Updated: Oct 17, 2022
Samantha Zaw (she/her) and Ishita Singhal (she/her) are incoming Ph.D. students in the Department of Psychological Science.
Sam, a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, received her B.S. in Psychology from the University of Florida. Broadly speaking, Sam’s areas of research interests include self-transcendent emotions, prosociality, self and identity, and close relationships.
Ishita completed her BA in Psychology from Ashoka University, India, and an MA in Psychology from the University of Chicago. Ishita's research interests include moral judgements 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 Industrialised Rich Democratic) and improving science communication to drive greater societal impact.
We are so excited to welcome these two scholars to the MESH Lab!
Updated: Oct 17, 2022
2nd year Ph.D. student, Jennifer Barajas, was awarded the Environmental Racism and Health Equity (ERHE) fellowship for the Research Justice Shop. We're so proud of you Jennifer! More information on this fellowship can be found here: https://sites.uci.edu/cehdr/erhe-about/
MESH Lab has received a grant from L.L. Bean to study the effect of the outdoors on social connection.