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Selected Projects 2016-18
found that resilience and positive emotions were
associated with desirable friendship outcomes such
as closeness, maintenance behaviors, and received
social support. Most importantly, we are among the
first to discover that positive emotions mediate (or
explain) this relationship. Our results have important
implications for interpersonal functioning, most
notably that positive emotions may lead to positive
behaviors (i.e., friendship maintenance) and higher
quality friendships.
cultivate my strong work ethic and desire to excel
in research, thanks to the passion and support of
faculty and staff. I can safely say that my scholarly
experience as a Corsair effectively prepared me
for the challenges of today, where I am a student
at one of the best Social Psychology programs in
the country. It is my hope that sharing my research
journey will encourage readers to pursue their passion
despite the many challenges and roadblocks
that may lie ahead.
Two years later, and with considerably more experience,
I applied to PhD programs. I had two options.
The first option was to work as an IRB Analyst at
Tufts University in Boston, close to home, while the
second prospect involved moving my life to Illinois to
work in a research lab at U of I. Rather than focusing
on the short-term sacrifices (e.g., location, time,
and money), I recognized that the research position
would give me more opportunities to network, all the
while allowing me to do what I love. I was accepted to
the PhD program in Social Psychology at the University
of Illinois In Urbana-Champaign.
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Fast forward to October 2016 and I’m about a
month into my long-awaited journey as a doctoral
student. My new advisor and I are working on a
series of experiments investigating whether blame
and praise are socially contagious. We’re particularly
interested in the ways that individuals quantify
these judgements.
The six years at UMass Dartmouth were some of
the best years of my life—every experience helped
The cover page of the Journal of Individual Differences, where
Lozano’s OUR funded research was published