Persuasion and Affect Lab

Left to Right: Dan, Paul, Lynsey, Abby, Ashley, Sang, Holly, Amy, Brett, and Ian

The Persuasion and Affect Lab conducts research on a wide variety of topics within social cognition, although primary research foci pertain to 1) attitude formation and change as influenced by mood, nonconscious affect and other nonconscious processes, goals, thinking styles, personality characteristics, and other factors, and 2) the influence individuals’ mood state has on information processing, activity choice, and behavior. Additional topics studied by members of our lab include the self-serving bias, law and social cognition, the mere exposure effect, counterfactual thinking, and evolutionary psychology, to name a few. To learn more about members of the lab and their individual research interests and background, click their links below.

Faculty

Ian M. Handley, Ph. D. more

MSU Faculty Affiliates

Jessi L. Smith, Ph. D. more

Dan Gigone, Ph. D. more

Collaborators at other Universities

Dolores Albarracin: University of Illinois – Urbana Champagne

Andrew L. Geers: University of Toledo

G. Daniel Lassiter: Ohio University

Keith D. Markman: Ohio University

Audrey K. Miller: Sam Houston State University

Current Graduate Students

	Brett Runnion more to come	Mark Sollars more to come
	Mark Wojda more to come

Former Graduate Students

2005-2007 Tiffany Dood, M.S. – Now at Zoot

2005-2006 Justin Goss, M.S. – University of Texas – San Antonio, PhD. Program in marketing. LINK

Undergraduate Research Assistants

(Contact Dr. Handley via Email if you are interested in becoming a research assistant.)

Fall 2005 (Image) Tessa Andrews (UPS)* Autumn DeVries Valerie Dowbenko Holly Krings Molly McTighe Phil Schatzka Andrew St. Pierre	Spring 2006 Tessa Andrews (USP)* Chris Bushard* Amber Erhart Holly Krings Deanna Mairs* Lena May-Frasier* Brett Runnion* Amy Vaira	Fall 2006 Chris Bushard* Paul Bussi* Holly Krings Deanna Mairs* Lena May-Frasier* Brett Runnion* Amy Vaira	Spring 2007 Laura Barney Chris Bushard* Paul Bussi* Holly Krings Lena May-Frasier* Brett Runnion* Amy Vaira	Fall 2007 Ashley Hildred (USP) Holly Krings Abby Kirschbaum Amy Vaira Lynsey Evans
Spring 2008 Mariah Donohue Jesse Ehli Lynsey Evans Rikki Evans Abby Kirschbaum Matt Mitchel Beca Richard	Fall 2008 Mike Broom Mariah Donohue Lauren Gates Abby Kirschbaum Brian Maksym Scott McFarlanr Beca Richard	Spring 2009	Fall 2009	Spring 2010

* Currently attending or accepted to graduate programs.