Tricia Striano

Who is Tricia Striano?

Tricia Striano was born in Weymouth Massachusetts. She obtained her BA in psychology from The College of the Holy Cross. She obtained her Ph.D. in Psychology from Emory University in 2000, after which she became Head of the Independent Research Group on Cultural Ontogeny at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. In 2004, Tricia Striano received the Sofia Kovalevskaya Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She used the award to build the Neurocognition and Development Group at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Leipzig. In 2008, Dr. Striano obtained her habilitation from the University of Osnabruck in Germany, and in 2010, she founded HowBabiesLearn.com. Dr. Striano is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Hunter College City University of New York.