DIRECTOR

Dr. Sara McClelland, director of ProgressLab, is an Associate Professor in the departments of Women's & Gender Studies and Psychology at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on what people think they and others deserve, often at the intersection of public policy and sexuality. Dr. McClelland received her Ph.D. from The Graduate Center at the City University of New York and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the University of Michigan’s Society of Fellows.

saramcc@umich.edu

LAB MEMBER

Emily Briggs is a PhD Candidate in the Developmental Psychology program. Her work is centered in late life and takes a developmental approach to understand how people change throughout the life course. She is particularly interested in understanding how feelings of belonging and social relationships may change in later life.

embriggs@umich.edu

LAB MEMBER

Sarah Lapean is a doctoral student in Psychology and Women & Gender Studies. Her research studies the emotions and moral evaluations that underlie sexual prejudice, and she is particularly interested in how these factors affect sexual education in the United States.

slapean@umich.edu

LAB MEMBER

Idalia Maciel is a Ph.D. candidate in the Psychology program. She is a feminist sex researcher with an intersectional and pleasure-centered approach. Her work focuses on individuals who identify as women, queer, and/or non-monogamous. She is particularly interested in how marginalized folks navigate stigmatization while seeking authentic sexual and relational expression.

ivmaciel@umich.edu

LAB MEMBER

Jay is a doctoral student in Psychology and Women's & Gender Studies. Their work investigates feminist epistemology with the purpose of developing measurements for intersectional identity. Specifically, she explores the variance in how gender is conceptualized, embodied, and expressed by minority groups.

seibold@umich.edu

LAB MEMBER

Julia Smoot is a doctoral student in the Gender and Feminist Psychology Program. Her work examines the factors that impact feelings of sexual guilt and how sexual guilt is measured in research. Julia's research interests include gender differences in sexual behavior, sexual scripts, and queer identity.

jsmoot@umich.edu

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the ProgressLab

Counseling Psychology, PhD (University of Minnesota)

Dr. Majel Baker is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University in Minnesota.

Psychology (Personality and Social Contexts), PhD

Dr. Will Beischel is an Assistant Professor at Loyola University Chicago.

Psychology & Women’s Studies, PhD

Dr. Sarah Bell is an Assistant Professor at Utah Tech University.

Political Science, PhD

Dr. Logan Casey is the Senior Policy Researcher & Advisor at Movement Advancement Project (MAP).

Psychology (Personality and Social Contexts), PhD

Dr. Tangier Davis is an Organizational Data Insights and Analytics Manager at Modivcare.

Psychology & Women’s and Gender Studies, PhD

Dr. Harley Dutcher is a Research & Evaluation Officer at The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation.

Psychology & Women’s and Gender Studies, PhD

Dr. Kayla J. Fike is an Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University.

Psychology & Women’s Studies, PhD

Dr. Kathryn Holland is an Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska.

Public Health, PhD

Dr. Michelle Marie Johns is a Senior Research Scientist at NORC at the University of Chicago.

Psychology & Women’s and Gender Studies, PhD

Dr. Leanna J. Papp is an Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences and a member of the Violence Against Women Faculty Cluster at the University of Central Florida

Psychology & Women’s Studies, PhD

Dr. Özge Savaş is an Assistant Professor at Bennington College.

Psychology (Personality and Social Contexts), PhD

Dr. Haley Sparks is the Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in External Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles.