People
Principal Investigator | Post-Doctoral Scholars | Grad Students | Undergrad Students | Research Staff | Alumni |
Iris MaussPrincipal InvestigatorIris Mauss is the director of the Emotion & Emotion Regulation Lab at Berkeley (EERLAB) and an associate professor in the social and personality psychology area in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. After completing her undergraduate degrees at the Universities of Trier and Dusseldorf in Germany, she received her Ph.D. from the Department of Psychology at Stanford University. Her 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. |
Meaghan BarlowPost-Doctoral ScholarMeaghan Barlow is a postdoctoral researcher in the Emotion & Emotion Regulation Lab and the Berkeley Personality Lab in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. After receiving her B.Sc. in Psychology from Bishop’s University, she completed her M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology at Concordia University. Her research explores age-related structures, functions, and consequences of emotional experiences. In particular, she aims to better understand the complexities of emotional experiences (e.g. emotion networks, polyregulation) and their association with psychological and physical well-being across the adult lifespan. In her spare time, she enjoys running, watching crime tv shows, and discovering new craft beers with friends. |
Helena Rose KarnilowiczGraduate StudentHelena Rose Karnilowicz is a Ph.D. student in the social and personality psychology area at the University of California, Berkeley. She received her B.A. in psychology from the University of San Francisco and worked at UCSF in the Emotion, Health, and Psychophysiology Lab as a lab manager for Wendy Berry Mendes prior to joining the EERL. She is broadly interested in studying the effects of emotion regulation and beliefs about emotion on social interactions, relationships (e.g., parent-child, romantic), and wellbeing. In her free time, Helena enjoys watching the NBA, cooking (and eating), and hiking in the beautiful East Bay. |
Felicia ZerwasGraduate StudentFelicia is a Ph.D. student in the social-personality area of the psychology department at the University of California, Berkeley. She received her BS in psychology from the University of Arizona. Broadly, her primary interests are emotions, emotion regulation and the impact that others have on our emotional experiences. She is particularly interested in examining how the effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies changes over different situations. In her spare time, Felicia enjoys exercising, watching sappy movies, listening to music, and being outdoors. |
Gerald YoungGraduate StudentGerald Young is a second year Ph.D. student in the social/personality psychology program at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his M.A. in social psychology at San Francisco State University and his B.A. in psychology at California State University, East Bay. He is broadly interested in understanding the different ways in which culture and ethnicity impact emotion and emotion regulation processes, with a particular interest in identifying the mechanisms responsible for cross-culture and cross-ethnic differences in these processes. In his free time, he enjoys watching basketball and football and spending time with family and friends. |
Gold OkaforGraduate StudentGold is a second 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. |
Regina EboGraduate StudentRegina is a first 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. |
Christopher CrawfordGraduate StudentChristopher Crawford is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Social-Personality Psychology program at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his M.S. in Psychological Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his B.A. in Music Education from Ohio University. His research sits at the intersection of affective science and clinical science, and he is broadly interested in the relations between aspects of emotion regulation—including beliefs about emotions, desired emotions, and regulatory goals—and well-being, with a particular emphasis on how these relations unfold in daily life. In his free time, he enjoys exercising, cooking, and spending time with his partner and his cat. |
Alumni |
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Allison Troy |
Amanda Shallcross |
Henrik Hopp |
Victoria Floerke |
Josh Eng |
Moritz Riese |
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Joseph Leshin |
Katrien Koolen |
Amanda Irion |
Stephanie Yu |
Bianca Lorenz |
Bettina Moltrecht |
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Gabriela Werner |
Jaya Roy |
Yuen Wan Ho |
Catherine Patzelt |
Alma Merscher |
Freya Specht |
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Tchiki Davis |
Brett Ford |
Craig Anderson |
Phoebe Lam |
Fiona Cheung |
Emily Wilroth |
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Dylan Benkley |
Grace Allison |
Dorota Swierzewicz |
Jamie Kim |
Judy Kwak |