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Department of Psychology

Gregory Braswell

Professor
Office
DEG Degarmo Hall 460
Office Hours
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11:15am-12:15pm, or by appointment
Office Phone
(309) 438-5729office
phone
Email
gsbrasw@ilstu.eduemail
  • About
  • Education
  • Selected Research

Current Courses

IDS 398.002 Professional Practice: For Interdisciplinary Studies Major or Minor

PSY 138.001 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.002 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.003 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.004 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.005 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.011 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.012 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 290.006 Special Projects: Research Apprenticeship

PSY 291.006 Special Projects:Undergraduate Teaching

PSY 599.006 Doctoral Research In Psychology

PSY 499.006 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

PSY 331.001 Laboratory In Research Methods For Psychology: Developmental

PSY 415.001 Laboratory In Research Methods For Psychology: Developmental

PSY 498.009 Professional Practice In Developmental Psychology

IDS 398.002 Professional Practice: For Interdisciplinary Studies Major or Minor

PSY 428.001 Professional Seminar In Developmental Psychology

PSY 138.001 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.002 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.003 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.004 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.005 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 290.006 Special Projects: Research Apprenticeship

Teaching Interests & Areas

I teach a variety of courses with developmental research methods, Black psychology, and educational psychology being my usual courses. In all of my classes, I focus on cultural contexts and on how psychology can be applied professionally and personally.

Research Interests & Areas

I am interested in how communities support children's learning of various skills including how to read, play and draw pictures. More specifically, I have studied children's development in the context of museums, schools and homes. Also, I am interested in parents' beliefs about how children develop. This work is informed by various sociocultural theories of human functioning.

Ph D

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois

MA

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois

BA

Earlham College
Richmond, Indiana

Grants and Contracts

Worldviews, Connections to Nature and Beliefs about Knowledge Acquisition among University Students of African Descent
Gregory Braswell
African American Studies Minor. June 2020 - November 2020
Interdisciplinary Initiative
Maria Schmeeckle, Gregory Braswell, Karen Coats, Thomas Crumpler
ISU College of Arts and Sciences. August 2019

Book Review

Bringing the World’s Children Into Focus: Cultivating Well-Being on a Global Scale
Berk, L., Braswell, G., Meyers, A., Rivadeneyra, R., & Schmeeckle, M.
(2015), 60, 7, PsyCritiques

Journal Article

An introduction to the Video Activity Coder: Free software for coding videorecorded behaviors
Braswell, G.
Behavior Research Methods, (2021), 10.3758/s13428-021-01608-3
Changes in ancient Egyptian mathematical artifacts from a cultural-historical activity theory perspective
Braswell, G.
Culture and Psychology, (2021), 10.1177/1354067X211032872
Toward a Process-centered Account of Literate Activity in the Classroom
Braswell, G.
Journal of Childhood Studies, (2021)
Preschool Children’s Participation in Representational and Non-representational Activities
Braswell, G.
Journal of Early Childhood Research, 15, 195-211, (2017)
Creation of an Observational Tool to Assess Children's Engagement at Museum Exhibits
Braswell, G.
Visitor Studies, 19 (2), 211-224, (2016)
Gravity, God and ghosts? Parents’ beliefs in science, religion and the paranormal and the encouragement of beliefs in their children
Braswell, G., Rosengren, K., & Berenbaum, H.
International Journal of Behavioral Development, 36, 99-106, (2012)
Variations in children’s and adults’ engagement with museum artifacts
Braswell, G.
Visitor Studies, 15, 123-135, (2012)
Diversity in Parenting: Socialization Goals of Palestinian Mothers from Different Socio-economic Backgrounds
Hamayel, L., Braswell, G., & Hund, PhD, A.
Journal ofFamily Studies
Observations of representational practices by Indian-descent children in a US preschool classroom: Connections among people, spaces and artifacts.
Braswell, G.
Early Childhood Education Journal, 43, 135-142, 10.1007/s10643-014-0637-6
Young Children and Adults’ Sensitivity to Contexts for Social Conventions in Make-believe Play
Braswell, G.
Journal of Genetic Psychology, 179, 371-384

Presentations

Family Engagement in a Children's Museum Exhibit: Variability in the Context of Exhibit Tools
Gregory Braswell
Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN, May 1, 2025
Worldviews, Connections to Nature and Beliefs about Knowledge Acquisition Among University Students of African Descent
Gregory Braswell
African American Studies Fall Lectures, Online, November 13, 2020
Why should we be empathetic? Why should we be friends?
Gregory Braswell
Extending Empathy Project, Normal, April 26, 2019
Critical Reflection on Teaching and Addressing Diversity in the Classroom: Philosophy, Pedagogy, and More.
Suejung Han, Gregory Braswell, Eros DeSouza, PhD, Rocio Rivadeneyra
2016 Culturally Responsive Campus Community Conference: Uniting to Challenge Systems of Oppression Proposal Acceptance, Normal IL, October, 2016
Going with the flow: The impact of a water-based exhibit on visito behavior at a hands-on museum
Gregory Braswell
Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, Chicago, IL, June 10, 2016
Location, location, location: Situating Children's Development in Context
Gregory Braswell
Children's Studies Brownbag, Illinois State University, November 13, 2014
Children’s engagement in representational and non-representational activities in a Head Start classroom.
Gregory Braswell
Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, Chicago, IL, June 06, 2013