After receiving her BA and MA from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, in 1978, Diane worked as a research assistant for a year at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. She received her MA and PhD in Social Psychology from Princeton University in 1984 and was hired by UCSB in the same year. The author of more than 100 articles and chapters on social influence and intergroup relations, Diane is also co-author (with Eliot Smith, Purdue University) of an introductory social psychology textbook, Social Psychology (3rd Edition, 2007). A fellow of APS, SESP, and SPISSI, she serves on the editorial boards of many of the major social psychology journals, and has been Associate Editor for Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, and Personality and Social Psychology Review. She includes among her professional honors being named the Western Psychological Association Outstanding Researcher Award in 1992; the Psi Chi Distinguished Lecturer, Rocky Mountain Psychological Association in 2000, and the winner of the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Award, from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, in 1998.
Contact Information
Phone: (805) 893-2057
Fax: (805) 893-4303
E-Mail: mackie@psych.ucsb.edu
Office: UCSB Psychology East (Building 251), Room 3815
Current Graduate Students
Megan Reed
Megan graduated with High Honors from UC Davis in 2013, where she received a BA in Psychology and Art History. Her research interests include influence, perception, and culture. She is entering her fifth year as a graduate student in the Social Evaluations and Emotions lab.
Anudhi Munasinghe
Anudhi graduated summa cum laude from York University in 2016 with a Specialized Honors B.A. in Psychology. Her research interests include intergroup emotions and the impact of culture on behavioral, cognitive, and motivational patterns. Anudhi is entering her second year as a graduate student in the Social Evaluations and Emotions Lab.
Vinnie Wu
Vinnie graduated from UC Irvine in 2013, receiving a BA in Psychology and Social Behaviors with the Excellence in Research distinction. Her research interests include motivation, emotions, and culture. Vinnie is entering her first year as a graduate student in the Social Evaluations and Emotions Lab. She also works with Dr. Shelly Gable in the Emotion, Motivation, Behavior, and Relationships (EMBeR) Lab.
Rammy Salem
Rammy graduated from Cornell University in 2010, where he received a BA in Government and Near Eastern Studies, and completed the Post-Baccalaureate Program in Psychology and Social Behavior at UC Irvine in 2016. His research interests include motivated reasoning, morality, and intergroup relations. Rammy is entering his first year as a graduate student in the Social Evaluations and Emotions Lab.
Past Graduate Students
Janet V.T. Pauketat
Ph.D. granted 2017
Currently Post Doctoral Researcher Princeton University
In honor of and admiration for our colleague and friend Patricia Garcia-Prieto Chevalier who lost her courageous battle against melanoma in 2013. In 2003-04 Patricia was a sparkling presence as a post-doc in the social emotions lab here at UCSB with her husband Alex and the first little emperor in their lives, Hadrien (another little emperor, Aurelien, came along later). Patrica beat all odds and every record in thriving for 5 years after her diagnosis, and the power that allowed her to do this was her indomitable adoration for the three men in her life. Her courage, her determination, and her love are her legacy to her little guys.
Heather M. Claypool
UCSB Post-Doc 2001-2003
Currently Professor Miami University, Department of Psychology
