​CORE FACULTY

Factors that affect children's eyewitness testimony and techniques to improve children's reports; jury decision making in cases involving child witnesses and juvenile defendants; disclosure of and delayed memories for childhood abuse.

Personality psychology, social-cognitive processes and personality coherence, goal setting and self-regulation, perceived self-efficacy, affect and cognition.

Health behavior, coping and adaptation in chronic disease, adherence to medication and treatment regimens.

Alcohol and drug use and health behavior.

HIV prevention among infected / non-infected men and women. 

Cognitive & Social Psychological models of health& risk behavior; cognitive “escape” theories of risk.

Psychosocial and general health issues among gay / lesbian / bisexual / transgendered populations.

Social neuroscience, empathy, social connection, prosocial behavior, social networks, mood disorders, and interventions.

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Education: PhD, Stanford University, 2010.

Stereotyping, prejudice & discrimination; race as a social process; specifically: perceptions and experiences of multiracial people; space-focused racial stereotyping and environmental discrimination.

My research seeks to understand how racial prejudice and inter-group dynamics influence policy and political attitudes as well as policy outcomes.  Specifically, I am interested in understanding the role of racial predispositions in white attitudes toward gun control and immigration, but also how and through what paths the activation of such attitudes can influence political and ideological self-placement. Furthermore, my work looks at the role racial threat plays as a driver of immigration policy outcomes in the 50 states.  I am also interested in theorizing the policy environment as part of the dominant normative environment that “signals” to individuals messages about belonging. My work looks at how the immigration policy environment affects behaviors and attitudes among immigrant groups and especially how it affects the educational outcomes of Latino and Asian youth.