Doctoral Students — Media Psychology
Ruth Appel
Appel combines insights and methods from psychology, political science and computer science to develop and evaluate evidence-based interventions to promote the social good. She is particularly passionate about preventing the spread of misinformation, promoting wellbeing and mental health, and addressing ethical challenges related to new technologies.
Yikun Chi
Chi is interested in leveraging media consumption and mobile sensing data and deep learning for the detection and prediction of mental well-being related issues.
Ross Dahlke
Dahlke researches the connection between online and offline civic life, particularly participation in political collective action such as social media use and political donations.
Cid Decatur
Decatur focuses on the cognitive impacts of social media, social networks, language, and jargon online.
Cyan DeVeaux
DeVeaux is interested in augmented and virtual reality, human-computer interaction, and human-centered design.
Eugy Han
Han is interested in understanding how virtual reality environments and the embodiment of digital identities transform cognitive processes.
Angela Lee
Lee is interested in understanding the impact of media and technology on users’ health and well-being by studying psychological processes such as mindsets, particularly in the context of adolescent and parent-child relationships.
Michelle Ng
Ng is interested in how media can be leveraged by community-based organizations to advocate for more equitable natural resource management.
Rinseo Park
Park is interested in understanding how individual decision-making diverges from policy actors’ (e.g., political elites or scientific experts) views and the underlying cognitive processes.
Katherine Roehrick
Roehrick uses computational and linguistic analyses to study human-computer interaction and digital media. She is a Stanford Graduate Fellow.
Serena Soh
Soh is interested in understanding how identity development unfolds in the digital context, particularly in terms of how digital interventions can be designed to promote positive identity development.