Lab Members
Dr. Mora Reinka
Dr. Reinka is an assistant professor of psychology at Ursinus College. Her research focuses on the stress and coping processes of stigma using a range of methodologies from survey measures, experimental design, and psychophysiological measurement. When not teaching health psychology classes or working in the lab, Dr. Reinka enjoys walking her dogs, knitting until her hands cramp, and watching horror movies with her husband. Mora Reinka's occasionally-updated CV |
Research Assistants
Sophie Louis
Sophie is a senior psychology major and is completing an honor's thesis in the lab. With two minors in biology and science and the common good, she is also a Parlee Fellow for the Center of Science and the Common Good and the Student Leader of UCREW. Additionally, she is a peer buddy and President of Best Buddies, as well as the President of UC Possibilities. Sophie hopes to obtain a doctorate in Occupational Therapy in order to improve the lives of others as well as use that position to address pervasive health disparities in the health care field. |
Frequent Collaborators
Dr. Brent Mattingly (Ursinus College)
Dr. Brent Mattingly is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Ursinus College. Dr. Mattingly’s research focuses on the intersection of romantic relationships and the self-concept. His work examines relationship-induced self-concept change (i.e., how relationships lead individuals to gain or lose various self-concept content) and how these forms of relational self-change are associated with various aspects of relationship functioning (e.g., relationship quality, maintenance behaviors, infidelity). |
Dr. Diane Quinn (University of Connecticut)
Diane Quinn is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Connecticut. Broadly, her research focuses on the experiences and outcomes of people with socially stigmatized identities. She has examined the experience of stigma for a variety of different identities, including gender, race, obesity, and mental illness. She is particularly interested in the combination of situational factors and personal beliefs that affect outcomes, including performance outcomes, mental health outcomes, and physical health outcomes. |
Dr. Gabriel Camacho (John Jay College, CUNY Graduate School)
Gabriel Camacho, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. His research interest centers on examining ethnic inequality from both the perpetrators’ and targets’ perspectives in order to obtain a better understanding of the causes and consequences of these disparities and of the lived experiences of stigmatized minority populations. He has pursued this research interest primarily by examining novel ways in which perceptions and experiences of stereotype threat—the risk of confirming a negative stereotype about one’s social group—contributes to inequality in academic achievement. |
Dr. Devon Price (New York City DOHMH)
Devon Price is a Senior Research Scientist at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Health. Devon has worked in LGBTQ advocacy for over a decade and brings her experience with community-informed programming and project implementation into a public health setting. Specifically, her work aims to answer the questions 1) what psychosocial barriers prevent individuals from getting tested for HIV and how can we help alleviate these barriers, 2) how do experiences of living with a stigmatized identity interact with physical health outcomes, 3) how can biomedical HIV interventions be improved by understanding the psychological deterrents that accompany these resources? |
Alumni
Sarah Capen-Becerra ('22) went on to get her master's of Applied Psychology at Shippensberg University
Carolyn DeCicco ('22) went on to work with children with autism as a behavior technician
Carolyn DeCicco ('22) went on to work with children with autism as a behavior technician