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Jennifer Agans
Doctoral Research Assistant
Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development
Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development
Lincoln-Filene Center
Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155
Ph: (617) 627-5558
Email: Jennifer.Agans@tufts.edu

Jennifer Agans is an M.A./Ph.D. student in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University. She earned a bachelors degree in Psychology from Macalester College (2010; Phi Beta Kappa), and currently works as a graduate research assistant for the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development within the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development. Her research interests include the development of creativity and critical thinking skills, and the role of movement and the performing arts in promoting positive development.