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Kate Petrova
Ph.D. Student in Psychology, admitted Autumn 2021
Research Asst - Graduate, PsychologyBioKate Petrova is a first-year PhD student at the Stanford Psychophysiology Laboratory. Her research encompasses two broad domains: basic questions about the nature of emotion as well as applied research at the intersection of affective science and social psychology. Her current interests include how different ways of paying attention to and labeling affective experiences shape emotion regulation. She is also curious about how people regulate their own and others’ emotions in naturalistic social interactions. Kate’s other interests include empathic processes in virtual communication, lay theories of emotion, and the development of emotion regulation across the lifespan. Kate earned her A.B. in Psychology from Bryn Mawr College and spent several years working on the Harvard Study of Adult Development before joining SPL.
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Emily Schell
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2018
Ph.D. Minor, Psychology
SU Student - Summer, Damon ProgramBioEmily Schell is a Doctoral Candidate in Developmental and Psychological Sciences at Stanford's Graduate School of Education (GSE). Prior to starting doctoral study, Emily received her double bachelors (with honors) from Brown University in East Asian Studies and International Relations. She also served as a Fulbright English Teacher in Taiwan and received her masters in International Comparative Education from the Stanford GSE.
Emily's research interests concern how colleges and universities can shift their student affairs services and pedagogical approaches to support their increasingly diverse student bodies. Her dissertation studies how universities can create culturally sustaining advising systems for minoritized international and immigrant students. In addition to her research, Emily has been the primary or co-instructor for multiple seminars and community engaged learning courses at Stanford. As a result of her "individualized support of students, innovative use of technology, and passion for community engaged learning," she was the 2021 graduate student recipient of the Walter J. Gores Award, Stanford's highest teaching honor. -
Shawn Schwartz
Ph.D. Student in Psychology, admitted Autumn 2021
BioShawn is a PhD student working with Anthony Wagner in the Department of Psychology. He leverages neuroimaging (fMRI and scalp EEG) and real-time biofeedback with pupillometry to investigate the neural mechanisms driving the relationship between moment-to-moment fluctuations in preparatory attention and episodic remembering in cognitively healthy young and older adults.
