Background

Maya is a doctoral student in the Social area working with Shige Oishi. Previously, she worked as a lab manager at both the University of Chicago and Yale University. She graduated from Yale in 2023 where she studied English and Russian.

Research Interests

Maya is interested in how people have conceptualized a good life across time and cultures. She hopes to further investigate the underpinnings of well-being, specifically focusing on the dimension of psychological richness.