David Sherman and his lab conduct research dedicated to advancing our understanding of how people cope with threatening events and information, and to developing psychologically-grounded interventions for pervasive social issues.
Members
Principal Investigator
Graduate Students
Connor Gibbs researches how we respond to various forms of transition (including leaving military service, entering a new profession, and changes in structure/control).
Suyi Leong is primarily interested in challenges individuals face while transitioning into a different cultural context.
Alumni
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychology
Postdoctoral and Visiting Scholar, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2010 - 2014
Assistant Professor, Social Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2015
Lab Manager, STEPP Lab, Boston University College of Health
M.A., University of California Santa Barbara
Research Scientist, Sea Change Institute
Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2018
Assistant Professor, Singapore Management University
Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2018
In her psychological research at UCSB, Michelle studied the ways that experiencing extreme weather influences people's climate change beliefs, policy support, and behavior, using a variety of methods including analyzing search patterns on Google Trends, conducting a survey with a large online sample selected to be representative of the U.S. population, conducting a field experiment in Montecito, California after the debris flows occurred, and conducting a field experiment with citizen climate lobbyists in Washington, D.C.
Postdoctoral Scholar, UCSF School of Medicine
Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2015
Maître de conférences en psychologie sociale, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne / Laboratoire Cognition, Santé, Socialisation
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2011-2013