Psychology Honors Poster Presentation

Date
Wed May 21st 2025, 3:45 - 5:00pm
Location
Courtyard between the Math Corner and Philosophy building

The poster session will be outside at the courtyard between the Math and Philosophy building where you will have a chance to learn about the exciting research that our wonderful cohort of honors students carried out this year.  Please stop by for snacks, drinks, and science!  Below is an overview of our honors students research:

 

  1. Alex Le: Reappraising Ongoing Issues: The Effects of Cognitive Reappraisal on Meaning in Life (Advisor: Dr. James Gross)
  2. Alexandra Torres Arsuaga: "Shame on the Family, Shame on Herself": Understanding Community Reactions to Sexual Violence Among Latinas and White American Women in the U.S. (Advisor: Dr. Hazel Markus & Dr. Ronda Lo)
  3. Chloe Chang: Young Children Can Use Mental Simulation to Reason About Their Performance (Advisor: Dr. Hyowon Gweon & Peter Zhu)
  4. Cid Muang: Relationships between political ideologies and attributions for racial disparities  (Advisor: Dr. Jordan Starck & Anmol Gupta)
  5. Danya Ortiz: Comparing Familiar and Unfamiliar Category Representation in Prefrontal and Visual Cortices (Advisor: Dr. Kalanit Grill-Spector)
  6. Emily Huang: The Effects of Narrative vs. Expository Messages on Compassion in First-Year College Students (Advisor: Dr. Jamil Zaki & Dr. Rui Pei)
  7. Emma Shaw: Detecting Mild Cognitive Impairment with Immersive Virtual Reality (Advisor: Dr. Hadi Hosseini & Dr. Anthony Wagner)
  8. Helen Tian: How Common University Diversity Rationales Influence DEI Professionals' and Black College Students' Responses to Racism (Advisor: Dr. Jordan Starck)
  9. Julia Shaw: Enriching Solitude: The Role of Cognitive Reappraisal (Advisor: Dr. James Gross & Kate Petrova)
  10. Karla Perez: Inside the Infant Brain: Differential growth of gray and white matter in the dorsal, lateral, and ventral visual streams. (Advisor: Dr. Kalanit Grill-Spector)
  11. Kayla Collins: Investigating the Impact of Multidimensional TV Representation on the Self-Esteem of Young Adult Black Women (Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt & Stacia King)
  12. Keithan Ducre: "CAUTION: objects appear bigger than they are" -- the curious case of perceptual magnification (Advisor: Dr. Kalanit Grill-Spector)
  13. Luciana Bridges: "So, What Are You?": Understanding the Experiences of Multiracial Students at a Predominantly White Institution (Advisor: Dr. Gregory Walton)
  14. Sophia Gever: The Ripple Effect of Rest: Investigating the Impact of rTMS Insomnia Treatment on Mood Improvement (Advisor: Dr. Andrea Goldstein-Piekarski)
  15. Tima Kane: The Impact of Legal Standards on Police Accountability in Use of Force Cases (Advisor: Dr. Mikaela Spruill & Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt)
  16. Veronica Aranda: Toddlers persist longer when given past evidence of improvement (Advisor: Dr. Hyowon Gweon & Peter Zhu)