My research focuses on developing a systematic understanding of how individuals come to define themselves and their social groups through media. Grounded in theories of psychology, communication, and critical studies of mediated social norms, I investigate how the everyday experience of media consumption affects viewer psychology, including self-concepts, identity, attitudes, and behavior. This question has guided my academic pursuits, and resulted in multiple lines of research that tackle this relationship from different perspectives. Click here to view a list of publications.

SPSP 2012 Posters:

• Dual Identity Distress: Current Results (Quantitative & Qualitative)
  
• Not all Social Exclusion is the Same: Comparing Ostracism, Rejection, and A Future Alone