Adrian Torres is pursuing his B.A. in Psychology under the Specialized Honors Program at York University in Toronto, Canada. He previously received an advanced diploma in Electrical Engineering Technology at Humber College. His current research interests lie in group dynamics, gender, motivational factors in behaviors and thoughts, and neurobiological predictors of social dominance.

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Memoona Arshad is a masters students at York University in Toronto, Canada. She received her B.Sc. in Psychology from the University of Toronto. Her current research interests lie in social status, income inequality, and perceptions of fairness. In her current work, she aims to examine how status influences wellbeing cross-culturally.

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Miranda Too is a PhD student in Social & Personality Psychology at York University. She received her M.A. in Psychology from York University and her H.B.Sc. in Psychology from the University of Toronto. Her current work is focused on the social and reputational outcomes of humility. Miranda’s other research interests include social status, hierarchies, interpersonal dynamics, motivation, decision making, and ethical behavior.

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Fan Xuan Chen is a doctoral student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his B.A. in Psychology from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His current research interests are in social status, cooperative/competitive behavior, unethical decision-making, and intergroup processes. In his current work, he aims to examine how dominant leaders affect group cooperation and processes. He approaches these topics using perspectives and methodologies drawn from cultural psychology, behavioral economics, sociobiology, and social cognition. During his free time, he sings and plays musical instruments.

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Daniel Redhead is a research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. He received his B.A. in Archaeology and Anthropology and MRes. in Evolutionary and Sociocultural Anthropology from Durham University, and his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Essex. He is interested in the relationship between prestige, dominance, and leadership in human groups. His work with Rick O’Gorman focuses on the effects of prestige and dominance within social networks and further explores the contexts in which dominance is accepted in human leadership contests. His collaborations with Joey examine how prestige and dominance affect an individual's position within, and the structure of, their social network.

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Randi Vogt is pursuing her Ph.D. in Social Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Princeton University and worked as a lab manager at the Social Cognitive Development Group at Harvard University. In her current work, she explores the personality predictors and behavioral outcomes of overconfidence. Her other research interests include the influence of overconfident individuals on team dynamics and productivity, and the developmental origins of overconfidence. In her free time, Randi likes cheering on her hometown sports teams — the Boston Red Sox and the New England Patriots.

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Shoko Watanabe is a doctoral student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Shoko studied theology as an undergraduate at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is also a certified math teacher with an M.S. in Educational Psychology from Oklahoma State University. Shoko’s work with Sean Laurent addresses when and why people promote forgiveness, and the nature of moral hypocrisy and the conditions under which hypocrites are forgiven or punished. She is also interested in the formation of trust and friendships in groups and teams. Shoko enjoys traveling, learning foreign languages, playing video games, and cooking.

ALIYA AIYUB

Project Areas: Confidence, assertiveness, team gender composition, social perceptions

YUMNA IKRAM

Project Areas: Group dynamics, leaderless groups, group contribution

AKHILA PADALA

Project Areas: Assertiveness, leadership effectiveness, gender barriers to leadership

MIHIR joshi

Project Areas: Egalitarianism and fairness
Programming Languages: Python, R, PHP

Shuyan (Amy) Li

Project Areas: Egalitarianism and fairness
Programming Languages: Python, HTML, CSS, Javascript, SQL

Alexander Rios

Project Areas: Social networks
Programming Languages: R, Python, Mathematica, Lua

Meghna Shrivastava

Project Areas: Social networks
Programming Languages: Python, R, C#, JavaScript, SQL, HTML, XML, JSON

Yuejun Wu

Project Areas: Egalitarianism and fairness
Programming Languages: R, Python, JavaScript, SQL

Florence Clifford

Project Areas: Team dynamics

Milton Wang

Project Areas: Group cohesion and team dynamics