• Education
  • PhD, University of California Merced: 2022-2027 (Ongoing)
    • Academic Advisor: Dr. Eric Walle
    • Committee: Dr. Eric Walle, Dr. Rose Scott, Dr. Alexandra Main
  • Quantitative Methods Certification, University of California Merced: 2022-2025
    • Courses Taken: Advanced Psychological Statistics, Research Methods and Design, Multilevel Modelling, Missing Data Techniques, Longitudinal Data Analysis and Bayesian Extensions
  • B.Sc Honors in Psychology, University of Bath: 2018-2022
    • Academic Advisor: Dr. Nathalia Gjersoe
• Publications
  • Ganesh Kumar, M. and Walle, E.A.(Under Review). The Eye of the Beholder: Perceiving and Predicting Jealousy in Interpersonal Interactions
  • Walle, E. A., Özden, Z. B., Subramoney, S., & Ganesh Kumar, M. (in press). Emotional signals. In S. P. Johnson (Ed.), Handbook of Perceptual Development. Oxford University Press.
  • Liu, S., Pepe, B., Ganesh Kumar, M., Ullman, T. D., Tenenbaum, J. B., & Spelke, E. S. (2022). Dangerous ground: One-year-old infants are sensitive to peril in other agents’ action plans. Open Mind, 6, 211-231.
• Talks
  • Ganesh Kumar, M., Quiroz-Cruz, A., Workman, K., Ozden, Z.B. & Walle, E.A. (2026). What is Love: Distinguishing 6 forms of Love, International Society for Research on Emotion [Individual Talk]
  • Ganesh Kumar, M., Ozden, Z.B. & Walle, E.A. (2026). You Deserved it: Children’s Evaluations of Hubristic Pride and Expressions of Schadenfreude. Symposium on Mapping the Emergence of Discrete Emotional Expressions across Development (Chair: Christopher Riddell), International Society for Research on Emotion [Symposium Talk]
  • Ganesh Kumar, M., Hinshaw, A.J. & Walle, E.A (2026). Prouder Together: Parent-Child Conversations about Complex Social Emotions. Symposium on Emotion Expressions and the Norms that Govern them (Chair: Sivenesi Subramoney), Society for Affective Science [Symposium Talk]
  • Ganesh Kumar, M., Ozden, Z.B. & Walle, E.A (2026). You deserved it: Children’s Evaluation of Hubristic Pride and Expressions of Schadenfreude. Preconference on Affective Development, Society for Affective Science [Flash Talk]
  • Ganesh Kumar, M. & Walle, E.A (2025). Perceiving Jealousy in Interpersonal Interactions. Bay Area Developmental Symposium [Flash Talk]
  • Ganesh Kumar, M. & Walle, E.A (2024). Understanding and Perceiving Others’ Jealousy. Preconference on Emotion Development, International Society for Research on Emotion [Flash Talk]
• Poster Presentations
  • Ganesh Kumar, M. & Walle, E.A (2024). Understanding and Perceiving Others’ Jealousy. International Society for Research on Emotion
  • Ganesh Kumar, M. & Walle, E.A (2024).The Eye of the Beholder: Perceiving Jealousy in Interpersonal Interactions. Bay Area Developmental Symposium.
  • Ganesh Kumar, M. & Walle, E.A (2024).The Eye of the Beholder: Perceiving Jealousy in Interpersonal Interactions. Cognitive Developmental Society.
• Fellowships and Awards
  • UC Merced Developmental Area Research Grant (2026)
  • UC Merced Graduate Student Support Award (2026)
  • Hatano Cognitive Developmental Research Fellowship (2024)
  • UC Merced Developmental Area Research Grant (2024)
  • UC Merced Graduate Student Support Award (2024)
  • UC Merced Developmental Area Research Grant (2023)
  • UC Merced Graduate Student Support Award (2023)
• Teaching Experience
  • Teaching Assistant: Culminating Experience in Psychology
    • Independently Led 2 Lab Sections
  • Teaching Assistant: Developmental Psychology
  • Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Psychology
  • Teaching Assistant: Emotion Seminar
  • Teaching Assistant: Cognitive Psychology
  • Teaching Assistant: Evolutionary Psychology
• Service Roles
  • Student Organizer, Bay Area Developmental Symposium (2025, UC Merced)

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