​Rebecca Neel, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator // ​Lab Director
​(she/her)

Dr. Neel received her B.A. in English from Carleton College, took classes in Psychology at Portland State University, and received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology from Arizona State University. From 2013-2018 she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. She is currently an Associate Professor in the University of Toronto's Department of Psychology.​
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[email protected]  |  CV

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​Elia Q. Y. Lam
​Graduate Student
​(they/them)

Elia received their BSc in Psychology from the University of Waterloo and their MA in Social Psychology from the University of Toronto. Elia’s research program tests how perceiver and target perspectives dynamically shape social perception. One line of work applies this lens to interpersonal invisibility: Using multiple methods, they examine when (and from whom) people experience invisibility (e.g., inattention from others), and whether or not these experiences are uniformly negative. A second line of research tests whether malleability beliefs (e.g., growth mindset) vary across targets and perceivers, and how these beliefs may facilitate outcomes such as acculturation and prejudice confrontation.

[email protected] | CV

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Daliah Marei
​Graduate Student
​(she/her)

Daliah’s research is on coalitional psychology. She studies the conditions for building coalitions between groups with high conflict, ideological differences, or in costly contexts. She asks how we can use different beliefs and mindsets like collective liberation and positive-sum thinking to advance cooperation. She is also very interested in how coalitions and social identities function as dynamic systems that can shrink and expand over time, actively shaping who counts as “us” in “us vs them”.

daliah​[email protected]

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Colin Li
​Graduate Student
​(he/him)

Colin received his B.A. in Psychology from University at Buffalo, SUNY and his M.A. in Experimental Psychology from Wake Forest University. He is interested in the dynamics of prejudice within the real-world contexts. He’s looking into ways in which prejudice can be reduced and how prejudice and minoritized status affect psychological health and well-being outcomes. Part of his research also focuses on using psychometric techniques to develop valid assessments and advance measurement equity. 

[email protected]

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​Ruth Yilma
​Graduate Student
​(she/her)

Ruth received her BSc in neuroscience and psychology from the University of Toronto. She is broadly interested in questions of social cognition and social structure, particularly how large-scale societal changes shape perception, decision-making, and inequality. She is also interested in how these processes might relate to equity and access in mental health care.
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[email protected]

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Gale Chong
​Affiliated ​Graduate Student

Gale received her BA Honours in Psychology from the University of British Columbia Okanagan. She primarily works with Dr. Andre Wang in the Attitudes and Interpersonal Understanding Lab at UTSC, where she studies intergroup relations and processes through sociocognitive and interpersonal approaches. Her current research examines (1) the cognitive mechanisms underlying stereotyping and (2) interpersonal and systemic predictors of felt understanding among racial minorities and queer people.

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​Hannah Gans
Affiliated ​Graduate Student

Hannah received their HBA in Psychology from McGill University. Hannah is primarily working with Dr. Alison Chasteen in the Intergroup Relations Lab. Her current lines of research are exploring how ageist attitudes and behaviors are prescribed and manifested towards older adults with intersectional identities and how these older adults are perceived when confronting ageism.

[email protected]

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​CURRENT UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS

NAME
Amanda Dong
Bisman Kaur Randhawa
Christina Tan
​Erica Lucero
​Erin Timur
​Heidi He
​Junye Zhang
Mahika Varma
Maya Rueda-Cohen
Michelle Pleter-Ladar
Muyang Liu
Robbie Gray
Sonia Kanshyna
Sophie Jennings
Sylvan Zhang
Toko Michioka
​Yian Ren

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ALUMNI

Emily Schwartzman | Affiliated Graduate Student; now Faculty Lecturer in Social Psychology at McGill University

Louisa You | Affiliated Graduate Student; now Post-Doctoral Scholar at Northwestern University

Ashna Nagar | Lab Manager; now pursuing a Master of Social Work at the University of Toronto

Stella Zhang | Lab Manager; now at University of Toronto

Bethany Lassetter​ | Graduate Student

Joel Le Forestier​ | Affiliated Graduate Student

Jordana Schiralli | Affiliated Graduate Student

Veronica Bergstrom | Affiliated Graduate Student

Stephanie Oliinyk | Lab Manager; now at the University of California, Davis
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Adira Daniel | Lab Manager; now at Western University

Merril Chesser | Post-Bac Research Assistant; now at the ACLU of Iowa

Joshua Gold, Ph.D. | Affiliated Graduate Student; now Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Washington 

Chloe Huelsnitz | Lab Manager; now at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

​​Austin Simpson, M.A. | Affiliated Graduate Student; now at University of California, Davis
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Jillian Stuart, Ph.D. | Affiliated Graduate Student; now Assistant Professor of Psychology at Virginia Military Institute

Kelsey Thiem, Ph.D. | Affiliated Graduate Student; now Assistant Professor of Social Psychology at Ball State University 
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​Ji Xia, M.A. | Affiliated Graduate Student; now at SUNY University at Buffalo

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PAST RESEARCH ASSISTANTS 

Adrienne Jensen
Alexandrea Martin
Alexandru Garbuz
Allyvia Fogarty
Ambur Hageman
Andrea Heinz
Anna Kraft
Annalise Castro
​​Ashna Nagar
Bernardo Duarte
Bridget Ross
​Brittany Cheng
Carrie Gao
Chelle Praska
Clizia Martini
Conor Mittauer
Crystal Terman
Donney Jackson
Elizabeth Chan
​Eren Gulenoglu
Francesca Walton
Gabby Dillman
​Gabrielle Grothe
​Grace Chen
​​Gustav Lundberg
​Hala Bucheeri
Hanqing Yang
​Jessica Mielenz
​Jianqi Hou

​Jingen (Anna) Yan
Joses Ng
​Jovana Pajovic 
Justin Dodd
Kayla Karegianes
Krisha Khanna
Lingyu (Albee) Li
​Lok Sang Jeffrey To
​Lucas Baron
Madhuri Belkale
​Mai Kondo
​Marina Papachristos
Maryam Fakri
Mckinna Wilts
Mina Jyung
Nora Tucker
Seunggun Lee
Solomon Worlds
​Sooyeon Lee
​Tara Chahine
Taylor Magnuson
​​Qi (Kay) Sun
Xiaotian (Amy) He
Yibo (Eable) Sun
​Yu Han
Yuhao Chen
Zara Teichroew
​Zini He

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PAST LAB GROUP PICTURES​

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PAST CONFERENCE PICTURES

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