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Underrepresented Perspectives (UP) Laboratory 

LABORATORY DIRECTOR:

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Jes Matsick, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Psychology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Pennsylvania State University

416 Moore Building, University Park, PA 16801

Office: (814) 863-0126

jmatsick@psu.edu

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Welcome to the UP Laboratory! The UP Lab is a productive, creative, and intellectually stimulating space for graduate and undergraduate students in the Departments of Psychology and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Penn State.

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We work to incorporate feminist perspectives into the social psychological study of stigma and social issues. To learn more about our current work, visit our research projects pages.

UP Lab News!

Congrats to UP Lab's newly minted PhDs on their successful dissertation defenses in 2022-2023!

 

Dr. Terri Frasca: Can Women of Color "Just Say No"?: Reactions to their Refusals of DEI-Related Service Requests in Nonacademic Workplaces

 

Dr. Flora Oswald: Perception, Experience, and Body Identity in Intergroup Relations: How Body Size Shapes Visual Subjects and Perceivers

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Dr. Mary Kruk: Identity Safety Cues for LGBQ+ People in Medical Settings

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Dr. Lindsay Palmer: Perceptions of Advantaged and Disadvantaged Group Members Involved in Social Justice

 

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The UP Lab is so excited to welcome a new Ph.D. student who will join the lab in fall 2023. Please join us in welcoming Brianna Donaldson-Morton to Penn State! 

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