Core Faculty

Dr. Kathleen Casto - Hormone, brain, behavior mechanisms underlying social competition and motivation with implications for mental health conditions associated with hormonal transitions (e.g., premenstrual dysphoria).

Dr. Judith Gere - Romantic relationship influences on motivation and goal pursuit; romantic relationships and well-being (self-expansion/self-growth, mindfulness, subjective well-being); accuracy and bias in perceptions of romantic partners; research methods and analysis (e.g., structural equation modeling, dyadic analysis, intensive measurement methods).

Dr. Mary Himmelstein - Weight stigma; masculinity; impacts of intersectional identities on stress and coping in response to social stigma (weight stigma) and gender norms (masculinity).

Dr. Jennifer Taber - Effective interventions and health communications to increase health behavior performance; behavioral and psychosocial aspects of genetic and genomic testing; risk perceptions and risk communications.

Dr. John Updegraff - Health communication and health behavior; self-regulation and pursuit of health goals; social cognition and health; well-being.

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