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Sierra Feasel

Ph.D. Candidate

Education

  • B.A., Cognitive Science, UC Berkeley 
  • M.A., Social Sciences, University of Chicago

Biography

Sierra is a fourth year Ph.D. candidate at UC Santa Barbara. She completed her BA in Cognitive Science at UC Berkeley and her MA in Social Sciences, concentrating in Psychology, at the University of Chicago. She's interested in better understanding how one's social identities shape experiences in intergroup interactions and how these intergroup interactions can be better facilitated. She's also interested in how past interactions with an outgroup affect motivations and expectations for future interactions with that group.

Publications

Feasel, S. H., Risen, J. L, & White, S. M. (2019). Tied to both sides or asserting a preferred identity? The case of Palestinian citizens of Israel in an intergroup contact setting. Self and Identity, 1-24. DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2019.1634143

Feasel, S. H., Dover, T. L., Small, P. A., & Major, B. (2022). Effects of discrimination versus self-blame attributions on health: A longitudinal study. Stigma and Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000393