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Empathy and Moral Psychology
(EMP) Lab

Empathy and Moral Psychology
(EMP) Lab

EMP Lab at SPSP 2025

EMP Lab graduate student Joshua Wenger will be presenting two posters on our work on empathic AI. Come say hi to Josh, and nice work in repping the EMP Lab at SPSP this year!

Josh Wenger Accepted into EASP Summer School

Josh Wenger, 2nd-year student in the EMP Lab, has been accepted in to the European Association for Social Psychology’s summer school for this year (https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/easp2025/). He’ll be taking part in the work-stream on the moral psychology of AI,...

EMP Lab Alumni Return to State College

Two alumni from the EMP Lab, Clara Civiero and Lauren O’Rourke, returned to State College this past weekend. They caught up with the group, telling us how they have been doing in their first years in graduate school. It’s always fun to welcome back members...

Inaugural EMP Lab Hike!

We took our inaugural EMP Lab hike last month along Jackson Trail to David’s Vista in Rothrock State Forest. This area has such great autumnal weather and views, and it was fun to share this with our group!