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I am interested in social networks, well-being, and consciousness. My current projects involve identifying social cliques within individuals’ ego-networks, understanding how social support and social networks contribute to one’s intention-behavior gap, and analyzing normative scientific communication behaviors. In my free time, I am an avid volleyball player!
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My research is on coalitional psychology. I study the conditions for building coalitions between groups with high conflict, ideological differences, or in costly contexts. I ask how we can use different beliefs and mindsets like collective liberation and positive-sum thinking to advance cooperation. I am also very interested in how coalitions and social identities function as dynamic systems that can shrink and expand over time, actively shaping who counts as “us” in “us vs them”.
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I am interested in our psychological and physiological responses to stress, primarily interpersonal stressors like stigma and discrimination. My current work assesses how sexism and homophobia manifest, and how identity-specific groups develop in response to marginalization. I am also interested in HRV biofeedback and have trained various groups of public safety personnel.
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I am interested broadly in intergroup relations. My work involves topics in intergroup contact, ideological groups, and outgroup perceptions. For my Master’s thesis, I am interested in how to increase intergroup contact between political groups. Do we perceive political contact as stressful and what can affect this appraisal? In another line of work, I hope to explore how perceptions of other peoples’ morality influences intergroup attitudes and emotions.