Randy T. Lee

Hello, my name is Randy.

 

I am a PhD candidate in Social and Personality Psychology and Cognitive Science at Cornell University, where I work with Vivian Zayas, Cindy Hazan, and Tom Gilovich. I also serve as a Graduate Resident Fellow at Carl Becker House, one of Cornell's residential colleges.

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My research examines how people navigate social dynamics in everyday life. I'm particularly interested in (1) the social regulation of emotion, both automatic and deliberate, (2) how people interpret and respond to ambiguous social situations, and (3) the conditions that promote or prevent social connection, belonging, and prosocial action. I study these topics across multiple levels of analysis, from the intrapersonal and interpersonal to the group, team, institutional, and societal.

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In a separate line of work, I explore topics in metascience and methodology. This research investigates how the presentation of research findings shapes perceptions of those findings, and how to identify situational features that are most "psychologically active" for a given person.

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​​​Before Cornell, I earned my BA in Psychology with high distinction from UC Berkeley and worked with Oz Ayduk, Rudy Mendoza-Denton, and Joe Campos. After graduating, I was the lab manager for the joint Ayduk and Mendoza-Denton Lab at Berkeley from 2016 to 2018.