INTERGROUP SOCIAL PERCEPTION LAB
Kristin Pauker, Ph.D.
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Tiffany Shigeoka is currently a junior enrolled at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. She is expected to graduate in Spring 2016 with a B.A. in psychology and a minor in sociology. She is interested in the fields of cultural, developmental, and social psychology. In the future, she plans on going into clinical psychology with an emphasis on child psychopathology.
Kristin Pauker is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Hawaii and director of the ISP lab. She received her A.B. from Dartmouth College (2002), Ph.D. from Tufts University (2009), and completed postdoctoral study at Stanford University. Originally born and raised in Hawaii—a drastically different environment than either Hanover, NH (Dartmouth) or Medford, MA (Tufts)—she became fascinated with exploring how a person’s immediate environment and culturally-shaped theories about race impact basic social perception, social interactions, and stereotyping in childhood and throughout development. Her research spans both Social and Developmental Psychology and has been featured in journals including Science, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Developmental Psychology. She has been the recipient of several awards, including a Jacob K. Javits Fellowship and a Dissertation Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Currently, her work is supported by a R00 Pathway to Independence Award from NICHD and a NSF grant. Dr. Pauker enjoys hiking, surfing, and exploring Oahu with her husband Jeff, son Sebastian, and her dog, Mochi.
Lab Director
Kristin Pauker, Ph.D.
Mai Timberlake
Amanda Williams was a postdoctoral researcher in the ISP Lab. To date her research has focused on (1) the development of (implicit) social cognition and (2) visual attention during person perception. Although Amanda will miss the ISP lab, she is excited to be starting a new position as Lecturer in Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University. For more information please click here.
Ph.D. Students and Undergraduates
Mai Timberlake was a previous lab manager in the ISP Lab. She was born and raised in Hawaii and received her B.A. in psychology from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa in May 2013. She is interested broadly in the effects of media, especially advertising, on interpersonal interactions as well as perceptions of the self. Her research ideas deal with the objectification of women in the media and its effects on body satisfaction. Specifically she is interested in examining body dissatisfaction in ethnic minority populations. Her future goals are to attend graduate school and pursue a Ph.D. in social psychology.
Amanda Williams, Ph.D.
Graduate Students
Chanel Meyers
Summer and Fall 2015 Research Assistants
Chanel Meyers is a graduate student working under Dr. Kristin Pauker. Born and raised in Hawaii, she comes back home to UH Mānoa after graduating from Western Oregon University. Her research interests are broadly in race perception and cultural psychology. Specifically, multiracial group members and issues that pertain to this population, including, but not limited to: well-being and inter/intra-group relations, self-identity, and perception. She is also interested in how environment and culture interact within these issues in all populations.
ISP Lab Alumni
Victoria Floerke
Victoria Floerke was a previous lab manager in the ISP Lab. She completed her undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Denver. She is now a graduate student at Tufts University in Boston. Her research focuses on the psychophysiology of emotion and emotion regulation across the lifespan.
We are looking for highly motivated Ph.D. and undergraduate students to get involved in the lab. Dr. Pauker will be considering graduate student applications for the upcoming year. If you are a UH undergraduate student or a college student home for the summer interested in working in our lab as a research assistant, please e-mail us.
Adrienne Chong
Adrienne Chong returned to Hawai’i after graduating from Santa Clara University in December 2012, where she received a B.S. in Psychology, minored in Public Health Science, and completed two emphases in Psychobiology and Gerontology. Adrienne is broadly interested in Clinical Psychology and Gerontology, and she plans to attend graduate school to pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.
Previous Undergraduate Research Assistants
Megan Carpenter, Ph.D.
Megan Carpenter recently graduated with her Ph.D. from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Social Psychology Program, and currently volunteers her time as a research coordinator with the ISP Lab. Megan’s research interests center around interpersonal relationships, attraction, and perceptions of gender norms. Specifically, she is interested in how mating markers influence preferred partner traits and the particular strategies that individuals use to attract potential partners. Megan’s current line of research focuses on how feelings of power relate to sexual strategies, and how adherence to specific gender norms is influenced by group membership. Megan will be leaving the University of Hawai’i in the fall to start her position as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the University of Puget Sound’s Psychology Department.
Ashley Morris, M.A.
Jeffrey Chung
Jeffrey Chung was raised in Hawaii and graduated from ‘Iolani School. He is currently a senior at University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and is interested in psychology, education, and social work.
Ashley Morris is a doctoral student in Developmental Psychology working in the ISP Lab. She has a B.A. from Wellesley College and an M.A. from UH Mānoa. Her research focuses on social-cognitive development of preschool-aged children. Specifically, she is interested in how children learn to seek information from the world around them (e.g., parents, peers, media). She has worked on projects about parent-child conversations about autobiographical memory, early development of infants at risk for developing autism, and Native Hawaiian parental beliefs about young children's learning. Her future research plans include looking at how parent-child conversations may work together with media to encourage children to engage in science topics.
