Katrina is a fourth year graduate student in the lab. She came to the lab after graduating from Dartmouth College, where she majored in psychology and philosophy.

Katrina's research interests are varied! She has been involved in investigating the physiological and neurological underpinnings of both approach- and avoidance- oriented stress states, as well as the effects which stress has on bias in decision-making and person perception. Katrina is also pursuing biomarkers which predict social sensitivity: a greater ability to judge others' emotional and motivational states.

Within intergroup interactions, Katrina has studied behavior associated with both implicit and explicit bias, and she is particularly interested in the attempts which people make to self-regulate in intergroup situations to conceal or correct for bias. Her work has looked at how and why majority group members may exaggerate their liking for outgroup members.

Katrina continues to be excited about psychophysiological methodology, as it lets her ask many questions about psychological states which people may not be able - or willing - to report!