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Thomas Schubert

Thomas W. Schubert received his Diploma and PhD in Psychology from the University of Jena in Germany. After staying as a postdoc at the International Graduate Colleage of Conflict and Cooperation in Jena and at the University of Würzburg, Germany, he obtained a Feodor-Lynen-Fellowship from the Humboldt Foundation and came to the Netherlands to work at the VU University Amsterdam and Utrecht University. Thomas' primary research interests focus on the embodiment of social relations, and experiences in virtual environments. Mail:schubert@igroup.org

Matteo Masi

Matteo Masi received his Ph.D. from the University of Milano-Bicocca and the University of Surrey, and he is now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Milano-Bicocca. His interests are in social psychology, in particular social cognition and impression formation, that is how we represent others in our minds and how we judge them by combining available information.

Laysee Ong

Lay See Ong is a postgraduate student at the Singapore Management University. Supervised by Angela Leung, her research interests varies (too broadly for her own good!) from creativity to mobility and self-regulation. One of her recent research projects investigated the beliefs about hierarchy among high and low relational mobility individuals. To know more her research exploits, you can visit her website. As a side project, she is also exploring and advocating the use of the virtual world, Second Life, for psychological research. While she’s not working, she enjoys good music, reading, and her pole dancing classes. E-mail: l.ong@in-mind.org

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.        

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Michelle Lemay

Michelle Lemay has her B.S. in Psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno and is currently working on her PhD at Idaho State University. Her research focuses on emotional biases in relation to sleep and affect.  She has also begun working with adolescents and internalizing disorders. E-mail: mlemay91@gmail.com

Christopher Perez

Christopher M. Perez is a fifth-year doctoral candidate at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he has been working as a member of the Positive Parenting Research Team (PPRT) and graduate course instructor. Clinically, he serves as a psychology intern within Veterans Affairs (VA). In August 2019, he will earn his Doctorate of Philosophy in Counseling Psychology and has made plans to move forward in a postdoctoral fellowship, with an emphasis in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and career goal of continuing to provide psychology services within the VA.

Scott Stroud

Scott Stroud received his B.A. in Psychology from California State University, Fresno. His research interest broadly include intergroup interactions, ownership of ideas, and political ideology. His academic aim is to earn a Ph.D.in Social Psychology.

Fabian Hutmacher

Fabian Hutmacher is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Würzburg, Germany. His academic background is in Psychology (B.Sc., M.Sc.) as well as Philosophy and German Literature (B.A.). In his research, he focusses on individual and collective processes of remembering and identity construction (in the digital age) as well as motivated reasoning and motivated science reception. He also holds a strong interest in the theory and history of psychology.