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Empathy and Moral Psychology
(EMP) Lab

Empathy and Moral Psychology
(EMP) Lab

Welcome to Alana Harris!

The EMP Lab is excited to welcome Alana Harris, who will be joining the EMP Lab as a new graduate student this spring/summer. She completed her undergraduate degree at University of Oklahoma. Welcome to the EMP Lab, Alana!

Welcome to Josh Wenger!

The EMP Lab is excited to welcome Joshua Wenger, who will be joining the EMP Lab as an incoming graduate student in fall 2023. He completed his undergraduate degree at Eastern Mennonite University and is interested in moral responsibility judgments, partisanship and...

Welcome to Faruk Yalçin!

The EMP Lab is excited to welcome Faruk Yalçin, who will be joining the EMP Lab as an incoming graduate student in the fall of 2023. He is completing his Master’s at Sabanci University and is interested in investigating the role of empathy in moral judgment, and...

India Oates to Join Psy.D Program

India Oates, who has been managing the lab for the past two years, will be going to graduate school this fall. She will be joining the Chicago School of Professional Psychology’s Psy.D Program with a concentration in forensic psychology. Congratulations,...

Stephen Anderson Receive STAR Award

Stephen Anderson has received the Superior Teaching and Research (STAR) Award for excellence in all aspects of graduate work — teaching, research, and service. This award will provide funding support for some of Stephen’s dissertation studies and related...

Stephen Anderson Receives Grad Exhibition Award

Stephen Anderson’s talk at the Penn State Graduate Exhibition received an award for coming in third place (i.e., the third highest rated presentation). This work involved Stephen’s initial dissertation work, supported by an RGSO Dissertation Award....