Janet Boseovski, Ph.D., and Ashleigh Gallagher, Ph.D.

Janet Boseovski, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with expertise in social and cognitive development in early to late childhood. Her research interests include the development of children’s self-concept, social decision-making, understanding of wealth and status, and perceptions of the relation between eating behavior, physical activity, and physical appearance. Boseovski is Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee on the Board of Directors at the Greensboro Science Center, a member of the Board of Directors of the Jean Piaget Society, and an editorial board member for the academic journals Social Development and Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. Her research has been published in developmental science journals. Together with co-author Ashleigh Gallagher, she is writing a science-based book (under contract) for mothers and daughters on healthy body image development beginning in early childhood.

Ashleigh Gallagher, Ph.D., is a senior lecturer of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a social psychologist whose research interests include emotion, culture, group dynamics, and gender. She has a long-standing interest in bridging the “academic-real world gap,” and has worked outside academia in both public policy research and as a research consultant. She is the co-author, with Patrick Gallagher, of The Portable PhD: Taking Your Psychology Career Beyond Academia.