WHAT WE DO
In the BODY LAB we study how experiences of harassment and discrimination (at an individual and systematic level) impact mental and physical health. We also investigate the ways that body justice, intersecting identities, and community membership foster well-being and healthy development. Importantly, work in the lab recognizes that these experiences are complex and we aim to capture this complexity by attuning to the role of intersectionality and conducting methodologically diverse research, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative approaches.
Work in the lab spans development, social, and health psychology. For example, we study topics such as:
(1) perceptions of discrimination across intersecting identities (e.g., gender identity, body-size, sexual orientation, and race/ethnicity)
(2) peer-to-peer gender-based and sexual harassment
(3) objectification and dehumanization
(4) weight-bias
(5) positive body image
(6) eating disorder symptomatology
Work in the lab spans development, social, and health psychology. For example, we study topics such as:
(1) perceptions of discrimination across intersecting identities (e.g., gender identity, body-size, sexual orientation, and race/ethnicity)
(2) peer-to-peer gender-based and sexual harassment
(3) objectification and dehumanization
(4) weight-bias
(5) positive body image
(6) eating disorder symptomatology