park Undergraduate Course: Child Growth and Development Professor: Geetha Ramani 2015 Present Graduate Mentor for Sarah Meirama (undergraduate), Maryland Summer Scholar. Project Title: Gender stereotypes and conceptions of merit in resource allocation. Duties include: Providing feedback on an undergraduate fellowship application to conduct a summer research project, providing one-on-one training in how to conduct a research project in developmental science including instruction on study design, instrument development, pilot testing and analyses, participant recruitment, data collection, and mentorship regarding post-graduate career goals Present Graduate Mentor for Leon Li (undergraduate), Maryland Summer Scholar, Senior Project. Project Title: Resource allocation and theory of mind. Duties include: Providing feedback on an undergraduate fellowship application to conduct a summer research project, providing one-on-one training in how to conduct a research project in developmental science including instruction on study design, instrument development, pilot testing and analyses, participant recruitment, and data collection, mentorship regarding post-graduate career goals, assisting in the submission and presentation of conference presentations to the American Psychological Association and the Society for Research in Child Development Present Assistance with supervising undergraduate research assistants in the Social and Moral Development Laboratory, University of Maryland (Professor Melanie Killen). Duties include: Familiarizing undergraduate students with developmental theory on social cognition and moral reasoning, training on interview methodology, data collection techniques, and preparation for data analyses. In addition, duties include assisting undergraduate students with final course requirement involving power point presentations of selected findings, and providing professional development feedback on post-graduate career goals Teaching Assistant, Course: Introduction to Psychology (University of California, San Diego, Prof. K. Vanderbilt). Duties: Teaching a weekly section, developing, proctoring and grading weekly quizzes; and developing, proctoring, and grading exams.

10 May 28, 2016 Rizzo - 10 PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Society for Personality and Social Psychology Society for Philosophy and Psychology American Psychological Association Association for Psychological Science Society for Research in Child Development Jean Piaget Society