{"id":940,"date":"2023-03-27T23:20:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T23:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/?page_id=940"},"modified":"2025-08-15T22:24:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T22:24:03","slug":"social-psychology-graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Psychology Graduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n          \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--link-list \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--link-list\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <div class=\"links-container\">\n\n                        \n        \n          \n            <div class=\"column\">\n                <ul>\n                                                                  <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about Social Psych Home\"  \n>\n    Social Psych Home \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                                                                        <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-research\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about Research\"  \n>\n    Research \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                                                                        <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-faculty\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about Faculty\"  \n>\n    Faculty \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                                          <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n\n          \n          \n        \n          \n            <div class=\"column\">\n                <ul>\n                                                                  <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about Graduate Students\"  \n>\n    Graduate Students \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                                                                        <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/area-of-study\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about Back to Areas of Study\"  \n>\n    Back to Areas of Study \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                                          <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n\n          \n          \n        \n\n\n\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n                                                                            \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--stacking-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--stacking-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n    \n            <div class=\"cards-container\">\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Suhaib Abduranhman\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Suhaib is a PhD student working with Prof. Dehghani in the Morality and Language Lab. Before joining the Lab, he received a bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degree in Energy and Process Engineering from the Berlin Institute of Technology and a bachelor&#8217;s in Psychology from Free University Berlin in Germany. His research interests focus on grounding natural language processing in psychological theory and applying it to problems in social psychology and social science. His main interest lies in understanding how morality and values manifest in language and how these insights can help us understand the dynamics of bias, prejudice and hate in different contexts, such as inter-group dynamics, perception of inequality and more.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Suhaib at\u00a0<a href=\"mailato:sabdurah@usc.edu\">sabdurah@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/asoc.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Beg\u00fcm Babur\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Beg\u00fcm is a Ph.D. student working with Dr. Elisa Baek at the Social Connection Lab. She received her B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Statistics from Barnard College. She then worked as a lab manager for Dr. Leor Hackel and Dr. Wendy Wood\u2019s labs at USC, where she focused on how individuals learn from social rejection and acceptance using computational neuroimaging. Her current work focuses on understanding the mechanisms of social (dis)connections and loneliness, using neuroimaging techniques and behavioral experiments &#8212; specifically, what distinguishes people who can establish social connections easily from others who can\u2019t and what contributes to loneliness and social disconnections across individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Beg\u00fcm at <a href=\"mailto:babur@usc.edu\">babur@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/03\/BegumBabur_Portrait.jpg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Jenna Blyler\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Jenna Blyler is a doctoral student researching how language, power (i.e., religion and politics), and trust influence risky decision-making. Advised by Dr. Joe \u00c1rvai, Jenna applies this focus to issues such as biodiversity loss, ecosystem services, and land use. She has a Bachelor&#8217;s in Psychology and Political Science and a Master\u2019s in Public Policy from Jacksonville University, where she researched political polarization and extremism, conspiratorial thinking, and health risk perceptions. Her professional experience is in copywriting and digital marketing.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Jenna at <a href=\"mailto:blyler@usc.edu\">blyler@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/03\/JennaBlyer-1.jpg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Su Young (Kevin) Choi\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Kevin is a second year Ph.D. student working with Dr. Daphna Oyserman. His current research explores (1) how our subjective experience of time influences motivation and behavior, and (2) how we perceive the self as beings in time, extending from the past to the future, and its downstream consequences on behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Kevin at\u00a0<a href=\"mailato:choisuyo@usc.edu\">choisuyo@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/sysoc.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Saewon (Jina) Chung\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Saewon is a first year PhD student working with Dr. Elisa Baek at the Social Connection Lab. She received her B.A. and M.A. in Psychology from Korea University, where her research centered on the role of social connection for individuals under adversity. She is broadly interested in understanding the factors that make people socially connected and exploring the neurological underpinnings that support these connections.