Iris Mauss

Principal Investigator

Iris Mauss, PhD, is the director of the Emotion and Emotion Regulation Lab (EERLab) and a professor in the social and personality psychology area at the University of California, Berkeley. Her lab’s research focuses on emotions and emotion regulation, with an emphasis on their links to psychological health. In her research, she uses measures of emotion experience, behavior, and physiological responding, and combines laboratory, daily-diary, and longitudinal survey approaches.

Contact: imauss@berkeley.edu
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Regina Ebo

Graduate Student

Regina is a sixth year Ph.D. student in the Social-Personality area of the Psychology department at the University of California, Berkeley. She received her BA in Cognitive Science from Vassar College and worked at MIT in the Early Childhood Cognition Lab (ECCL) under Laura Schulz prior to joining EERL.

Broadly, she’s interested in exploring the connections between emotions, empathy, and culture. She is particularly interested in examining how culture impacts emotion regulation strategies, empathetic behavior, and how individuals determine who is worthy of empathy.

In her free time, she enjoys working out, listening to music,  trying out different food/recipes and acquiring new hobbies.

Contact: rne@berkeley.edu

Kylie Cassutt

Graduate Student

Kylie is a third year Ph.D. student in the Social-Personality area of the Psychology department at University of California, Berkeley. She received her B.S. in Social Psychology at the University of California, San Diego.

Her primary interests center around empathy and interpersonal emotion regulation. In particular, she examines how these predict emotional/well-being and relationship outcomes in certain contexts.

In her free time, she enjoys crocheting, knitting, baking, watching tv and movies, and spending time with family and friends.

Contact: kcassutt@berkeley.edu
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Kaitlin Mae Fernandez

Graduate Student

Kaitlin is a second year Ph.D. student in the Social-Personality Psychology area at the University of California, Berkeley. She received her B.S. in Psychological Science with a minor in Ethnic Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Her research interest focuses on understanding how cultural beliefs influence emotions and their regulation in immigrant populations. She wants to explore the impact of these beliefs on emotional well-being, especially among individuals undergoing acculturation.

In her free time, she enjoys reading, shopping, and trying out new sweet treats.

Contact: kaitlinmaef@berkeley.edu
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Yamini Pant

Graduate Student

Yamini is a first year Ph.D. student in the social-personality area of the psychology department at University of California, Berkeley. She received her B.A. in Psychological Sciences with a minor in Cognitive Science from the University of Connecticut and worked in the Affective Science and Culture Lab with Dr. Maria Gendron at Yale prior to joining EERL.

Her primary interests center around culture, emotions, identity, and relationships, with a focus on emotion beliefs and well-being.

In her free time, she enjoys crafting, trying new recipes, playing games, listening to music, and reading.

Contact: yamini.pant@berkeley.edu
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Alumni

Graduate Students and Postdocs

Allison Troy (Website)

Amanda Shallcross (Website)

Henrik Hopp

Josh Eng

Tchiki Davis

Brett Ford (Website)

Craig Anderson (Website)

Emily Willroth (Website)

Helena Karnilowicz

Meaghan Barlow (Website)

Felicia Zerwas

Gerald Young

Gold Okafor

Lindsey Burnside

Honors Students, Postbacs, and Undergraduates

Victoria Floerke

Joseph Leshin

Amanda Irion

Stephanie Yu

Bianca Lorenz

Jaya Roy

Phoebe Lam

Fiona Cheung

Dylan Benkley

Grace Allison

Dorota Swierzewicz

Jamie Kim

Judy Kwak

Colin Lee

Visitors

Moritz Riese

Katrien Koolen

Bettina Moltrecht

Gabriela Werner

Yuen Wan Ho

Catherine Patzelt

Alma Merscher

Freya Specht