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Kristen Paul Bonifacio
Brittany Daniels
Brittany Daniels is a recent graduate at the University of Hawai’i with her Bachelor’s degree in psychology. She was born in North Carolina and raised in Pearl City, Hawai’i. Brittany is in the process of seeking a graduate school program and her current interests include abnormal psychology and human sexuality. Brittany is volunteering in the lab as a research assistant to gain experience and become well-rounded in the field.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Colleen M. Carpinella is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Intergroup Social Perception Lab. She completed her doctoral degree in Social Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Broadly, she is interested in how intersecting social identities (e.g. race and gender, gender and partisanship) bias person perception. She tests how biases in visual perception affect downstream consequences, ranging from basic social categorizations to the potential of winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Her recent work has appeared in Social Cognition, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, and Social Psychological and Personality Science.
Colleen Carpinella, Ph.D.
Kenny Baik
Pedro Benach
Lokelani Cummings-Watanabe
Lorraine Coffinet
Katie Gray
Robert Griffin
Sydney Hicks
Emilie Kuyat
Maggie Kwock
Mei-Lin Lawson
Kristen Paul Bonifacio is currently a senior at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. He is expected to graduate Fall of 2015, and is a psychology major, and an English and Philippine Language & Literature minor. He is interested in gender, sex, sexuality, and health psychology, with a focus on the LGBT population. After his undergraduate studies, he plans to attend graduate school. He currently serves as the Vice President for UH Mānoa’s Psi Chi chapter, and works at the LGBT Student Services center at his university.
Cara Bellwood, M.S.
Cara Bellwood is pursuing a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology. She received a B.A. in Psychology from Whitworth University and M.S. in Psychology from the University of Oregon. Generally she is interested in social development during adolescence, particularly how friendships are created and change over time. Cara also investigates attitudes toward college across high school, undergraduate, and post-undergraduate cohorts.
Heather Zezeck
Heather Zezeck is a grad student under Dr. Kristin Pauker. Heather comes to the lab from NYC where she attended a master’s program at NYU while working in Curriculum Development and teaching the Law School Admissions Test. Heather’s broad interest lies in social influences on educational achievement with two specific interests: the relationship between sense of belonging and college retention and the impact of psychological stressors on the predictive validity of standardized tests.
Jamie Le
Brianna Lum
Jamie Ma
Virginia Manley
Nicole Pietkiewicz
Gabrielle Pillert
Natalie Ries
Danielle Sato
Jamie Tagomori
Kesha Unciano
Jasmine Williams
Sakaria Auelua-Toomey
Sakaria “Sai” Auelua-Toomey was born and raised in Hawaii and graduated from Kalani High School. He is currently a junior at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and majoring in both Psychology and Communicology. After graduation, Sai intends to continue his education through graduate school. Sai is also an executive board member in the Psi Chi International Honor Society. In his spare time he enjoys hanging out with friends and balling it up.
Tiffany Shigeoka
Brent Noborikawa
Brent Noborikawa was born and raised in Hawai’i, and graduated from Pearl City High School. He is currently a Junior at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa going for a B.S. in Psychology. He expects to graduate in the Spring of 2016. In his free time, he enjoys hiking with friends or watching Netflix. Also, he thinks cats are pretty awesome.
Alysson DeLange
Alysson is a Junior at UH Mānoa. She is a Psychology major and plans to get her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology so that she can work with children with autism and their families. With the experience she is gaining by being a lab assistant, Alysson will be better prepared for graduate school and her future career in Psychology. Her non-academic pursuits include running her own jewelry business, home improvement and anything having to do with the ocean.
Vanessa Cabilan
Vanessa Cabilan was born and raised in Waipahu, Hawai’i. She is currently a senior Psychology major and Philosophy minor. Vanessa is interested in working with children, and in her free time she enjoys playing soccer and surfing.
Wen-Dai Lin
Wen-Dai Lin was born in Taiwan and raised in Hawai’i. She is expected to graduate from UH Manoa in Fall 2015. Wen is a Psychology major and plans to minor in Communicology. Broadly, her interests are in sex, environmental influences, and relationships. In her free time she enjoys watching Japanese dramas and spending time with her friends.
Vendula Matocha
Vendula “Vendi” Matocha was born and raised in a small coal-mining town in the Czech Republic. She is currently a senior Psychology major at UH Mānoa. Vendi is interested in studying the effects of disorders and disabilities on one’s family and social environment, how our perception of disabilities affects the ones who are in any way disabled, and what factors influence how well accepted and adjusted people with developmental disorders such as Autism become in various social environments. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, reading, painting, watching movies, hiking, going to the beach, sleeping, and photography.
Torey Oishi
Torey Oishi was born and raised in Kaneohe, Hawai’i. He is currently a senior at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa majoring in Psychology. His career interests include: medicine, research, teaching, and counseling. In his free time he enjoys the beach, hiking, playing soccer, and going out with friends.