Social Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin

Sarah Hammes Angulo. 6th year. University of Notre Dame. Interpersonal relationships, positive psychology, and personality.

Katherine V. Aumer-Ryan. 4th year. University of Iowa. Interested in emotions, identity, multiracial/cultural studies, and MRI research with meditation. Webpage.

Jenna Baddeley. 2nd year. Rhode Island School of Design (BFA) and Connecticut College (M.A.). Depression and social interaction.

Matthew Brooks. 1st year. Emory University. Verification, personal/social identity interactions.

Michael Buhmester. 1st year. University of Texas at Austin. Self-esteem, verification, and motivation.

Christine Chang-Schneider. 4th year. Stanford University. Emotionally abusive relationships, self-esteem, self-verification, and emotion regulation. Webpage.

Cindy K. Chung. 5th year. University of Toronto. Language and computerized text analysis..

Michelle Fellows. 4th year. Boise State University. Emotional socialization and development, emotion regulation and language. .

Hani Freeman. 3rd year. University of Denver. Personality in chimpanzees; novelty seeking/risk taking behavior in both chimpanzees and humans.

Brent Hughes. 1st year. University of Michigan. Social and affective neuroscience, emotion and self-regulation, social cognition

Molly Ireland. 2nd year. Baker University. Language, psychometric properties of language, psycholinguistic effects of literature, linguistic style matching.

Amanda Jones. 5th year. University of Michigan. Stress as related to the impact of individual by situation interaction, social support, and social behavior across species.

Ewa Kacewicz. 3rd year. University of Texas at Austin. Social dominance, language, and evolutionary psychology.

Tracy Kwang. 1st year. University of Michigan. Identity and self-esteem in close relationships; Asian-American cultural identity.

Jacqueline J. Rivers. 2nd Year. University of California, Santa Cruz. Physiology of stress; influences of hormones, social support, culture, and SES on stress, health, and coping. Website.

Recent Doctoral Graduates

Deepa Athle, 2006. Added Value Marketing Research, Pasadena, CA.

Stephen J. Blumberg, 1997, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics

Jennifer Bosson, 2000, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Southern Florida

Ryan P. Brown, 1999, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Oklahoma

Michael Gill, 1998, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Lehigh University, Lehigh, PA

Lori Stone Handelman. 2003. Senior Editor, Oxford University Press, New York City

Matthias Mehl, 2004, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona

Pranj Mehta, 2007, Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Texas Social Neuroscience Lab

Matt Newman, 2003, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University West

Liz Pinel, 1998, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University

Nairan Ramirez-Esparza, 2007, Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Washington

Jason Rentfrow, 2004, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge (UK)

Daniel G. Schroeder, 2001, Research Associate, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin

Janel Seagal Sexton , Assistant Professor, 2001, Johns Hopkins University Medical School

Jennifer Guinn Sellers, Assistant Professor 2006, Department of Psychology, Green Mountain College

Simine Vazire, 2006. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Washington University.

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