The ERAS Lab Director

Niccole A. Nelson, Ph.D.

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Research Interests

A lifespan developmental psychologist by training, I aim to identify various biological, psychological, and social resources that help individuals thrive across adulthood. I am most interested in characterizing the ways in which modifiable, real-time experiences like stress, coping, and emotion regulation relate to long-term trajectories of cognitive ability, psychological well-being, and physical functioning.

Biographical Sketch

I earned my M.A. (’18) and Ph.D. (’21) in Developmental Psychology with an Advanced Quantitative Social Sciences Minor from the University of Notre Dame, and hold a B.A. (’16) in Psychology from Illinois Wesleyan University. My postdoctoral training emphasized teaching and research, as I completed Postdoctoral Teaching Scholar (2021-22) and Research Associate (2022-23) positions following my graduate studies at the University of Notre Dame.

I joined the Colorado State University Faculty in the Fall of 2023. Go Rams!

Graduate Research Assistants

Interested in a Graduate Research Assistant position in the ERAS Lab? Please see the ‘JOIN OUR TEAM‘ page for more details!

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Ally Harder, Junior, Psychology Major

Elhanan Benti, Sophomore, Psychology/Pre-Med

Interested in an Undergraduate Research Assistant position in the ERAS Lab? Please see the ‘JOIN OUR TEAM‘ page for more details!