Undergraduate Researchers

Andre Faria

Andre [they/he] is a senior from eastern Kentucky majoring in Psychology. They have served as a research assistant in the Social Perception and Communication Lab since Spring 2020 and is currently conducting their honors thesis in the lab on reactions to shifting gender identity demographics. Outside the lab, Andre enjoys listening to and making music, playing video games, and driving hours to ride roller coasters around the country!

Evan [EC; flexible pronouns] is a rising senior in Ezra Stiles College double majoring in Psychology and Ethnicity, Race, and Migration. EC has served as a Research Assistant in the Social Perception and Communication Lab since Spring 2019 and is currenlty conducting their honors thesis in the lab examining empowering narratives of racial progress. Outside of the lab, EC is a Coordinator with the Coalition of Allyship Advocates, a new DEI peer education group at Yale. In free time, EC likes to binge Disney or anime with friends.

Andrew [he/him] is a rising senior in Pauli Murray College. He began working as a research assistant in the Social Perception and Communication Lab in Summer 2020. Outside of the lab, Andrew has served as the Chair of the Progressive Party and the Chief of Staff of SNAP PAC, and he volunteers as a GED tutor through the Yale Undergraduate Prison Project. In his free time, Andrew enjoys running, reading, curating playlists, and spending time with friends.

Annalisa Myer

Annalisa [she/her] was a summer intern with the SPCl in 2020. She begins her graduate study at CUNY this fall and will be continuing her research on perceptions of racial economic equality with us.

Vincent Rice

Vincent was a summer intern  with the SPCL in 2021 and is currently a graduate student at the University of Buffalo. Vincent is interested in the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) as an emerging tool or teammate within organizational work teams. Vincent is working with us on projects examining how people reason about algorithmic bias. Outside of the lab, Vincent enjoys watching a lot of sports games and traveling to new places.

Anita [she/her] was a summer intern with the SPCL in 2021. She is a junior at the University of Toronto, where she is expected to complete a B.S. in Psychology in early 2023. Her research interests include social perception, bias, and inequality, with a focus on the inclusion of intersectional groups.

Keyana [she/her] is a junior from Silver Spring, Maryland majoring in Psychology. She started as a research assistant in the Social Perception and Communication Lab in summer 2021. Outside the lab, Keyana enjoys dancing with several dance groups on campus, accumulating as many plants as possible, thrifting, and compulsively buying cool mugs!