Background:
Yena is a doctoral student working with Howard Nusbaum. She received her BA (Honors) in Psychology from the University of UChicago in 2021. She joined the Behavioral Science PhD program at Booth in 2021. 

Research Interests:

Yena primarily studies how people change. At the individual level, what kinds of change do people want for themselves? At the interpersonal level, how do people get others to change? Using qualitative and experimental methods, both in and out of the lab, she examines the challenges and questions people face when it comes to change and, ultimately, human flourishing.