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Empathy and Moral Psychology
(EMP) Lab

Empathy and Moral Psychology
(EMP) Lab

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Lab Director

C. Daryl Cameron, Ph.D.

C. Daryl Cameron, Ph.D.

Joyce L. and Douglas S. Sherwin Early Career Professor in Rock Ethics Institute, Associate Professor of Psychology, Senior Research Associate in Rock Ethics Institute

 

cdc49 (at) psu.edu

Motivation and the limits of empathy, affective dynamics of moral judgment

Research Staff

Clara Civiero, B.A.

Clara Civiero, B.A.

Consortium / EMP Lab Research Assistant

Moral decision making in legal and business contexts, ethical leadership, empathy and its role in prosocial behaviour, and the intersection between morality and religious belief

Graduate Students

Stephen Anderson, Ph.D.

Stephen Anderson, Ph.D.

Graduate Student

Intersection of morality and mental simulation, particularly in regards to empathy
Eliana Hadjiandreou, M.S.

Eliana Hadjiandreou, M.S.

Graduate Student

Emotional and cognitive motivations, decision-making surrounding empathy and altruism
Alana Harris, B.A.

Alana Harris, B.A.

Graduate Student

 

 

Empathy barriers, intervention strategies, community engagement

Joshua Wenger, B.S.

Joshua Wenger, B.S.

Graduate Student

Moral responsibility judgments, partisanship and political group judgment bias
Faruk Yalçin, M.S.

Faruk Yalçin, M.S.

Graduate Student

Role of empathy in moral judgment, and how empathy and morality are involved in politics

Graduate Affiliates

Becca Ruger

Becca Ruger

The formation of moral judgements, particularly relevant to everyday actions and inactions

Vani Gupta

Vani Gupta

Neuroscience of mindfulness and empathy through decision making, across different developmental periods

Sojung Baek

Sojung Baek

Anthropological approaches to empathy, including behavioral endocrinology and behavioral ecology

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Lauren O'Rourke

Lauren O'Rourke

Political polarization, radicalization, in-group out-group conflict and identity formation

Rachel Buterbaugh

Rachel Buterbaugh

Social cognitive approaches to analyzing empathy and moral perception of behavior

Jessica Firestone

Jessica Firestone

Political philosophy and state ethical decision-making

Hope Butler

Hope Butler

Patterns of behavior, intersection of societal and personal beliefs, influence of morality on decision making

Evan Butler

Evan Butler

Adolescent development, empathy and morality within groups, self-esteem maintenance and cognitive dissonance

Emily Trusal

Emily Trusal

Formation of out-group bias, moral judgement and behavior, and discrimination

Tiancheng Wang

Tiancheng Wang

Adolescent and family dynamics; Influence of emotion and morality on decision-making

Greg McLauchlan

Greg McLauchlan

Social psychology, sociology, and quantitative studies

Lab Alumni

India Oates, B.S. & B.A.

India Oates, B.S. & B.A.

Human Research Technologist, 2021-2023

Outcomes of discrimination, perceptions and construction of out-group bias, dehumanization and stereotyping (now grad student at Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

Martina Orlandi, Ph.D.

Martina Orlandi, Ph.D.

Post-Doc Alumni, 2021-2022

Philosophy of action, moral psychology, self-control and self-deception, public philosophy (now assistant professor at Trent University)

Julian A. Scheffer, Ph.D.

Julian A. Scheffer, Ph.D.

Graduate Student Alumni, Class of 2021

Empathy regulation, moral behavior and judgment, effort-based decision making, social neuroscience (now post-doc at UC Berkeley, will start at University of Western Ontario as assistant professor in 2024)

Victoria Spring, Ph.D.

Victoria Spring, Ph.D.

Graduate Student Alumni, Class of 2020

How individual, group, and situational factors influence perception of social emotions (went to post-doc at NYU)

Daniel Lim, Ph.D.

Daniel Lim, Ph.D.

Post-Doc Alumni, 2018-2020

How adversity shapes empathy and prosocial behavior (now assistant professor at Adelphi University)

Melody Munitz, B.A.

Melody Munitz, B.A.

Honors Student Alumni, Class of 2022

The role of empathy in the arts, cognitive and affective empathy discrepancies

Michael Pasek, Ph.D.

Michael Pasek, Ph.D.

Graduate Affiliate Alumni

Consequences of stigma and prejudice as they affect various social identities, interventions to buffer individuals from prejudice

Nathaniel Geiger, Ph.D.

Nathaniel Geiger, Ph.D.

Graduate Affiliate Alumni

Engagement with climate change and social psychological factors that lead individuals to take action

Sinhae Cho, Ph.D.

Sinhae Cho, Ph.D.

Graduate Affiliate Alumni

Application of mindfulness to facilitate healthy emotion regulation and increase social functioning
Natalia Van Doren, Ph.D.

Natalia Van Doren, Ph.D.

Graduate Affiliate Alumni

Social functions of emotions, how they shape moral judgement
Danfei Hu, Ph.D.

Danfei Hu, Ph.D.

Graduate Affiliate Alumni

Cognitive and motivational components of emotional processing and emotion regulation

Mike Lengieza, Ph.D.

Mike Lengieza, Ph.D.

Graduate Affiliate Alumni

Individuals’ sense of self in relation to the environment
Alison Schreiber, Ph.D.

Alison Schreiber, Ph.D.

Graduate Affiliate Alumni

Neurocomputational mechanisms of social decision-making and how personality modulates these processes

Jason Williamson, Ph.D.

Jason Williamson, Ph.D.

Graduate Affiliate Alumni

Social class, political ideology, and how those effect one’s identity in the workplace

RA Alumni

Gabrielle Zuckerman

Alyssa Palmer

Hannah Hilands

Mackenzie Flanders

Lilian Hamilton

Taylor DePolo

Jordan Yerger

Hsiao-Han (Jess) Chang

Natalia Reed

Kaden Litzinger

Micha McConnell

Ryan McIntosh

Alyssa Sweeney

Zineb Kobi

Julia Arsenis

Olivia George

Bayla Thompson

Nico Buentello

Sarah Stevenson-Peck

Lauren Ciasullo

Aliyah Brown

Stephanie Perez-Ginard

Rebecca Cowan

Isabella Giraldo

Steven Schneible

Scott Airey

Marco Ciappetta

Josephine Golder

Kayleigh White

Ruiqi Zhang

Jacqueline McDonald

Jessica Manero

Taylor Buchness (McNair Scholar)

Shenyun Chen

David Joo

Hannah Standish

Rachael Usatch

Cassie Sieradzky

Ji Young Song

Matthew Welsh

Kriss-Ann Gayle

Danielle Ward

Zeynep Duyal

Connor Fialko

Kayra Fisher

Haohao Ding

Angela Marie Flynn

Catherine Hess

Daniel Zahn (Rock Ethics /  Paterno Fellow)

Falynn Dunkelberger (Rock Ethics / Paterno Fellow)

Ashley Johnson (Rock Ethics / Paterno Fellow)

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