<\/p>\n<p>Contact <b>Jina <\/b>at <a href=\"mailato:saewon.chung@usc.edu\">saewon.chung@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/09\/IMG_4441-768x432.jpeg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/09\/IMG_4441-1280x720.jpeg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/09\/IMG_4441-768x432.jpeg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Yema Conteh\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Yema is a third year Ph.D. student working with Dr. Stephe Read and Dr. Lynn Miller.\u00a0Prior to studying at USC, she worked on outreach initiatives that sought to understand and address climate vulnerability, advance public health, and promote community resilience. Her current research interests are centered on better understanding how individuals make decisions relating to climate change and sustainability at both an individual and policy level.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Yema at\u00a0<a href=\"mailato:yconteh@usc.edu\">yconteh@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/03\/YemaConteh_IMG_4685-1.jpg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Yalda Daryani\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Yalda is a Ph.D. student in Social Psychology working with Dr. Morteza Dehghani at the Morality and Language (MOLA) Lab. She received a bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degree in psychology from the University of Tehran. Most of her work centers on how moral values and cultural forces shape our judgment and decision-making on large and minor scales. More specifically, she is interested in how endorsing some moral beliefs can lead to violence, prejudice, and discrimination. Contact<\/p>\n<p>Yalda at <a href=\"mailto:daryani@usc.edu\">daryani@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/11\/Yalda-450x432.jpg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Drew Gorenz\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Drew is a PhD student in social psychology working with Dr. Norbert Schwarz. His current research interests include how situational factors influence our judgment and decision making and how we use our feelings as information to guide our judgments. His work examines these processes in the domain of humor, in particular, how feelings of ease or difficulty (as a result of stimulus, presentation, context, or person-level characteristics) influence peoples&#8217; humor appreciation of jokes, common misconceptions about humor (e.g., the effects of time of day and bustling crowds on peoples&#8217; humor appreciation), and humor production (e.g., AI vs. human performance).<\/p>\n<p>Contact Drew at\u00a0<a href=\"mailato:gorenz@usc.edu\">gorenz@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/dgsoc.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Ony Haque\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Ony is a 1st year PhD student working with Daphna Oyserman. He is interested in how people make sense of information which may threaten their sense of self and motivation. He received his BA in Psychology from the University of Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Ony at\u00a0<a href=\"mailato:onyulhaq@usc.edu\">onyulhaq@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/12\/Ony-Haque-1-450x432.jpg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Kira Harris\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Kira Harris (she\/her) is a PhD student in social psychology working with Dr. Leor Hackel.\u00a0 She is broadly interested in why and how people make decisions to interact with some individuals over others. Her current research includes exploring the role of gossip in memory and understanding rewards and costs in social interaction.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contact Kira at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:kiraharr@usc.edu\">kiraharr@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/03\/KiraHarris_Photo.jpg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Joshua Inwald\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Josh is a first-year social psychology PhD student working with Joe \u00c1rvai\u00a0and W\u00e4ndi Bruine de Bruin. His research program concerns how people make decisions in climate change \/ sustainability contexts. Josh completed his undergraduate studies at Northwestern University, and prior to USC, worked in education (in Fukuoka, Japan) and strategy consulting (in Chicago).<\/p>\n<p>Contact Josh at\u00a0<a href=\"mailato:inwald@usc.edu\">inwald@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/03\/JoshInwald-smaller-acceptable-jpeg-1.jpg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Farzan Karimi\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Farzan is a Ph.D. student in social psychology working with Dr. Morteza Dehghani. He mixes computational methods with behavioral experiments to examine socio-psychological effects and their ecological manifestations in real-world behaviors. His current research focuses on how cross-cultural differences in collective nostalgia can shape moral cognition.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Farzan at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:karimima@usc.edu\">karimima@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/fksoc.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Chang Lu\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Chang Lu is a first-year Ph.D. student in social psychology with Dr. Elisa Baek. Her research interests revolve around social connections, particularly dyadic interaction and conversation. She received her BA from UC Irvine.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Chang at <a href=\"mailto:clu81945@usc.edu\">clu81945@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/03\/profile-pic_changLu.jpg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Jean Luo\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Jean is a first year PhD student in social psychology working with Dr. Leor Hackel. She is interested in using a reward learning framework to study interpersonal closeness and impression formation. She received her BA in Neuroscience from Princeton University, where she conducted research with Dr. Susan Fiske on the role of social reward in stereotype maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>Contact\u00a0Jean at\u00a0<a href=\"mailato:jeanluo@usc.edu\">jeanluo@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/jlsoc.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Alice Qiao\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Alice Qiao is a third-year Ph.D. student working with Dr. Stephen Read. She studies motivation and decision-making in everyday social contexts. Her current research focuses on legal judgment, Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer effect, and fear of peer rejection.