Social Cognition & Intergroup Perception Lab
Jacqueline M. Chen, Ph.D.
Research Assistants
Becca Clarke is a 4th year honors psychology student who has focused her studies in both the social and developmental areas. As well as being involved in this lab, she is also currently working towards an applied positive psychology certification at the university. She is also employed at the McClusky Center for Violence Prevention on campus, and has a passion for pursuing justice and primary prevention for college students through education and research. In her free time she loves to ski, surf, and sport in the great outdoors!
My name is Jacob Holman, I'm a 4th year Psychology and Sociology major from Salt Lake City, Utah. I'm very interested in how culture and institutions influence behavior. I'm also a TA for research methods and cognitive psychology, and I'm an RA in the BRANCH lab researching how people psychologically attribute and remember the effects of climate change. After my undergrad, I hope to go to grad school and pursue a Ph.D. I love sports, I'm an avid traveler, and I love being out in nature.
My name is Helena Nurre and I am a fourth year student at the University of Utah, but I grew up in Reno, Nevada. I am majoring in Criminology, Sociology and Psychology. My goal is to go to attend law school after college and pursue a career as an attorney. Some of my favorite hobbies include playing tennis, skiing, reading historical fiction novels and watching true crime documentaries. I have always been interested in why people think and act the way that they do, which led me to choose those three majors in the social and behavioral sciences.
Becca Whitaker is a third-year undergraduate at the University of Utah majoring in Psychology and Sociology with a certificate in Quantitative Research Analytics in the Social Sciences. She hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in Social Psychology and is especially interested in how social psychological factors affect educational outcomes. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, running, and mountain biking.