Areas of Expertise:
- Diversity science
- Intergroup relations
- Prejudice & stereotyping
- Nonverbal behavior
- Social perception
Using multi-method and interdisciplinary approaches, we seek to understand how people perceive, think about, and interact with those who do not share the same social identities (gender, race, sexual orientation). We are also interested in interpersonal processes such as expressions, detections, and perceptions of personality and emotions.
Here are some big questions we are trying to answer in the PB&J Lab:
- What predicts coalition vs. conflict between different racial groups?
- How do history and culture shape racial-gender categorizations?
- Which factors influence our judgments of political behaviors?
- Who feels like they belong in various domains and spaces?
- Why are certain personality traits valued over others?
I teach and conduct research on topics concerning diversity, social identities, prejudice, and interpersonal processes.