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Alice at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:aqiao@usc.edu\">aqiao@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/aqsoc.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Jackson Trager\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Jackson is a Ph.D. student in the Morality and Language Lab at USC,\u00a0 studying the moral psychology of conflict\u00a0utilizing both novel machine learning tools and behavioral experiments. His work explores how individual and group moral beliefs and behaviors shape cultural conflicts and in turn how these conflicts\u00a0shape\u00a0our moral beliefs and behaviors. He earned his bachelor&#8217;s degree in Psychology and Religious Studies from Cal State Northridge, his master\u2019s degree in Cognitive Anthropology from Queen\u2019s University Belfast, and has conducted field research on cultural\u00a0conflicts in Israel, Armenia, Eastern Europe, and the U.K. Most recently, his research focuses on the moral language on online networks and the role it plays in our cultural polarization via both on and offline behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Contact\u00a0Jackson at\u00a0<a href=\"mailato:jptrager@usc.edu\">jptrager@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/09\/thumbnail_Headshot-2.jpg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Yi Zhang\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Yi Zhang is a first year Ph.D. student in social psychology working with Dr. Leor Hackel.\u00a0He received his B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy from NYU. Yi&#8217;s current research interests include moral cognition, emotion, and social learning in the context of social networks.<\/p>\n<p>Contact\u00a0Yi at\u00a0<a href=\"mailato:yzhang51@usc.edu\">yzhang51@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/yzsoc.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Avisha\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Avisha is a Ph.D. student in Social Psychology working with Prof. Stephen Read. She received bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. She is interested in the neuroscience of emotions and social perception, focusing specifically on understanding the heterogeneity within these behaviors and experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Avisha at <a href=\"mailto:avisha@usc.edu\">avisha@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/03\/Avisha_image_123650291.jpg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Irem Kuyucu Erol\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>\u0130rem is a PhD student in Psychology at USC, working with Prof. Norbert Schwarz. Her research examines how processing fluency, social cues, and cultural context influence person perception and decision making. She is particularly interested in how disfluency, such as accented or distorted speech, shapes social judgments in both human and artificial agent interactions. Bridging situated social cognition, applied linguistics, and intergroup relations, her work aims to uncover the cognitive and social mechanisms that guide how we understand and evaluate others across diverse communicative settings.<\/p>\n<p>Reach \u0130rem at:\u00a0<a title=\"mailto:kuyucu@usc.edu\" href=\"mailto:kuyucu@usc.edu\" data-linkindex=\"0\" data-ogsc=\"\">kuyucu@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/08\/bio_photo-768x432.jpeg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/08\/bio_photo-768x432.jpeg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n        <\/div>\n    \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--spacer \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--spacer\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":2718,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-content-detail.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-940","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Social Psychology Graduate Students - Department of Psychology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Social Psychology Graduate Students - Department of Psychology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Department of Psychology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-15T22:24:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/09\/AdobeStock_407594652-scaled.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/\",\"name\":\"Social Psychology Graduate Students - Department of Psychology\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/09\/AdobeStock_407594652-scaled.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-27T23:20:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-15T22:24:03+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/09\/AdobeStock_407594652-scaled.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/09\/AdobeStock_407594652-scaled.jpeg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":2048},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Social Psychology Graduate Students\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/\",\"name\":\"Department of Psychology\",\"description\":\"USC Dornsife Department of Psychology\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Social Psychology Graduate Students - Department of Psychology","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Social Psychology Graduate Students - Department of Psychology","og_url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/","og_site_name":"Department of Psychology","article_modified_time":"2025-08-15T22:24:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":2048,"url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/09\/AdobeStock_407594652-scaled.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/","name":"Social Psychology Graduate Students - Department of Psychology","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/09\/AdobeStock_407594652-scaled.jpeg","datePublished":"2023-03-27T23:20:39+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-15T22:24:03+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/09\/AdobeStock_407594652-scaled.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/09\/AdobeStock_407594652-scaled.jpeg","width":2560,"height":2048},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/social-psychology-graduate-students\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Social Psychology Graduate Students"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/","name":"Department of Psychology","description":"USC Dornsife Department of Psychology","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=940"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10553,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/940\/revisions\/10553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}