Hi, I’m Laura – welcome to my website! I completed my graduate training in social psychology at Ohio State University and am now a Principal Researcher (postdoc) at Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago.
Society improves when people identify problems, take action, and persuade others to support them. To understand the mechanisms underlying social change, my research program integrates the traditions of attitudes/persuasion, social cognition, social motivation, and intergroup relations.
My multi-disciplinary approach to the psychology of change draws from each perspective to develop basic theory with an eye toward informing policy and interventions targeting issues related to diversity, politics, social movements, education, and health.
To date, my work has centered on three major questions:
1) When and how do people change their minds?
2) When will people act in alignment with their beliefs?
3) How can organizations communicate to foster inclusion and inspiration?
Please navigate this website to learn more about me and my research. Feel free to get in touch if you want to know more!
wallacel0726[at]gmail.com
Note: I have lost access to my Ohio State email so please contact me via my gmail