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Graduate Students<\/u><\/h2>\n

Hanbyeol (Esther) Lee<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Hanbyeol (Esther) is in her third year of the Ph.D. program in Social Psychology at the University at Buffalo. She received her B.A. and M.A. in Psychology from Yonsei University. Her research interests broadly include how various motivations and behaviors affect each other bidirectionally, and how the belief in the timeless self influences motivation. She also studies factors that contribute to well-being in romantic relationships. In her free time, Hanbyeol likes to spend time with her friends, play the piano, and watch a movie with some beer.<\/strong>

Selected Works:<\/u><\/strong>

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Lee, H.E.<\/strong> (2025, February). International students\u2019 perceptions of environments\u200b and expectations of future interactions in the US. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference. Denver, CO.<\/div>\n
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Lee, H.E.<\/strong> (2024, February). The effect of disease avoidance motivation on the interpersonal distance perception. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference. San Diego, CA.<\/div>\n
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Lee, H. E.<\/b>, Kim, J. J., Cheon, J. E., & Kim, Y. H. (2023). Multifaceted effects of promotion focus on marital outcomes under mate value discrepancy. Family Relations.

Kim, J.J., Lee, H.E.<\/b>, Yang, H.W., Cheon, J.E., Kim, Y-H. (2021). The mediating role of emotional suppression in the relationship between spouse\u2019s neuroticism and marital well-being. Korean Journal of Family and Culture, 33(2), 89-123. doi:10.21478\/family.33.2.202106.004<\/div>\n

N<\/strong>icole Koefler<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Nicole is in her fifth year of the Ph.D. program in Social Psychology at the University at Buffalo and is the lab manager for the Self and Motivation Lab. She earned her B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Theology & Ethics from the Templeton Honors College at Eastern University. Nicole’s research interests include understanding how individuals successfully (and unsuccessfully) seek connection with others, and the ways in which people make sense of the world through their moral and religious convictions. In her leisure time, she enjoys perusing used-book stores, exploring Buffalo, and increasing her collection of house plants.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Selected Works:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Koefler, N<\/strong>., & Park, L.E. (2024, February). Judgments of moral transgressions against the self and others. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference. San Diego, CA.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Koefler, N.,<\/strong> & Park, L. E. (2023, February). Threats to morality increase moral convictions and decrease prosocial behavior. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference. Atlanta, GA.<\/p>\n

Naidu, E.S.,\u00a0Koefler, N<\/strong>., Park, L.E., & Lee, D. (2023, February). Lay beliefs about social media use and frequency of use. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference. Atlanta, GA.<\/p>\n

Park, L.E., Ward, D.E., Naragon-Gainey, K., Fujita, K., & Koefler, N. <\/b>(2024). I’m still spending:\u00a0 Financial contingency of self-worth predicts financial motivational conflict and compulsive buying. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,<\/em> 50<\/em>(2), 232-252.<\/p>\n

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Lab Affiliated Graduate Students<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Corey Allred<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Corey Allred is a second year Ph.D. student in Psychology at the University at Buffalo. He received his B.A. at Carleton College in Psychology with a concentration in Neuroscience. Corey\u2019s research interests include the boundary conditions of empathy and compassion, impact of social media on interpersonal processes, and how anger expression elicits empathic concern in others. In his free time, he enjoys playing video games and DnD with friends, looking after his cat and plants, and getting overly invested in the workings of fictional worlds.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Leslie Mei<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Leslie is an advanced PhD student interested in narrative, empathy, and identity. They earned their B.A. in Psychology and English from Carleton College and their MA in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago. Their research interests primarily include how people engage with displays of suffering, both in relation to fictional characters and to real life cross-cultural interactions. In their free time, they play DnD, study Victorian fashion, and try to craft the perfect latte.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Selected Works:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mei, L.<\/strong> (2023, April). Do cultural norms for suffering displays predict judgments of character? Midwestern Psychology Association Conference, Chicago, IL.<\/p>\n

Mei, L. <\/strong>(2019, May). Exploring a framework of personality, identity, and time perspective. MAPSS Graduate Student Academic Conference, Chicago, IL.\u00a0Collaborated and presented o<\/p>\n\n\n

Izilda Pereira-Jorge<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Izilda Pereira-Jorge is a fourth year PhD student at UB. Her research interests include perceptions of representation of marginalized groups, social identity-threat and safety, and prejudice confrontations. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Works<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pereira-Jorge, I,<\/strong> Oswald, F., Chaney, K.E., & Garr-Schultz, A. (in press). Marginalized and advantaged parents\u2019 perceptions of identity-safety cues in K-12 classrooms. Social Psychological and Personality Science. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cipollina, R., Pereira-Jorge, I.<\/strong>, Wong, K., & Chaney, K.E. (2025). \u201cI can\u2019t stop thinking about it\u201d: The mental and behavioral health correlates of disclosure rumination among sexual minorities. Stigma and Health<\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/sah0000617<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pereira-Jorge, I.<\/strong>, Chaney, K, Oswald, F., & Garr-Schultz, A. (2024, February). Norms of pronoun-sharing at the workplace influence perceived motives and LGBT+ allyship expectations. Poster presented at Gender Preconference, Society for Personality and Social Psychology’s Annual Convention, San Diego, CA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pereira-Jorge, I<\/strong>. & Chaney, K. (2024, February). Descriptive social norms impact perceived social costs and benefits to confronting anti-Asian bias. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology’s Annual Convention, San Diego, CA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Valerie Vessels<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Valerie Vessels is the Project Support Specialist for Dr. Lora Park at the University at Buffalo. She received her B.S. in Psychobiology and B.A. in Gender Studies from UCLA, and her M.A. in Psychological Research from California State University, Long\u00a0Beach. Valerie has used her administrative and research experience in Dr. Park’s lab to manage multiple study projects including an NSF grant project.\u00a0In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her cat, baking sourdough, reading, and listening to true crime podcasts.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Works:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Park, L. E., Naidu, E., Lemay, E., Canning, E., Ward, D. E., Panlilio, Z., & Vessels, V. <\/strong>(2023). Social evaluative threat across individual, relational, and collective selves. In B. Gawronski (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology<\/em> (Vol.68, pp.139-199). Cambridge, MA: Academic Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Park, L. E., Italiano, A., & Vessels, V.<\/strong> (2023). Managers\u2019 frequent displays of busyness predict employees\u2019 job disengagement, burnout, and turnover intentions. International Journal of Social Psychology, <\/em>1-48.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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