Doctoral Students — Media Psychology
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
cdecatur@stanford.edu (CV (PDF))
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.
Zhenchao Hu
Zhenchao is interested in (intensive) longitudinal methods, social media uses and effects, interpersonal relationships, children and adolescents' identity development, sexuality, and well-being.
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
michelleng@stanford.edu (CV)
Ng examines the psychological, behavioral, and experiential dynamics of people who are exposed to climate hazards – with a focus on improving risk communication. By leveraging longitudinal methods and community-based participatory research, she aims to align behind community-led efforts to promote wellbeing in climate frontline communities.
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.
Monique Santoso
mtsantoso@stanford.edu (CV)
Santoso is interested in the social, psychological, and behavioral implications of virtual reality, particularly in the context of climate and sustainability.
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.
Noah Vinoya
Vinoya is interested in how digital media can be leveraged as a tool to understand human behavior in a more natural context. Particularly, media habits can be captured to help unveil aspects of personality expression, well-being, and life outcomes.