The University of Chicago
Social Neuroscience Lab
940 E. 57th Street
Chicago, IL, 60637
Office Phone: (773) 834-9152
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Office: 425A BPSB
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Louise C. Hawkley
Background
Louise Hawkley is the Associate Director of the Social Neuroscience Laboratory and a Senior Research Scientist with the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience and the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago. She graduated with a B.A. in psychology (1995) from Bethel College, Kansas, and a Ph.D. in psychology (2001) from the Ohio State University. Her early research was funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and explored the psychological and physiological correlates of loneliness in young adults. She is currently involved in a longitudinal multi-disciplinary project funded by the National Institutes of Health and the John Templeton Foundation evaluating sociological, psychological, religious/spiritual, and physiological aspects of social isolation and loneliness in middle- and older-age adults.
Research Interests
- Loneliness, social connectedness, and health.
- Autonomic, immune, and endocrine functioning
- Stress and aging.
Representative Publications
Hawkley, L. C., Bosch, J. A., Engeland, C. G., Marucha, P. T., & Cacioppo, J. T. (in press). Loneliness, dysphoria, stress and immunity: A role for cytokines. N. Plotnikoff et al., Eds. Cytokines: Stress, & Immunity, 2nd ed. Boca Raton, LA: CRC Press.
Hawkley, L. C., Masi, C. M., Berry, J. D., & Cacioppo, J. T. (in press). Loneliness is a unique predictor of age-related differences in systolic blood pressure. Psychology and Aging.
Hawkley, L. C., Preacher, K. J., & Cacioppo, J. T. (in press). Multilevel modeling of social interactions and mood in lonely and socially connected individuals: The MacArthur Social Neuroscience Studies. A. D. Ong & M. van Dulmen, Eds., Handbook of Methods in Positive Psychology. Oxford University Press.
Cacioppo, J. T., Hawkley, L. C., Ernst, J. M., Burleson, M. H., Berntson, G. G., Nouriani, B., & Spiegel, D. (in press). Loneliness within a nomological net: An evolutionary perspective. Journal of Research in Personality.
Hawkley, L. C., Berntson, G. G., Engeland, C. G., Marucha, P. T., Masi, C. M., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2005). Stress, aging, and resilience: Can accrued wear and tear be slowed? Canadian Psychology, 46, 115-125.
Hawkley, L. C., Browne, M. W., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2005). How can I connect with thee? Let me count the ways. Psychological Science, 16, 798-804.
Hawkley, L. C., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2004). Stress and the aging immune system. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity, 18, 114-119.
Hawkley, L. C., Burleson, M. H., Berntson, G. G., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2003). Loneliness in everyday life: Cardiovascular activity, psychosocial context, and health behaviors. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 85, 105-120.
