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.

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."