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Hello, my name is Randy.


I am a PhD candidate in Social and Personality Psychology and Cognitive Science at Cornell University and a Graduate Resident Fellow at Carl Becker House working with Vivian Zayas, Cindy Hazan, and Tom Gilovich.

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My research is focused on understanding social interaction dynamics and the cognitive and affective processes that underlie them. Specifically, I study (1) the automatic and deliberate ways we regulate our emotions, (2) the markers of attachment and other affectional bonds; (3) conversation and social connection, and (4) ambiguous social exclusion dynamics. 

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In another line of work, I am interested in metascience and methodology. In this domain, I research how perceptions of research findings change depending on how they are presented, and how to best identify and quantify situational features that are most "psychologically active" for a given person. 

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Previously, I attended UC Berkeley and earned my BA in psychology with high distinction. After graduating, I was the lab manager for the joint Ozlem Ayduk and Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton Lab at UC Berkeley from 2016 to 2018.

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