Janet Boseovski
Professor of Psychology and Department Head
Psychology
Email Address: jjboseov@uncg.edu
Phone: 336.256.0015
Education
Ph.D. Psychology, Queen’s University
M.A. Applied Developmental Psychology, McGill University
B.Sc. Psychology, University of Toronto
Courses Taught
- Developmental Psychology
- Graduate Proseminar in Experimental Psychology
- Honors Independent Study
Research
Janet Boseovski studies social and cognitive development in 3- to 10-year-old children. Her main areas of research include children’s perceptions of power, status, and wealth, personality trait judgments about others (niceness, meanness, trustworthiness), informal learning in science center settings, and body image development. Recent projects include a book for mothers on fostering healthy body image in their daughters, forthcoming with American Psychological Association Books.
more information
Janet Boseovski currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Greensboro Science Center, and she is a member of the Board of the Jean Piaget Society. She developed “Crafts & Conversation,” a community event that has been held bi-weekly at LeBauer Park in downtown Greensboro since the park’s inception. Her laboratory, which includes undergraduate and graduate student researchers, provides fun, free, developmentally appropriate crafts for children.