Background:

Elizabeth is a doctoral student in the Social Psychology program working with Shigehiro Oishi. She graduated from the University of Iowa in 2021 with a B.S. in Psychology. She previously worked as a lab manager at the University of Chicago with Dr. Marc Berman in the Environmental Neuroscience Lab where her research focused on the effects of the environmental on cognition and social interactions.

Research Interests:

Elizabeth is broadly interested in studying culture, social ecology, and well-being. Her current research questions focus on which events make our life Psychologically Rich, how the predictors and consequences of well-being may differ across cultures, and the differences and similarities of perceptions of social interactions across cultures.