CV
Education
2021 - Present
Ph.D. Candidate
I am a member of the Human Development and Media Lab and the Cognitive Communication Science Lab.
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I conduct my research with community partners like the Early Childhood Lab School and the Museum of Science and Curiosity.
I also partner with companies like LingoKids to assess the most effective ways to support children's learning in digital spaces.
University of California, Davis
2022-2024
M.S. Child Development
My master's work focused on how virtual reality can support children's STEM learning.
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The project was featured on KCRA as well as the UC Davis homepage.
University of California, Davis
2016-2019
B.A. Communication Studies
As an undergraduate student, I was the lab manager for the Center on Media and Human Development. I worked on NSF-funded projects about children's learning from interactive media.
Northwestern University
Publications
2025
JOURNAL OF EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH
Snyder, A.L., Shawcroft, J., Cingel, D.P., & Ruiz, J.B. (2025). Parents' differential attitudes toward children's media use by race and anxiety about children's futures. Journal of Early Childhood Research.
2025
MASS COMMUNICATION AND SOCIETY
Krcmar, M., Cingel, D. P., Vigil, S. L., & Snyder, A. L. (2025). The Effects of Fantastical Characters and Prosocial Message Duration on Children’s Narrative, Emotional, and Moral Lesson Comprehension of a Cartoon. Mass Communication and Society, 1-26.
2025
JOURNAL OF CHILDREN AND MEDIA
Shawcroft, J., Snyder, A. L., Cingel, D. P., & Ruiz, J. B. (2025). Parent problematic media use, child reactivity, and income: Context for parents’ use of media emotion regulation strategies in the United States. Journal of Children and Media, 1-22.
2025
JOURNAL OF CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES
Snyder, A. L., Taylor, L. B., & Cingel, D. P. (2025). The Family Context and the Use of Media for Emotion Regulation During Early Childhood: Testing the Tripartite Model of Children’s Emotion Regulation and Adjustment. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 1-12.
2024
JOURNAL OF CHILDREN AND MEDIA
Snyder, A. L., Cingel, D. P., & Patterson Williams, A. (2024). US Parents’ scientific literacy and efficacy: Associations with children’s STEM media engagement. Journal of Children and Media, 18(4), 543-554.
2023
MASS COMMUNICATION AND SOCIETY
Cingel, D. P., Snyder, A. L., & Vigil, S. L. (2024). Minding Children’s Media Morals: Parents’ Moral Foundation Salience Differentially Relates to Attitudes and Motivations Toward Children’s Educational Media. Mass Communication and Society, 27(5), 1085-1106.
2023
JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION
Cingel, D. P., Krcmar, M., Marple, C., & Snyder, A. L. (2023). The development and validation of a measure of moral intuition salience for children and adolescents: The Moral Intuitions and Development Scale. Journal of Communication, 73(2), 179-191.
2023
JOURNAL OF CHILDREN AND MEDIA
Snyder, A. L., Bonus, J. A., & Cingel, D. P. (2023). Representations of LGBQ+ families in young children’s media. Journal of Children and Media, 17(1), 154-160.
2023
PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS
Snyder, A.L. , LeBoeuf, L., & Lillard, A. S. (2023). “My Name Is Sally Brown, and I Hate School!”: A retrospective study of school liking among conventional and Montessori school alumni. Psychology in the Schools, 60(3), 541-565.
2022
JOURNAL OF SCHOOL CHOICE
Snyder, A.L., Tong, X., & Lillard, A. S. (2022). Standardized test proficiency in public Montessori schools. Journal of School Choice, 16(1), 105-135.