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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Gold Okafor

Graduate Student

Gold is a sixth year PhD student of the Social-Personality Psychology area at the University of California, Berkeley. She received her B.S. in Biopsychology with a minor in Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Her research is focused on assessing emotion and stress within interventions in the educational system and prison industrial complex.

In her free time, Gold enjoys listening to podcasts, rock climbing, and watching TV.

Contact: gokafor@berkeley.edu
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Regina Ebo

Graduate Student

Regina is a fifth 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

Lindsey Burnside

Graduate Student

Lindsey Burnside (she/her/hers) is a sixth year PhD student in the Social/Personality area working with Dr. Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton and Dr. Iris Mauss. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Biopsychology, Cognition and Neuroscience from the University of Michigan.

Her research interests include racism-related stress and coping, health equity, well-being, and segregation.

In her free time, she enjoys tending to her many houseplants, reading, travel, and playing cards with family and friends.

Contact: lburnside@berkeley.edu

Kylie Cassutt

Graduate Student

Kylie is a second 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 emotion regulation, in particular suppression, and how these relate to relationship and intrapersonal outcomes.

In her free time, she enjoys crocheting, 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 first-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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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

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