Dr. Immordino-Yang’s research focuses on the neural, psychophysiological and psychological bases of social emotion, self-awareness and culture and their implications for children’s development and successful learning in school. She uses her research to assist educators and parents in supporting children’s healthy development and meaningful learning.
She was awarded the American Educational Research Association’s Early Career Award for 2014 as well as the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s 2013 Early Career Award for Public Engagement for Science and Technology. The Association for Psychological Science named her a Rising Star in 2011, and she has received numerous other awards including the Cozzarelli Prize, presented by the National Academy of Sciences. She also was the inaugural recipient of the Award for Transforming Education through Neuroscience.
Dr. Immordino-Yang has served as a content contributor to Neuroscience & the Classroom: Making Connections, a course designed for K-12 teachers distributed through Annenberg Learner, an organization dedicated to excellence in teaching. She has been active in raising awareness of the role that storytelling and constructive internal reflection have on brain development, and delivered a 2011 TEDx talk on “Embodied Brains, Social Minds.” Her work has been mentioned in media outlets including National Public Radio and the Los Angeles Register.
Dr. Immordino-Yang is an assistant professor of education at the Rossier School of Education, an assistant professor of psychology at the Brain and Creativity Institute and a member of the Neuroscience Graduate Program Faculty, all at the University of Southern California. A former public school teacher, she earned her doctorate from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education in 2005, where she received grants from the Spencer Foundation and American Association of University Women Educational Foundation.
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