Last week, CORE Lab member Emma Pitt successfully defended her dissertation on perceptions of multinationals in the U.S. and Northern Ireland! Now officially Dr. Emma Pitt, she is excited for her next position as a postdoctoral researcher at Queen's University Belfast...

CORE Lab graduate student Joan Kim recently co-authored a paper investigating moral distress surrounding climate change among environmental activists and the general public. Climate moral distress is defined in the paper as “the negative emotions associated with...

I’m so excited to announce that CORE Lab graduate student Emma Pitt has recently accepted a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position at Queen’s University Belfast with the Developing Belief Network! She will be working on the project ‘Changing Minds: An International...

Recently, Joan Kim and John Coley of the CORE Lab published an article in Sustainability examining how mental models of the human-nature relationship predict pro-environmental attitudes.  They found that beliefs about human exceptionalism and perceived human impact on...

Late last month, John and some of the lab’s graduate students attended The Society for Personality and Social Psychology's annual convention in Denver, Colorado. Emma, Joan, and Daria presented their research to other convention attendees, and everyone had the...

Earlier this semester, long-time lab member Catie Nielson accepted a position in the University of Nevada Department of Psychology as a professor-in-residence! Catie is a postdoc researcher here and has been working in the CORE Lab since 2020. Starting this coming...

This past Wednesday, we had a lovely CORE Lab picnic lunch to celebrate recent graduates Jamie and Alegra, two Research Assistants who will be leaving the lab. We all wish them well and cannot wait to see the amazing things they both accomplish. We'll miss you Jamie...

Hey, CORE Lab! I am Leann, the new Lab Manager. I am here on co-op until the end of December. I am a third year Northeastern student studying Environmental & Sustainability Sciences. Some of my previous coursework and research has focused on environmental justice,...

This past weekend, three members of the CORE Lab celebrated their graduation from Northeastern University! We are incredibly proud of Alegra, Jamie, and Lauren for their hard work and dedication to their fields, and we look forward to seeing their future...

This past Friday, the CORE Lab celebrated the end of the semester with a potluck dinner! Complete with delicious food and lots of laughs, we had a great time together. Thank you to all of our amazing research assistants, co-ops, and graduate students for making our...