Text Box: The People
 

Text Box:                    If you are interested in joining or  collaborating with us.
Text Box: Current Lab Members
 

Text Box: Graduate Student Advises  
Eden Epstein
Research interests: self-regulation, psychophysiology of stress, health
psychology, social psychology
 
Epstein, E.B., & Ditto, P.H. (2006, January). Narratives of temptation: The
role of cognition in self-control. Poster presented at the meeting of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, California
 
Ditto, P. H., Epstein, E. B, & Pizarro, D. A. (2004, January).  Motivational
myopia:  Visceral influences on risk-taking behavior. Poster presented at
the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin,
Texas
 
 
 
Matthew Hunt                                 mjhunt@uci.edu
Research Interests: I am currently researching the psychology of disgust and the potential role disgust plays in moral/ political thinking.  My other general research interests include health psychology and judgment and decision-making.  I am also currently involved in a long-term study of how martinis influence my social skills.
 
Sena Koleva                                    skoleva@uci.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in studying how people make decisions about right and
wrong and how their moral values are tied to their personality and behavior.
My current research focuses on the relationship between morality and
political orientation and attitudes. Finally, I am also interested in a
variety of  applied topics, such as public announcements, education
policies, and program evaluation.
 
Koleva, S. P. & Ditto, P. H. (2007, May). From Mortality Salience to
Morality Salience: How Death Reminders Change Liberals' and Conservatives'
Moral Intuitions. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the
Association for Psychological Science, Washington DC.
 
 
 
 
Andrew Mastronarde                    amastron@uci.edu
Research Interests: Moral and political reasoning and judgment, judgments about the value
of life, and science/technology and morality
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Tannenbaum                     dtannenb@uci.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in how moral considerations influence judgment and
decision-making processes.
 
Tannenbaum, D., Pizzaro, D. A., Uhlmann, E. L., & Ditto, P.H. (2006, May). Truth and consequences: The motivated use of moral principles. Poster presentation at the meeting of Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
 
 
 

Text Box: Graduate Student Collaborators
Scott Blum:  Mirror Image Political Stereotypes 
Carrie Carmody:  Political Ideology & Dispositional Inference
Tia Peterson:  Political Ideology & Dispositional Inference
 

 

                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                                              

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: Undergraduate Lab Members 
Troy Campbell,tcampbel@uci.edu
Helene Farr,hfarr@uci.edu 
Yvette Jaramillo, yjaramil@uci.edu
Andrea Johnston, johnstoa@uci.edu
Stephanie Perry, perrys@uci.edu
Bi (Sharon) Zheng, icewine1127@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: Former Graduate Students & Postdoctoral Fellows
Heather Lench, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Texas A & M University
David Pizarro, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cornell University
Jill Jacobson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Queen’s University (Canada)
Nikki Hawkins, Ph.D., Behavioral Scientist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Laura Zettel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, California State University, Fullerton
Brandy Young, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cypress College
Craig Haywood, Ph.D., Director of Institutional Research, Mendocino College
Angie Fagerlin, Ph.D., Research Investigator, University of Michigan
Kristen Coppola, Ph.D.
Renate Houts, Ph.D., Research Statistician, RTI International
Mitch Gready, Ph.D.
Jamila Bookwala, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Lafayette College
Geoff Munro, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Towson University
James Scepansky, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Department Chair), Cedar Crest College
Lisa Lockhart, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Department Chair), University of the Incarnate Word
Kathy Moore, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of South Florida
Dave Lopez, Ph.D., Head Start, Department of Health & Human Services