News
April 15, 2024
Lab manager Daniel Sanji will be starting his PhD in (Social) Psychology at Northwestern University in Fall 2024 with Dr. Michael Kraus and Dr. Sylvia Perry!
Congratulations, and go Wildcats!
April 10, 2024
Undergraduate RA Theo Danial (Freshman, Chemical Engineering) received a URAP Summer Award for 2024 ($3500). Theo will spend the summer researching stereotypes of gender atypicality among gay men and lesbian women in masculine and feminine domains with Dr. Hudson.
Congratulations, Theo!
April 4, 2024
Lab manager Daniel Sanji received the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Fellowship for his project Ambivalent Stereotypes of Asian Americans and Their Hierarchy-Enhancing Function in U.S. Society. This fellowship recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing full-time research-based master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The GRFP provides three years of financial support over a five-year fellowship period.
See a list of winners here.
April 1, 2024
Dr. Hudson was announced as a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) CAREER Award for her project Understanding the Role of Schadenfreude in Intergroup Conflict. The CAREER Award is the NSF’s most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. This award will fund five consecutive years of research in this lab.
October 18, 2023
Dr. Hudson was recently awarded one of the SAGE Emerging Scholar Awards. The award recognizes outstanding achievements by early-career PhD scholars in social and personality psychology, including contributions to teaching, research, or service to the field.
Read more about the award here.
April 7, 2023
Undergraduate RA Teresa Campbell (Junior, Global Studies) received a URAP Summer Award for 2023 ($3500). Teresa will spend the summer researching misperceptions of racial progress and temporal distancing with Dr. Hudson.
We are so proud of you, Teresa! Read more here!
December 1, 2022
After successfully defending his dissertation at USC Marshall School of Business, DR. Merrick Osborne joins Haas School of Business as the inaugural Postdoctoral Scholar in Racial Equity!
Read about Merrick’s new role here!
November 20, 2022
University of Bonn psychology master’s student Lilli Wagner joins HIGHER Lab as a visiting scholar to study intergroup political schadenfreude with Dr. Hudson!
Welcome to the Bay, Lilli!
November 11, 2022
HIGHER Lab and friends gather for our first lab social at Jupiter in Downtown Berkeley!
October 27, 2022
Analexis, Kiera, and Sylvia each receive an EGAL Grant to fund their research projects!
Congratulations! Read about their projects here.
August 24, 2022
Our first cohort of graduate student—1st year PhD students Analexis Glaude, Ockemia Bean, and Sylvia Chin—begin their first day at Haas!
Congratulations and welcome!
September 1, 2022
UW-Madison graduate Daniel Sanji starts as the inaugural lab manager of HIGHER Lab!
Congratulations!
July 1, 2022
Dr. Hudson begins as Associate Professor in Management of Organizations (MORS) at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, and HIGHER Lab is born!
Read about it here!
