Working with the Communication Neuroscience Lab, I am interested in understanding how different kinds of messaging shape the way we support one another during the COVID-19 pandemic. I'm particularly interested in factors like dispositional victimhood, empathy, and prosocial behaviors that benefit public health.
Together with the Communication Neuroscience Lab, I am exploring how stress and exposure to economic inequality affect smoking cravings and behavior using fMRI, geolocation tracking, and ecological momentary assessments (EMA).