Ana DiGiovanni (she/her) is a fourth year PhD student in the Couples Lab. She received her BA in psychology from NYU in 2018 and her research lies at the intersection of relationship science and affective science, with a focus on social emotion regulation strategies and social support behaviors that are adaptive (vs. maladaptive) during times of stress. Her work also emphasizes applying novel quantitative approaches to the study of relationship processes that capitalize on repeated measures data and dyadic data. See https://anadigiovanni.com/ for more information. 

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CJ Concepcion (she/her) is a first-year PhD student working with Dr. Niall Bolger. Before coming to Columbia, CJ attended UC Santa Barbara where she graduated with a BA in Psychology and a certificate in Technology Management in 2019. After graduation, she worked as a project director in Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes’ Emotion, Health, and Psychophysiology Lab. She is interested in the physiological mechanisms that underlie cross-group interactions and how we can mitigate potential socioemotional and health consequences when such interactions are negative (i.e., experiencing discrimination). Outside of the lab, she enjoys trying new places to eat, travelling, and seeing live music.