MEET OUR TEAM
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Principal Investigator
Catherine Good, Phd
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Dr. Good received a master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Kansas in 1994 and an Ad Hoc Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in mathematics education and social psychology from The University of Texas at Austin in 2001. While a postdoctoral research fellow at Columbia University from 2001-2005 she developed a research program that focuses on the social forces that shape academic achievement, learning, motivation, and self-image, particularly for females in STEM disciplines. In particular, she studies the effects of stereotype threat and develops interventions to help students overcome its effects. Specifically, she focuses on increasing students’ sense of belonging to STEM disciplines and fostering incremental views of intelligence as methods of combating the cultural stereotypes.
PhD Students
Kerry O'Brien
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Kerry O'Brien is a second-year PhD student in the Basic & Applied Social Psychology program at the CUNY Graduate Center. Kerry's research focuses on romantic relationships in the home, and how unbalanced divisions of domestic labor can negatively impact cohabitating couples. She is particularly interested in examining how women's tendency to shoulder the majority of the "invisible" domestic labor, such as household management, can reduce trust in their partners. Kerry graduated from Skidmore College in 2020 with a BA in Psychology, and now lives in Brooklyn with her partner and their cat, Sesame.
Amy Wang
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Amy Wang is a second-year PhD student in the Basic and Applied Social Psychology program at CUNY Graduate Center. She completed her undergraduate degree at NYU in 2023, earning a BS in Applied Psychology and minors in Teacher Education and Mathematics. Her research addresses inequality in education, with a particular focus on making STEM classrooms and learning environments more welcoming, accessible, and meaningful for historically underrepresented minority students. Outside of academics, she enjoys catching up on the latest C-dramas and collecting way too many blind box figures.
PhD Student, Basic & Applied Social Psychology
Gillian Burns
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Gillian Burns is a second-year doctoral student in the Basic and Applied and Social Psychology program at the CUNY Graduate Center. Her research is centered around disability as identity, with a focus on the autistic community. Topics of interest include sources of stigma and social strength in disability communities, factors that influence when disabilities are perceived as identity versus pathology, and intersections between disability and other stigmatized identities.
Masters Students
MA Student
Sophie Brown
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Sophie is a second year MA student, and incoming clinical psych PhD student, at The New School for Social Research. Her interests focus broadly on social media and body image concerns, specifically surrounding image editing/FaceTune. Sophie also has a precious dog named Ollie, whom she is obsessed with.
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MA Student
Monroe Egbuchunam
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Monroe is a Master's student at New York University in the General Psychology program. They are interested in the intersection of social, cognitive, and neuropsychology, specifically looking at discrimination and stereotypes against racial and sexual minorities. Monroe's favorite thing to do is take odd pictures of their cat Persephone.
MA Student
Jaisy Lau
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Jaisy is a Master's student at NYU, studying psychology with a focus on clinical psychology. Her primary research interest is studying the effects of within-culture stigma on the symptomology and prognosis of mental illnesses in Asian Americans. In her free time, she is currently getting back into running.
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MA Student
Neerali Patel
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Neerali is a master's student in the General Psychology program at New York University. Her research interests lie in social and child psychology, with a focus on how stereotypes and prejudices shape children's self-concept in the classroom. Outside of academia, she enjoys attending dance workshops and immersing herself in a good book.
MA Student
Lilly Wang
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Lilly is a 2nd year Master’s student at NYU Psychology. She graduated from NYU in 2023 with a degree in Applied Psychology. She is primarily interested in different forms of stereotypes, especially gender stereotypes, prejudice, and intergroup interaction. She also enjoys birdwatching, playing video games, and listening to podcasts.
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Ahmed Ali
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Ahmed is a Junior at Baruch College majoring in Psychology and minoring in History. He is still trying to figure out what to do or what to research, but for now he has shown an interest in the relationship between a human and a pet, and friendships. Ahmed loves to play video games and has a cat named Midnight.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Paulina Asuncion
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Paulina is a Senior at Baruch College majoring in Psychology. She is still figuring out what exactly she wants to research but for now, she is interested in racial bias and stereotyping in education. Paulina is a runway and fashion model outside of school and does YouTube.​
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Navid Hossain
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Navid is a junior at Hunter College and a member of the Thomas Hunter Honors Program, majoring in Psychology with a minor in Women and Gender Studies. His research interests include exploring how systemic societal inequalities disproportionately affect marginalized communities. He is especially interested in studying how different marginalized identities intersect and lead to unique psychological challenges. In his free time, Navid enjoys playing video games and listening to city pop music.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Kayle Pena
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Kayle Pena is a Senior at Baruch College majoring in Psychology. She is still figuring out what she wants to research, but is leaning towards researching gender dynamics and something pertaining to race. Outside of school, Kayle loves to play guitar and listen to music. Her current favorite song is Karma by Sarah Kinsley.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Maryum Qamar
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AFFILIATED
Affiliated Research Assistant
JEWEL Capili
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Jewel Capili graduated from Cal Poly in 2019 with a BA in Physics and a double minor in Astronomy & Religious Studies. She currently works in early childhood education and is passionate about understanding how teachers’ views of science impact STEAM learning in the classroom. As part of Cal Poly’s STAR Program, her research with The Good Lab explores how exposure to scientific research shapes STEAM educators’ views of science. In her free time, she loves to read and draw.
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