Department of Psychology Harvard University 33 Kirkland Street Cambridge, MA 02138 phone: (617) 496-8758 email: dal@wjh.harvard.edu

Received her BA in Psychology from the College of the Holy Cross in 1995. She immediately entered Harvard University in the fall of 1995 and received her MA in Social Psychology in 1998. She expects to receive her PhD in the spring of 2001. Her teaching experience has included, introductory psychology, social psychology, research methods, and graduate level statistics. Her research interests include (1) the study of mixed verbal/nonverbal messages and their impact on individuals' affect, cognition, and behavior, (2) the study of cross-cultural attribution processes, and (3) the study interpersonal perception of others.

Recent Publications

LaPlante, D. & Ambady, N. (in press). Multiple Messages: Facial Recognition Advantage for Compound Expressions. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior.

LaPlante, D. & Ambady, N. (under review). Saying it like it isn't: Responding to mixed messages from men and women in the workplace.

LaPlante, D., Ambady, N., & Deldin, P. (under revision). Do you see what I see? Mood disorder, facial expressions, and face recognition.

LaPlante, D., Richeson, J. A., & Ambady, N. (under review). Cultural lenses: Automaticity and social inference.

Ambady, N., LaPlante, D., Nguyen, T., Chaumeton, N., Rosenthal, R., & Levinson, W. (under revision). Thin slice judgments of physiciansí affect: Vocal cues associated with malpractice claims among primary care physicians and surgeons.

Ambady, N., LaPlante, D., & Johnson, E. (in press). Thin slice judgments as a measure of interpersonal sensitivity. In J. Hall & F. Bernieri (Eds.), Interpersonal Sensitivity: Measurement and Applications, NJ: Erlbaum.