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.

Prof. Iris Mauss will not be accepting graduate students for 2027-2028 admission.

Contact: imauss@berkeley.edu
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Kylie Cassutt

Graduate Student

Kylie is a fourth 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 third 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 cultural influences on emotion regulation, with a specific focus on emotional acceptance. She is interested in the relationship between emotion regulation and psychological health outcomes.

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

Contact: kaitlinmaef@berkeley.edu
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Yamini Pant

Graduate Student

Yamini 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.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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Jacob Zhang

Graduate Student

Jacob is a first year Ph.D. student in the social-personality area of the psychology department at University of California, Berkeley. He received his B.A. in Psychology and Economics from the University of Chicago and worked in the Oishi Lab with Dr. Shige Oishi prior to joining EERL.

His primary interests center around culture, emotion, and well-being.

He loves songs by Jay Chou and films by Wong Kar-wai.

Contact: jacobz@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

Regina Ebo

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