Team

(sarah.michel@yale.edu)

Sarah is a junior at Yale majoring in psychology. She's currently a RA to Emily Ritchie and aiding her investigation into implicit attitudes towards stigmatized groups/divisive policies. Outside of the lab, she loves all things social psychology with a passion towards moral judgements and cross-cultural research. Beyond psychology, Sarah enjoys watching movies, learning data science, doing stand up comedy, and posting videos on social media (sometimes serious, mostly jokes).

(sanaa.carrimjee@yale.edu)

Sanaa is a junior in Pauli Murray College from London majoring in Cognitive Science, with a certificate in Modern Standard Arabic. Her concentration within Cognitive Science-Morality and Justice-focuses on how implicit biases shape moral judgment, decision-making, and perceptions of fairness. She is particularly interested in how unconscious associations influence the way we evaluate others’ intentions and moral worth.

Outside of the lab, she serves as Co-President of The Nourish Project, a student organization that designs and leads educational programming for senior residents in New Haven living facilities. In her free time, she enjoys scuba-diving, practicing the martial art Tang Soo Do, and pottery.

(valentina.lara@yale.edu)

Valentina is a sophomore at Yale majoring in psychology and on the pre-med track. She is currently an RA for Ming Ma and is interested in the formation of implicit biases and stereotypes towards different demographic groups, especially marginalized ones, and how these biases relate to and mediate current politics and social tensions. Beyond psychology, Valentina spreads her love for Yale as a tour guide, is on the coordinating board for Yale’s chapter of Camp Kesem, and volunteers with the HAVEN Free Clinic as a patient navigator. As a huge foodie with limited culinary skills, she is also on the business team for Y-Pop-Up and enjoys bringing the restaurant operation to life (and eating the food).

(jasmine.rossetti@yale.edu)

Jasmine is a junior and transfer student at Yale, majoring in Psychology and Neuroscience. She is the first traditional student in known history to transfer from Gateway Community College, New Haven, to Yale. She is working with Ming Ma at the Ferguson Lab, and is especially interested in the way prejudice can be formed and eventually changed. She is the Transfer Student Alliance's Director of Public Affairs, a member of the Middle Eastern and North African Community as well as the Afro-American Cultural Center. After Yale, she hopes to get her PhD in Clinical Psychology and research how minority status can influence mental health and illness. Through this research she plans to improve mental healthcare for minorities, making resources more accessible and culturally appropriate. Jasmine also enjoys reading, hanging out with her cat, and doing yoga.

(jaewon.cha@yale.edu)

Jaewon is a first-year at Yale majoring in psychology and computer science. He is currently an RA for Debbie Lim and is interested in how implicit attitudes can affect cooperation and collaboration. He is also interested in the ways computer software can aid in psychological research. Apart from psychology, Jaewon enjoys playing and making video games with Amoriem Labs, helping the Yale FSAE team’s business division, and teaching programming in the community with CodeHaven.

(anthony.boothjr@yale.edu)

Anthony is an assistant vice president of business development at Pursuit as well as an Eli Whitney student at Yale studying cognitive science. Anthony brings his financial knowledge and experience from working with JPMorgan Chase for over 13 years to his work and his studies to pursue his goals of community development through financial knowledge and empowerment and research on the nature of belief as a cognitive process. Anthony has worked with not-for-profit organizations throughout his career, including volunteering as a big brother through Big Brother’s Big Sisters of New York City. Anthony is also a musician and enjoys writing music and traveling in his spare time.