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
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.