Primary Investigator
Lisa is a Professor in the Psychology Department at The Ohio State University. She studies the subjective nature of social perception and implications for the self, decision-making, emotional well-being, and interpersonal and intergroup relations.
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Graduate Students
Stephanie is a fourth-year PhD candidate in social psychology working with Drs. Lisa Libby, Kentaro Fujita, and Steven Spencer. Generally, I am interested in personal narratives, self and identity, and social cognition. Specifically, I focus on how personal identity, goals, and interpersonal dynamics impact the way people recall their own life events and share those events with others.
Rani is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in social psychology working with Drs. Lisa Libby and Dylan Wagner. She uses a social cognitive approach to study how relational motives (motives for connecting with others) and epistemic motives (motives to find meaning and understanding) affect human behavior and cognition. Specifically, she is interested in personality characterization of others, the emotion of nostalgia, parasocial relationships, and experiences of discrimination.
Sami is a third-year Ph.D. student in social psychology working with Drs. Kentaro Fujita and Lisa Libby. Her research interests broadly include social perception, mindset, motivation, self-control and interpersonal relationships. Currently, she is investigating lay beliefs regarding the relationship between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and how individual differences in these beliefs may impact how people pursue their goals.
Karla is a third-year PhD student in Social Psychology working with Drs. Steve Spencer and Lisa Libby. Her research interests focus on understanding how cultural contexts influence beliefs about the self and identity, specifically in Hispanic immigrant populations. Her goal is to ultimately contribute to the current literature and promote culturally responsive therapy models.
Jingping is a first-year PhD student in social psychology working with Drs. Lisa Libby and Dylan Wagner. She is interested in investigating how people’s relationships and self-perceptions are influenced by various social and parasocial interactions, using social cognitive and computational methods.
Jesse is a seventh-year Ph.D. candidate in social psychology working with Drs. Russ Fazio and Lisa Libby. His research focuses on the development of the self-concept and in understanding when our self-beliefs are likely to predict our behavior. He’s also quite passionate about teaching and building inclusive spaces in the classroom and beyond.
Lab Alumni
Phuong Le, Ph.D
Seulbee Lee, Ph.D
Kenneth Slagell, Ph.D
Vanessa Ivy, Ph.D
Tina Nguyen, Ph.D.
Zachary A. Niese, Ph.D.
Courtney Hsing, Ph.D.
Micah Goldfarb, Ph.D.
Jessica N. Rea, Ph.D.
Janet J. Rha, Ph.D.
Greta Valenti, Ph.D.
Courtney Hsing, Ph.D.
Micah Goldfarb, Ph.D.
Karen Hines, Ph.D.
Tiffany Hardy, Ph.D.
Geoff Kaufman, Ph.D.
Eric Shaeffer, Ph.D.
Alison Pfent, Ph.D.