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Empathy and Moral Psychology
(EMP) Lab

Empathy and Moral Psychology
(EMP) Lab

Expanding Empathy Series Returns for 2025

Expanding Empathy Series Returns for 2025

For the 7th year, Dr. Cameron is bringing back the Expanding Empathy Speaker Series through the Rock Ethics Institute, and now the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making. For more about the series and how to register for the free Zoom webinars in May, check out the press...
Political Morality Conference at Penn State

Political Morality Conference at Penn State

We held a conference here at Penn State, through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making, about political divisions and morality. We brought together scholars from psychology, political science, philosophy, sociology, communications, and media studies. To learn more,...

Melody Munitz Revisits Penn State

Earlier this semester in April, EMP Lab Honors alum Melody Munitz revisited us at Penn State while starring as Wednesday Addams in the off-Broadway production of the Addams Family. Melody did an interdisciplinary Honors thesis with us on empathy and engagement during...

Faruk Yalcin Publishes Science e-Letter on Outrage

Faruk Yalcin, second-year graduate student in the EMP Lab, has published an e-letter in Science in response to McLoughlin et al.’s paper on moral outrage and social media. In the article, he discusses motivational approaches to outrage and how to think about...