Research
Our faculty are actively involved in funded research and are productive, highly-cited scholars. Our interdisciplinary approach and collaborative nature lends itself to a variety of research interests including but not limited to:
- Aggression
- Attachment orientation
- Belief Systems
- Child and adolescent peer relations
- Child-free adults
- Cooperation
- Discrimination and prejudice
- Health disparities
- Life satisfaction
- Moral development
- Parent-child relationships
- Personality development
- Personality genomics
- Replication
- Romantic relationships
- Self-esteem
- Social network analysis
- Stereotype knowledge and use
- Well-being
Labs & Research Projects
ACES Lab: Dr. Kaston D. Anderson Jr.
Advancing Community Empowerment and Social Justice ACES Lab
Belief Systems Lab: Dr. Mark Brandt
Our goal is to understand the causes and consequences of political, religious, and moral beliefs. The Belief Systems Lab
Cesario Social Cognition Lab: Dr. Joseph Cesario
Studying the cognitive, psychological, and behavioral responses related to information about social groups. Social Cognition Lab
Close Relationships Lab: Dr. William Chopik
Examining how close relationships–and the people in them–change over time, situations, and across the lifespan. Close Relationships Lab
Moral Minds Lab: Dr. Meltem Yucel
Examining morality across different stages of life and in cultures around the world, learning how our social and moral thinking is shaped by the environments we grow up in. Moral Minds Lab
Network Science: Dr. Zachary Neal
Developing methods for understanding social, economic, urban, transportation, and mathematical networks. Networks
Personality and Well-Being Lab: Dr. Richard Lucas
Investigating a number of questions about personality processes, the factors that are associated with high levels of subjective well-being, and the associations between the two Personality and Well-Being Lab
Social Networks in Schools: Dr. Jennifer Watling Neal
Understanding the role of students' peer networks in shaping behavior, personality, and well-being and the role of educators' networks in facilitating the adoption and use of new programs and practices. Social Networks in Schools