Lab News

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.

February 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