Research Interests

I am interested in examining how individuals’ feelings of belongingness affects patterns related to intergroup relations in political contexts. I am interested in exploring these constructs through the lenses of social identity theory, self-categorization theory, and uncertainty-identity theory.

Recent Work

Peabody, D., Sherburne, B., Hackett, J. D., & Gaffney, A. M. (2019). Relationships between Prototypicality, Integrated Threat, and Outgroup Evaluations. Poster presented at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Conference in San Diego, CA.