Research Interests
I am a social and personality psychologist interested in the basic processes underlying social perception, stereotyping, and prejudice. More specifically, I study how social categories -- such a gender, race, age, and attractiveness -- affect initial impressions in positive and negative ways. I also consult with organizations to help them understand and mitigate unconscious bias in the workplace.
I work collaboratively with undergraduate students and run a social cognition lab with these co-researchers each semester. Co-researchers develop their critical thinking, statistical reasoning, and research methodology skills. They also gain expertise in implicit measurement, advanced statistical analyses, survey design, and online data collection methods (e.g, IAT, Qualtrics, SPSS, M-Turk).