Lab Members – Social Perceptions and Intergroup Attitudes Lab

Clara Wilkins | PI and Lab Director

Dr. Clara L. Wilkins is a social psychologist and Associate Professor at the University of Washington. Before returning to UW, she served as a faculty member at Washington University in St. Louis and Wesleyan University. Dr. Wilkins completed her Ph.D. (’11) and M.S. (’09) at the University of Washington. She completed her B.A. with honors at Stanford University (’05).

Marah L. Al-Kire, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar

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Ralkire@uw.edu

Dr. Rosemary (Marah) Al-Kire is a postdoctoral researcher working with Dr. Wilkins. Marah researches religious and political identities and ideologies and how they relate to intergroup relations and political decision-making. Marah earned her Ph.D. in Psychology (Social) from Baylor in 2022, an M.A. with distinction (2018), and a B.S. with honors (2015) in Psychological Science from Northern Arizona University.

Chad Miller | Ph.D. Student

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chadmi@uw.edu

Chad is a sixth-year PhD candidate working with Dr. Wilkins. He is broadly interested in the attitudes and beliefs that high status groups hold toward members of low status groups. Some of Chad’s early efforts to understand this topic have focused on examining the conflation of religious, political, and social identities and on conflict between social groups where membership in one group is not mutually exclusive with membership in the other.

Huanchen Cai | Ph.D. Student

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caih42@uw.edu

Huanchen (pronounced h-woo-an-chen) is a first-year Ph.D. student working with Dr. Clara Wilkins and Dr. Sapna Cheryan. She graduated from Carleton College with a B.A. in psychology. She is broadly interested in stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination, and intergroup relations. Some of Huanchen’s past work examined intraminority intergroup relations between Asian Americans and Black Americans and the effect of positive stereotypes about Asian Americans.

Research Assistants

Brynn Watson | B.S. Psychology

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brynnw7@uw.edu

Brynn is a junior at UW majoring in psychology and minoring in business. She is interested in the intersection of social and organizational psychology, as well as bias and diversity within leadership roles in the workplace. She looks forward to applying to graduate programs in fall 2025.

Research Lab Alumni

University of Washington

Research Assistants:

Arielle Perreault, Maruhska Rose Rout

Washington University in St. Louis

Lab Managers:

Kimia Saadatian (2020-2021): grad student at Stanford
Jackie Lisnek (2018-2020): grad student at UVA

Honors student:

Baitong (Lacey) Li (’20)

Research Assistants:

Aaliyah Allen, Abby Rodler, Amy Frankel, Constanza (Connie) Gonzalez Navarrine, Cristal Thomas, Hannah Singer, Jo Christina, Lacey Li, Zoey Deutsch, Yu Xin Zheng, Corky Ribakoff.

Wesleyan University

Post Docs:

Mingxuan Tan (2016-2017)
Joseph Wellman (2012-2014)

Masters students:

Juliana Manrique, M.A. (’16)
Katherine Schad, M.A. (’14)

Honors students:

Yun Ju “Roxie” Chuang (’17), Tyler Chase Knowles (’16), Caroline Mead (’15), Allison Goldberg (’15), Xi (“Cici”) Liu (’14), Erika Flavin (’14), Alex Hirsch (’13).

Research Assistants:

Sheri Reichelson, Jessica Park, Mikaela Reyes, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Shackney, Lucy DeSouza, Sheri Reichelson, Shelby Arnold, Michaela Swee, Lucianna Pennant, Michael Inkles, Allegra Stout, Paul Silverman, Nellie Triedman, Julia Mark, Ravy Uong, Gideon Levy, Ryan Pruitt, Melanie Dellplain, Andrew Hove, Zachary Dravis, Mariana Quinn-Makwaia, Anqi “Angel” Guo, Britt Duncan.