Meet the Lab

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Karina Schumann  |  Lab Director

Dr. Schumann completed her PhD in Social Psychology in 2011, under the supervision of Dr. Michael Ross at the University of Waterloo. She continued her research as a postdoctoral fellow working with Dr. Carol Dweck at Stanford University.  Her research focuses on identifying factors that help people successfully manage their conflicts and respond to challenging social interactions in prosocial ways.

Anna Vazeou-Nieuwenhuis  |  Collaborator

​Anna is a former advisee and graduated in 2018 with a PhD in social and biological-health psychology with a minor in quantitative research methodology. She is interested in factors that can promote subjective well-being and healthy social relationships. Additionally, she is interested in how and why such factors are associated with people’s physical health outcomes.

Emily Ritchie  |  Lab Manager

Emily joined the CORE Lab in 2017 after completing her Bachelor's degree in Psychology at Miami University of Ohio. While at Miami, she spent two years in Dr. Jonathan Kunstman's Social Motives Lab studying implicit processes, stereotypes and discrimination, and the role of power in interpersonal relationships. Emily is pursuing a PhD in Social Psychology at Cornell University starting in Fall 2019.

Raven Hilfiker  |  Honors Thesis Student

Raven is a senior studying positive and negative affect in romantic couples' conflict. She is pursuing a MSW degree after graduation.

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Kelsey Kayton, Josie Mlakar, Megan Novello, Cecilia Daugherty, Kaixi (Lina) Zhang, Sarah Wannenburg, Mikayla Bogaski,
Mia Krawczel, Ilianna Ring, Lily Chozick, Morgan Gilmer, Maddie Goldberg, Taylor Lukens, Sydney Clark, Emily Kirschner

To apply to be an undergraduate research assistant please email a completed application to Dr. Schumann.
New research assistants should read the Lab Manual for undergraduates.