My research broadly focuses on understanding the experience of stigmatization from the targets’ perspective. Specifically, I am interested in how individual difference variables (e.g, sensitivity to cues of prejudice and the utilization of different emotion regulation strategies) interact with contextual factors (e.g., situational ambiguity) to shape people's affective and behavioral responses to discrimination.

I am also interested in understanding the experience of stigmatized groups that are underrepresented in the experimental social psychology literature, such as people with physical disabilities. During my NIMH-funded postdoctoral fellowship, I plan to apply my past research to better understand the relationships among stigma-related stress, coping, and mental health as well as inform interventions designed to improve the psychological well-being of those living with concealable stigmatized identities.