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Paul Piff (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Science at the University of California, Irvine. His primary interests are in how social hierarchy, economic inequality and social class, and social emotion shape relations between individuals and groups. Email: ppiff@uci.edu

 

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Graduate Students

Rudy Medina (he/him/his) is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Psychological Science. He received his B.A. from the University of California, Irvine and his research interests include socioeconomic inequality, social mobility beliefs specifically in the context of family dynamics, intergenerational transmission of cultural values and awe inspiring events/stimuli. Email: rmedinac@uci.edu

Mertcan Güngör is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Psychological Science. He received his B.A. and M.A. in Psychology from Boğaziçi University in Turkey. Mertcan's research interests include motivated reasoning, partisan identity, and intellectual humility. Email: mgungor@uci.edu 

Jennifer Barajas is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Psychological Science. She received her B.A. in psychology from NSC in 2021. Currently, Jennifer is investigating the mechanisms by which environmental injustices (e.g., discrimination, pollutants) lead to ill physical and mental health. Jennifer also ventures in the work of policy and organizational behavior, where she is running her third experimental design on how to increase conservatives’ support towards raising the federal minimum wage.  Email: barajas4@uci.edu

Ishita Singhal (she/her) is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Psychological Science. She completed her BA in Psychology from Ashoka University, India, and an MA in Psychology from the University of Chicago. Her research interests include moral judgments and behaviors (especially related to moral growth and retribution), socioeconomic status, privilege, and meaning in life. She is also passionate about making psychological science less WEIRD (Western Educated Industrialized Rich Democratic) and improving science communication to drive greater societal impact. Email: singhali@uci.edu

Lab Alumni

  • Hyunjin Koo '23, Research Associate at University of British Columbia

  • Jared Celniker '22, Academic Program Analyst and Postdoctoral Scholar at UC Irvine

  • Sean Goldy '22, Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University

  • Andrew Gregory '21, Consumer Insights Analyst at Nike

  • Angela Robinson, Postdoctoral Researcher at the UCI Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation

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