Magazine staff

Maike Ramrath

Maike Ramrath is part of In-Mind magazine's Social Media Team. She holds a Master of Science in Applied Cognitive and Media Science from the University of Duisburg-Essen and is currently pursuing a PhD in Psychology at the University of Wuppertal. Her research interests include human-technology-interaction and organizational psychology, with her doctoral research primarily focusing on critical system information in high-risk-work-environments. Additionally, she is an active member of the User Research working group of the German UPA. ramrath[at]uni-wuppertal.de

Cathleen Clerkin

Cathleen Clerkin is a research faculty member at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, North Carolina. Cathleen is an interdisiplinary psychologist whose work draws upon organizational psychology, social and personality psychology, political science, and social cognitive neuroscience. Her recent research has examined the integration of multiple social identities, the link between identity management and creativity, innovation in the workplace, women in STEM, and penalties faced by women and minority leaders. Cathleen earned her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and her Masters and Ph.D. degrees in psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.        

Sara Holland Levin

Sara Holland Levin (Ph.D., University of Connecticut) is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Media at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Her research area focuses on political communication, misinformation, and social media. Specifically, her work uses computational and survey methods to explore topics of politicization and polarization, especially concerning traditional and social media as sources of information.

Sam Portnow

Tanja Oschatz

Tanja Oschatz studied psychology in Hamburg and Osnabrück and has been pursuing her PhD in social psychology and sexual science at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz since 2022. Her research focuses on women’s sexuality and gender differences in sexual pleasure.

Chien-Han Kao

Chien-Han Kao obtained her Master’s degree in Social and Personality Psychology from National Taiwan University. Her primary research interests in graduate school focused on interpersonal motivation and emotional regulation. Chien-Han is currently working as a market researcher in Taiwan, conducting studies related to customer and employee satisfaction.

Stefano Ciaffoni

Stefano (He/Him) earned his PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Bologna in 2024. His academic journey has taken him across several international universities, including the University of Groningen, where he completed a Master’s degree in Applied Social Psychology, as well as research traineeships at the University of Queensland, the University of Granada, and Leiden University. He is interested in how people from disadvantaged groups respond to and push back against a deeply unequal world, with a particular focus on sexual minorities, women, and people in consensual non-monogamous relationships. You can find hit at: https://x.com/StefanoCiaffoni

Emelie Ernberg

Emelie Ernberg is a Ph.D. student at the University of Gothenburg. Her research focuses on evaluations of children’s testimonies in the legal system and on prosecution of sexual abuse cases involving preschool-aged victims.

James Coan

James A. Coan is a clinical psychologist and professor at the University of Virginia, where he directs the Virginia Affective Neuroscience Laboratory and produces the Circle of Willis podcast.     Photographer credit: Cat Thrasher

Will Williams

Will Williams is a meditation and mindfulness coach, who has worked with some of the world’s leading companies, including: Google DeepMind, Apple, HSBC, Spotify and Universal. Will is also the wellbeing advisor to the OECD for the Education 2030 project, an initiative which aims to help countries find what knowledge, skills and values are needed to help today’s students thrive. He is also founder of World Meditation Day and the author of ‘The Effortless Mind’. Learn more about Will's current project at www.beejameditation.com.