Emma Wedell
Graduate Student
Psychological Sciences
Concentration
Social Psychology
Advisor
Nairán Ramírez-Esparza
Anticipated Graduation
2026
Education
M.S. Experimental Psychology, College of William & Mary, 2021
B.S. Psychology, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 2018
Research Interests
Confrontation of prejudice and discrimination
Personality traits and sociopolitical attitudes
Publications
Bettergarcia, J. N., Wedell, E., Shrewsbury, A., & Thomson, B. R. (2021). “There’s a stopgap in the conversation”: LGBTQ+ mental health care and community connection in a semi-rural county. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/19359705.2021.1900973
Wedell, E., & Bravo, A. J. (2021). Synergistic and additive effects of social dominance orientation and right-wing authoritarianism on attitudes toward socially stigmatized groups. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-01245-7
Farber, R., Wedell, E., Herchenroeder, L., Dickter, C. L., Pearson, M. R., & Bravo, A. J. (2020). Microaggressions and psychological health among college students: A moderated mediation model of rumination and social structure beliefs. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. http://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00778-8
