36th Annual Conference Participants, 2023 


Participants whose names are shown in blue will be attending their first in-person Duck Conference.  Those whose names are in black are returning Duckees. 

Participants should feel free to contact the conference organizer if they wish to substitute another picture or to add or revise their descriptions of professional or personal interests.

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Allen McConnell
He/Him

Department of Psychology, Miami University of Ohio

Functions of socially constructed relationships with family and pets; the psychology of conservation; decoding others' nonverbal displays; attitude formation and persuasion; self-concept representation.

Photography, travel, music, golf, technology, running.


Amanda Diekman
She/her

Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University

Gender, social roles, stereotyping, STEM.

Reading, happy hour, eating, yoga, TV, admiring this 20-year-old picture of me.


April Smith
She/her
Department of Psychological Sciences, Auburn University

Eating disorders, suicide, self-injurious behavior, interoception, intervention development.

Eating good food, wine (mostly just drinking it), cooking, exercising, reading, watching TV, gaming, doing my nails.

Ashley Whillans
She/her
Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Time-use, subjective well-being, leisure, work-family decisions, performance incentives, workplace policies, generosity.

Indoor cycling; running; writing (especially things I'm not supposed to be writing); couch time with my husband; kitty and/or daughter; new restaurants and cafes; traveling.



Debbie Ma
She/her
Department of Psychology, California State University, Northridge

Face perception, categorization, cross-race deficit, stereotyping and prejudice.

Parenting (95% of the time), Tonal (sorry Peloton peeps); adventuring of all kinds, talking to strangers, Tetris.


Diana Sanchez
She/her

Department of Psychology, Rutgers University

Stigma, identity, lay theories, and close relationships.

Tennis, hot yoga, Korean food, Zillow surfing, talking about writing a book, cuddling with my son, and one-on-one conversations (especially with my daughter).


Don Carlston
He/Him
Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University

Social cognition, of course! 

Basketball & other sports (alas, more watching than playing these days), the stock market, inventing & playing games, travel, gadgets, music, Canada, my kids and grandkids.  And Duck!!



Dorainne Green
She/her

Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University

Emotion regulation, intergroup relations, social identity threat.

Reading, journaling, eating, book clubs, watching TV, Peloton, spending time next to a body of water (e.g., beaches, lakes, ponds).


Elizabeth Haines
She/her 
Department of Psychology, William-Patterson University

Social perception, gender stereotyping, implicit measurement, social power, translating psychological phenomena and findings for use in organizational settings.

Daydreaming, fretting, hot yoga/Pelaton/running. growing/loving/coaching two teenagers into human beings who are self-aware but not self-absorbed, have a good sense of humor, and don't take themselves too seriously.



Emily Balcetis
She/her

Department of Psychology, New York University

Motivated visual perception and social judgment.

Eating, adventuring, avoiding police...in combination...repeat.



Eric Hehman
He/Him

Department of Psychology, McGill University

Prejudice, person perception.

Pool volleyball in the shallow end, pool volleyball in the deep end; pool volleyball without sunscreen.


Franki Kung
He/Him

Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University

Culture, lay theories, goals and self-regulation, conflict resolution.

Travel, seafood, movies, whiskey, and finding good deals on these.


Jackie Chen
She/her

Department of Psychology, University of Utah

Social cognition, categorization, fostering diversity and inclusion in institutions via cross-group relationships (mentorship, allyship) and policy changes.

Trying new restaurants, traveling, Peloton, admiring other people's dogs and trying not to be creepy about it.


Jeff Hunger

He/Him

Department of Psychology, Miami University of Ohio

Health effects of stigma and discrimination, social identity threat, intergroup relations.

Making annoyingly bougie food and drinks, (probably trashy) television and movies, Peloton, traveling.



Johannes Eichstaedt
He/Him
Department of Psychology & Institute for Human-centered AI, Stanford University

NLP: LLMs (GPT4, etc.) for interventions; machine learning/AI for assessment/measurement; Well-being: affect, satisfaction and purpose and their individual and societal determinants;  Mental and physical health: depression, stress,  and anxiety.

Long-distance ultralight hiking (in the Andes, Himalayas, Sierras, Arctic, etc.);  Travel 3-4 months/year; scuba diving, kite surfing (poorly), snowboarding (poorly); Rick and Morty, South Park.


John Paul Wilson
He/Him

Psychology Department, Montclaire State
University.


Social perception and cognition.

The outdoors, live music, exploring new places.


Jonathan Kunstman
He/Him

Department of Psychological Sciences, Auburn University

Stereotyping, stigma, prejudice, organizational and health outcomes.

Running/exercise, science fiction, cocktails, cooking, music for the occasion, all things Prince.


Keith Maddox
He/Him
Department of Psychology, Tufts University

Social cognition, mental representation, stereotyping, intergroup relations, diversity, climate and inclusion.

Dancing, movies, music, dining outdoors, scuba/snorkeling.


Kurt Hugenberg
He/Him

Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University

Social cognition, social perception, stereotyping & prejudice .

Reading, bicycling, watching crappy TV, playing games, goofing off with friends, wasting time, hammocks.


Liz Dunn
She/her

Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia

Happiness, optimizing the use of time, money, technology and carbon.

Surfing, skiing, mountain biking, travel, the adjacent possible.


Lora Park
She/her
Department of Psychology, University of Buffalo, SUNY

The self, motivation, contingencies of self-worth, social identity, addressing barriers to broaden participation in STEM.

Traveling, snowboarding, power yoga, running, hiking, biking, singing, listening to music, food/wine.

Michael Bernstein
He/Him

Department of Psychology, Penn State - Abington

Social exclusion, stereotyping, prejudice, intergroup relations, face processing.

Movies and television, bad movies, cooking, photography, travel, swimming, the beach.


(Cancelled)

Department

Academic interests

Personal Interests.

Paige Lloyd
She/her
Department of Psychology, University of Denver

Determinants and consequences of person perception, with an emphasis on implications for social inequality and discrimination

Antiquing, painting, dancing, drinks that contain vodka, and Nancy Drew computer games.


Pam Smith
She/her
Rady School of Management, University of California-San Diego

Power, status, and hierarchy, more broadly, social cognition.

Music (listening and dancing to, attending live shows). cultural critique.

Teri Kirby
She/her
Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University 

Diversity, inclusion, discrimination, and stereotyping, particularly drawing on psychological theories of self/identity and acculturation.

Exploring restaurants, cooking/trying new types of food, travel, hiking, reading fiction, tv/movies, making unnecessary spreadsheets for everything.


Thekla Morgenroth
They/Them
Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University 

How and why people maintain social categories and hierarchies; stereotypes; gender/sex, LGBTQ+ issues; essentialism.

Food (cooking and eating it); karaoke; board games; trying to pet every cat I see; hking; cocktails; napping; dystopian & apocalyptic books & movies.



Ximena Arriaga
She/her

Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University 

Close bonds,interdependence, attachment, inclusion, aggression.

Watching movies and sports, baking and eating baked goods, playing cards.

The Head Duck

Department of Conferencology, Duck University

Professional interests?  I'm supposed to have professional interests?

Pool Volleyball, sunscreen, going incognito, wearing T-shirts that say things like "The Duck Stops here," enjoying this year's conference, planning next year's conference, reminiscing about conferences past.


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