Arthur Aron
Arthur Aron
Arthur Aron received his doctoral degree in social psychology from the University of Toronto, conducted post-doctoral research at the University of Paris and University of British Columbia, followed by several university teaching and research positions. Since 1994 he has been on the psychology faculty of the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His research centers on the self-expansion model of motivation cognition in personal relationships, including the neural underpinnings and real-world applications of the model.
Stephanie Davey
Stephanie Davey
Stephanie Davey is an editor at the International version of In-Mind. She is currently a research assistant and social media manager after completing her MSc in Health Psychology from the University of Derby. Her research focuses on understanding vaccine decision-making amongst parents, with broader interests in health communication and intervention development.
Jan-Willem van Prooijen
Jan-Willem van Prooijen
Jan-Willem van Prooijen received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology in 2002 from Leiden University. In his dissertation, he focused on procedural justice and group dynamics. He is currently employed as an assistant professor at VU University, Amsterdam. Mail: JW.van.Prooijen@psy.vu.nl
Trinh Nguyen
Trinh Nguyen
Dr Trinh Nguyen is a Research Associate at the Psychological Institute of the University of Heidelberg. Previously, she completed her PhD in psychology (with a special focus on developmental psychology) at the University of Vienna (Austria) and conducted research at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (Leipzig, Germany), the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), and most recently at the Italian Institute of Technology (Rome). Her research focuses on parent-child interactions using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and electroencephalography (EEG) hyperscanning, electrocardiography (ECG), and behavioral coding. She aims to uncover how early parent-child interactions influence child development and social learning. Website: https://trinhnguyen299.wixsite.com/home; X: @trinh_nguyen9; Bluesky: @trinhnguyen.bsky.social
Bastiaan Rutjens
Bastiaan Rutjens
Bastiaan Rutjens received his PhD at the University of Amsterdam in 2012. After working as a postdoctoral fellow at UBC (Vancouver) for one year, he returned to the Social Psychology department in Amsterdam in the spring of 2013.
Charikleia Lampraki
Charikleia Lampraki
Charikleia is Editor for Developmental Psychology (Adulthood & Aging) and Head of Blog at the English version of In-Mind. She is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Geneva, specializing in lifespan developmental psychology, and specifically in (older) adulthood. She is also the scientific officer of the Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research LIVES. Her work focuses on the psychological processes that underlie resilience, adaptation, and identity development in the context of major life transitions, including bereavement, family reconfiguration, and aging-related sensory decline. She is particularly interested in loneliness, social connectedness, and their cognitive and emotional consequences, with a growing emphasis on the role of digital environments and identity tensions. Her research is methodologically grounded in longitudinal modeling, multilevel analysis, and large-scale secondary data, particularly from international datasets such as SHARE.
Cathleen Clerkin
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.
Mary Ortega
Mary Ortega
Mary C. Ortega is a Ph.D. candidate in Media & Communication at Texas Tech University. Her research examines digital culture, public discourse on social platforms, media representation, and radical feminism. She has presented work on Latina identity, fatphobia in film, and platform governance. As a former journalist and communications professional, she also teaches public relations and media writing.
Katharina Demke
Katharina Demke
Katharina Demke completed her training as a health and nursing professional at Charité in Berlin and has gained several years of experience in psychiatric facilities. Currently, she is working on her empirical master's thesis on the topic of imagery rescripting and is studying for a Master’s degree in clinical psychology and psychotherapy at the Technical University of Chemnitz.