Department: Psychology Faculty Adviser: Anuj Shah Year of Study: G1 Undergraduate School: Northwestern University Undergraduate Major: Psychology
Hi, I'm Sheena! I'm originally from Indiana. I work with Dr. Anuj Shah to study topics related to judgment and decision-making. Previously, I studied psychology and data science at Northwestern University as an undergraduate. In the two years since, I've been at Yale University in a health economics lab working on Medicaid policy research. Recently, I adopted a 2-year-old tuxedo cat named Sprout who has been the recipient of all my recent free time. I also enjoy playing video games with friends and traveling. I've been to ten countries in the past three years and lived abroad briefly in South Korea (2018), Germany (2020), and Singapore (2023).
I ran a homemade fudge business in middle school!
Currently, I'm interested in (1) the psychology of poverty and (2) how new technologies influence the ways we see ourselves and connect with others. I study questions like: Does having our existing relationships within such easy reach these days make us pickier about the new friends we make? Does that shrink the diversity of who we connect with? Do we see those who are poor as less likely to change? And when someone exits or enters poverty, do the psychological effects of scarcity (or abundance) persist? Across these projects, I use lab experiments, surveys, interviews, and other psychological research methods to understand how our environments shape the decisions that we make.
Not available to participate in Summer ReMatch+ program.
