Professional Positions
2022 - Present          Assistant Professor
                                    University of the Fraser Valley

​2019 - 2022              Postdoctoral Research Fellow
                                    University of California, San Diego
Education
​2019                           Ph.D., Psychology
​                                    University of Waterloo
2014                           MA.Sc., Developmental and Communication Science
                                    University of Waterloo
2012                           Joint Honours B.A., Psychology and Social Development Studies
                                    University of Waterloo
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Honours and Awards
2020     Warren Ober Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student, University of Waterloo
2020     Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship ($90,000)    
​2019     Doctoral Thesis Completion Award
2018     Student Travel Award, Development 2018
2016     NSERC Doctoral Postgraduate Scholarship (PGS-D) ($42,000)    
2016     University of Waterloo President's Graduate Scholarship
2015     University Waterloo Graduate Scholarship
2014     Provost Doctoral Entrance Award for Women
2014     Student Travel Award, Development 2014
2014     Best First Year Poster, Graduate Psychology Discovery Conference
2008     Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top Scholarship
2008     University of Waterloo Merit Scholarship
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Chaired Symposia
Varieties of value: Factors influencing children's differing forms of regard for objects. (April 2021). Society for Research in Child Development
Non-obvious factors influencing the value children place on objects. (April 2017). Society for Research in Child Development.
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Selected Conference Presentations
2021
Pesowski, M.L., Kelemen, D., & Schachner. A. (July 2021). Children use artifacts to infer others' shared interests. Talk given at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
Pesowski, M.L., Powell, L.J., Cikara, M., & Schachner, A. (April 2021). Cooperation or competition: Do children consider resource scarcity when inferring friendships from imitation? Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. 
2020
Pesowski, M.L., Quy, A., Lee, M., & Schachner, A. (July 2020). Children use inverse planning to detect social transmission in design of artifacts. Talk given at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
2019
Pesowski, M.L., & Friedman, O. (October 2019). Liking and caring: Children distinguish between different forms of regard. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society. Louisville, Kentucky.
Pesowski, M.L., Kanngiesser, P., & Friedman, O. (March 2019). Two- and three-year-olds respect others’ ownership rights when taking and allocating resources. Talk given at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Baltimore, Maryland.
2017
Pesowski, M.L. & Friedman, O. (October 2017). What makes it special? Children consider history for functional objects, but not for stuffed animals. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society. Portland, Oregon.  
2016
Pesowski, M.L. & Friedman, O. (July 2016). Young children use ownership to predict people’s behaviors and emotions. Talk given at the 31st International Congress of Psychology. Yokohama, Japan. 
2015
Pesowski, M.L. & Friedman, O. (March 2015). Preschoolers use emotions to infer who owns what. Talk given at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Pesowski, M.L., Denison, S., & Friedman, O. (October 2015). Young children consider constraints when inferring people’s preferences. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society. Columbus, Ohio.
Pesowski, M.L. & Friedman, O. (March 2015). Preschoolers use ownership to predict people’s behaviors. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Friedman, O. & Pesowski, M.L. (March 2015). Preschoolers and toddlers consider ownership in judging people’s emotions. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2014
Pesowski, M.L. & Friedman, O. (June 2014). Children’s understanding of the relations between ownership and emotions. Talk given at the 75th Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Pesowski, M.L. & Friedman, O. (July 2014). Predicting how people feel: Ownership matters for preschoolers. Poster presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Pesowski, M.L., Summers, P.C., & Friedman, O. (June 2014). Ownership influences our emotions and behaviors. Poster presented at the Society for Philosophy and Psychology 40th Annual Meeting. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
2013
Pesowski, M.L. & Friedman, O. (October 2013). Preschoolers consider ownership when predicting emotions. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society. Memphis, Tennessee.
Pesowski, M.L., Nancekivell, S., & Friedman, O. (February 2013). Who likes it? Who owns it? Children’s differential stereotypes. Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment Conference. Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
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