Lab News
Dr. Lin has received a Summer Research Grant from the Science Institute and Summer Research Stipends from the Faculty Research Committee at Fairfield University. This support will fund summer research projects and provide mentorship opportunities for our research student Tristan. Congratulations!
To close out our lab’s first semester at Fairfield, we got together for a pizza social! It was great to celebrate the end of the semester, reflect on our work, and bond with each other. We are so proud of what each member has accomplished!
Dr. Lin presented the lab’s work “How Accents Shape Perceptions of Social Interaction Quality: Development of a Perceptual Process Model” at the 19th International Conference on Language and Social Psychology in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
May 2026
May 2026
March/April 2026
Dr. Lin presented the lab’s work “When Nonstandard Meets Standard: Language and Affective Dynamics in Accent-Diverse Group Interactions” at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology’s annual convention (2026) in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
February 2026
Dr. Lin received the Meditz College of Arts & Sciences Publication Award from Fairfield University for her publication “When Nonstandard Meets Standard: Language and Affective Dynamics in Accent-Diverse Group Interactions” in PLoS One. Read the Publications page for more information.
January 2026
Dr. Lin was elected to the position of Diversity Representative and the Chair of Diversity Committee on the Connecticut Psychological Association (CPA) Board of Directors.
December 2025
Dr. Lin joined Fairfield University’s Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. Very Exciting!
September 2025
Our lab director has successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation at the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Connecticut. She is officially Dr. Merrisa Lin.
June 2025