Lotte van Dillen
Lotte van Dillen
Lotte van Dillen is a postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University. She earned her Ph. D. from VU University, Amsterdam. She is interested in the mutual relationship between cognition and emotion, both how these processes influence each other and how people can control them.
Jacopo Vitale
Jacopo Vitale
Dr. Jacopo Vitale (PhD in Sport Science), Research Associate at the Schulthess Klinik of Zürich. His primary area of research concerns the study of sleep in elite athletes. He is working as a scientific consultant with Olympic-level athletes of the Italian Track and Field Federation.
Liga Klavina
Liga Klavina
Liga Klavina was born and raised in Riga, Latvia, where she also received her undergraduate degree in Psychology. A transfer to Amsterdam resulted in a Research Master Degree in Social Psychology from VU University, Amsterdam. Ms. Klavina is now working on her PhD. thesis at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, focusing on intrasexual competition and prejudice. Mail:l.klavina@rug.nl
Kristen Leer
Kristen Leer
Kristen Leer is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor specializing in media psychology investigating the intersectional relationship between trauma, media, and culture. Leer was awarded the NSF-GRP for her work on trauma(tic) media and the psychophysical impact it has on marginalized racial/ethnic populations. Her research in this area has also been awarded grants from the Anti-Racism/DEI Research Grants that support Leer’s ongoing digital research of how shared marginalized identities and experiences facilitate the impact that trauma(tic) media has on their psychological, emotional, and physical well-being.
Pelin Kesebir
Pelin Kesebir
Pelin Kesebir, Ph.D., is a social psychologist who is currently a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Her research explores different aspects of existential human motivation and their implications for individual and societal well-being. E-mail: p.kesebir@in-mind.org
Martina Grunenberg
Martina Grunenberg
Martina Grunenberg studied psychology at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt in Bavaria, Germany. She is currently a research associate at the university’s Chair of Social and Organizational Psychology, working on the interdisciplinary research project “KOKO: Conflict and Communication.” Her research examines conflict dynamics in both professional and private contexts, while also exploring how individual conflict competencies can be enhanced through science communication on social media.
Linda P. Juang
Linda P. Juang
Prof. Linda Juang, Ph.D., is a Professor of Inclusive Education at the University of Potsdam. Her research focuses on the adaptation and adjustment of adolescents and college students of immigrant background within the contexts of family, school, and community, which she approaches from an ecological system's perspective. Her particular interest is in how three key immigration-related issues, parent and adolescent acculturation, ethnic identity, and racial/ethnic discrimination, relate to adolescent well-being and health.
Sylvia Dörfler
Sylvia Dörfler
Sylvia Dörfler is a pre-doctoral researcher at the Research Centre Transitional Psychiatry of the Karl Landsteiner University of Health Science, which is concerned with topics regarding the mental health and mental illness of transition-age youth. She holds a master’s degree in psychology and a bachelor’s degree in nutrition science. Her research focuses on psychology and nutrition interactions.
Joanna Schug
Joanna Schug
Joanna Schug is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology department at the College of William and Mary. She received her Ph.D. in 2011 from Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan. She conducts research in the area of cross-cultural psychology, focusing on how people adapt their behavior to different types of cultural environments.
