Psychology

Katherine Thorson is a social psychologist who joined Barnard in 2019 after completing her postdoctoral and doctoral training at New York University. Her research focuses on human social interaction; she is interested in understanding how people think, feel, and behave when they interact with others, as well as how people's experiences and behaviors are influenced by their interaction partners. She teaches courses in social interaction, social conflict, and statistics, and she directs the Barnard Social Interaction Lab. 

Meet Kate and Kate...

Kate Turetsky is a social psychologist who studies group dynamics, intergroup relations, stress, stigma, and inequality. She received her PhD in Psychology from Columbia University and conducted postdoctoral research on educational inequality at Princeton University before joining the faculty at Barnard.

Like many, the canine behavioral expert Alexandra Horowitz adopted a dog during the pandemic. She had extra incentive: understanding a puppy’s development. Now, she’s turned her observations into a book.

Barnard Psychology Faculty in the News

Scott Barry Kaufman, who teaches our course, The Science of Living Well here at Barnard, has just released a new book, Choose Growth: A Workbook for Transcending Trauma, Fear, and Self-Doubt, a research-based toolkit for turning challenging times into a springboard for healing, insight, and new beginnings,

Introducing the incoming editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Dr. Colin Wayne Leach.

In December 2020, research by psychology professor Ann Senghas was published in the third chapter of the Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology. 

Prof. Tara Well gives a TEDxOcala talk entitled, "What Mirror Meditation Can Teach You."