Nathan Field

Nate is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow that joined the department in June 2024 2019 to work with the Adolescence Research Group. He received his B.A. in Psychology and B.S. in Cognitive Science from the University of Delaware in 2019, and his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2024. Nate will often be seen trying to wrangle his 3-year-old Greyhound, "Skelly", or at the very least be heard talking about her. Beyond academic research and his dog, he enjoys playing rec-league soccer, hiking (very) small portions of the Appalachian trail, and playing boardgames with his partner and twin sister. 

Research Interests

Nate is interested in further understanding peer influence mechanisms among adolescents.  Specifically, his work examines whether there are individual differences in susceptibility to different sources of influence (e.g., parents vs. peers vs. romantic partners), as well as to different behaviors (e.g., maladaptive vs. prosocial). With the Adolescence Research Group, he hopes to examine these research questions across the lifespan, to unearth the long-term biopsychosocial correlates of early susceptibility to peer influence.