Dissertation Committee
Dissertation Title: “Talking About Taxes”
2024 - 2025
Topic: The Diagnostic Value of Age vs. Gender in Medical Choice Contexts
Thesis title: “Shaping Reality: How Confirmation Bias affects Memory and Interpretation across Different Ages”
Thesis title: “The Dynamics of Surprises: The Impact of Age on the Avoidance of Positive Surprising Information”
Thesis title: “Comparison Frames in Risk Perception and Cosmetic Procedure Decisions among Young Women”
Thesis title: “Base-rate Neglect Across the Lifespan: Age-related Differences in Probability Judgments”
Topic: Age Diff. in Intentional Avoidance of Fairness-related Information
Thesis title: “The Effects of Personal and Realistic Physical Activity Recommendations on Behavior and Perceived Health”
Thesis title: “Dispositional Optimism and Employee Well-Being: Individual Differences in Responding to Upward Social Comparisons at Work”
2024
Thesis title: “The Effectiveness of (the Combination of) Default and Information Nudges on Digital Menus for Stimulating Vegetable Intake”
Thesis title: “Examining the Role of Endorsers and Risk Type in Skin Cancer Prevention”
Thesis title: “Eat, Sleep, Vape, Repeat: Effects of Framing on Perceived Threat, Perceived Efficacy, and Vaping Intention in a Campaign Against Vaping Among Younger Adults”
Thesis title: “Exploring the Impact of WIEIAD TikTok Videos on Dietary Behaviors, Food Attitudes, and Body Image Perceptions Among Young Dutch Women”
Thesis title: “The Effectiveness of an Infographic and Visual Examples on Dutch Consumers’ Perception and Understanding of the Nutri-Score and their Ability to Identify Healthy Foods”
Thesis title: “Combining Narratives with Doctor Quotes: The Role of Identification and Credibility for Skin Cancer Prevention Behavior”
Thesis title: “The Effects of Visual Framing and Mental Well-Being on Mental Health Stigma and Attitudes Toward Mental Health Services”
2023 - 2024
Thesis title: “How Deceptive Practices and Price Influence Marketing Outcomes, Considering Environmental Concern”
Thesis title: “Fifty Shades of Red: The Influence of Saturation and Value of the Color Red in Instagram Advertisements on Emotional Responses and Purchase Intention”
Spring 2024 Master's Program Valedictorian
2022 - 2023
Project title: “The Role of Verbatim versus Gist Formatting in Adult Age Differences in Intentional Information Avoidance“
Biology Summer Internship Program, Cornell (BioSIP; $1,600, PI: Lauren Mei)
CALS Alumni Association Award, Cornell University ($1,200, PI: Lauren Mei)
2019 - 2021
Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholar; project title: “Age Differences in the Avoidance of Decision-Relevant Health Information“ ($5,000, PI: S. Deng ‘21)
Selected speaker – CURBx 6th annual research forum, Cornell University
“Best Poster“ award – CURB 6th annual research forum, Cornell University
Senior Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Achievement in Research, Cornell University
Alan D. Mathios Research & Service Grant ($1,495, PI: Stephanie Deng ‘21)
SRNDNA Diversity Summer Research Award ($2,000, PI: Stephanie Deng ‘21)
2013 - 2014
Peer Mentor & Peer Mentor Instructor, Heidelberg University, Germany