My research focuses on emotions in their social and cultural contexts, with a special focus on how the social image of self and important ingroups affect our emotions. My research covers a wide range of emotions, from happiness and pride to anger, fear, sadness, shame, and envy. I study these emotions using a multi-method approach (e.g., autobiographical narratives; field experiments).

I direct the Culture, Emotion, and Social Image Lab at Wesleyan.