Select Recent Projects:
Maintaining the Moral Self.
[Investigating the role of consumer brand affiliation, and ethical/sustainable product preferences, purchase intentions, and spending behavior in consumer identity repair processes]
Role: Principal Researcher
Research Methods: Laboratory & online experimental manipulations, survey, behavioral assessment, open-ended qualitative data, 24-hr longitudinal design; outcomes: purchase intentions, brand evaluations, product preferences, brand connection, consumer spending, emotion/identity regulation
Data Analytic Methods: Multilevel Modeling, Linear & Logistic Regression, ANOVA, Moderation/Mediation, T-Test, Chi-Square, Factor Analysis, Content Analysis
Data Collection and Analysis Tools: Qualtrics, Prolific, SPSS
Employee Work Engagement & Well-Being.
[How workplace benefit crafting impacts prospective employee work engagement and well-being]
Role: Principal Researcher
Research Methods: Online experimental manipulation, survey, open-ended qualitative data; outcomes: prospective work engagement, job satisfaction, organizational commitment; psychological well-being
Data Analytic Methods: Linear Regression, T-Test, Correlation, Thematic Analysis
Data Collection and Analysis Tools: Qualtrics, Prolific, SPSS
Seeking Pleasure or Seeking Virtue.
[The effect of setting and pursuing personal goals for ethical action on emotion regulation and well-being]
Role: Principal Researcher
Research Methods: Laboratory experimental manipulation, survey, behavioral assessment, 24-hr longitudinal design; outcomes: emotion regulation, psychological well-being, goal setting and implementation
Data Analytic Methods: Linear Regression, ANOVA, Moderation, T-Test
Data Collection and Analysis Tools: Qualtrics, SPSS
Shame Repair & Belonging: How Can I be Accepted if I’m Not Acceptable?
[Comparing the effectiveness of private vs. public prosocial behaviors for emotion regulation and well-being]
Role: Principal Researcher
Research Methods: Laboratory & online experimental manipulations, survey, behavioral assessment (economic games), open-ended qualitative data; outcomes: generosity, emotion regulation, psychological well-being
Data Analytic Methods: Linear Regression, ANOVA (repeated measures), Mediation/Moderation
Data Collection and Analysis Tools: Qualtrics, SPSS, R
Select Past Projects:
The Consequences of Moral Decision-Making.
[The cognitive and emotional effects of causing hypothetical social harm for military veterans with and without PTSD]
Role: Principal Researcher
Research Methods: Laboratory experimental manipulation, survey, cognitive processing/implicit assessment & reaction times (emotional Stroop task, Shame IAT); military veteran sample
Power & Choice in Intimate Relationships.
[How threats to power in intimate relationships affect persistence and the motivation for increased choice in relationship-relevant consumer choice sets]
Role: Principal Researcher
Research Methods: Online experimental manipulation, survey
The Demographics of Change.
[How the demographic stratification and structural composition of a diverse community area in Chicago signal the future fiscal and social needs of its local residents]
Role: Co-Principal Researcher
Research Methods: Field observations, structured interviews, U.S. Census (secondary) data