SPSP Day 2-3: Teresa presented her poster on “The Discriminatory Experiences of Transgender Women of Color vs Other Multiple Marginalized Women”, and Sarah presented her poster on “The Embodied Consequences of Identity Denial.”
Another great year at SPSP!
02.03.2026 22:31
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MOSAIC lab representing at @spspnews.bsky.social preconferences! Sarah presented on the generalizability of minimal groups and Sherlock showcased her racialized emojis project!
28.02.2026 15:16
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MOSAIC lab representing at @spspnews.bsky.social preconferences! Sarah presented on the generalizability of minimal groups and Sherlock showcased her racialized emojis project!
28.02.2026 15:16
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Congratulations to our undergraduate RA, Miranda, for receiving the Conference Travel Grant! 👏🎉
This grant is awarded to students to help subsidize the cost of presenting their research at in-person and virtual professional conferences.
17.02.2026 20:51
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Great news! 📣
In a new PSPB paper, we find that the way demographic forms structure race and ethnicity questions can meaningfully affect belonging, identity threat, and perceptions of inclusion among Latine Americans.
Read more here: journals-sagepub-com.proxy2.library.illinois.edu/doi/10.1177/...
11.02.2026 19:50
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Congratulations to our lab alumna, Sherlock Liu, for winning SPSP Graduate Student Poster Award!
This award is given to only 5 graduate students annually and recognizes their excellence in research! 🎖️
20.01.2026 23:49
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Congratulations to our PhD student, Sarah Osaro, for receiving the Clara Mayo Grant from SPSSI!
Sarah's research investigates whether experiences of identity denial among Multiracial people shape individuals' attitudes toward their own observable physical features.
09.01.2026 22:31
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🦃Happy Thanksgiving from the MOSAIC Lab!
The MOSAIC Lab is currently on fall break, but we want to wish everyone a safe and warm holiday! 🍂
PS Here’s a photo taken from our joint lab meetup at Curtis Orchard with the TREE Lab!
27.11.2025 16:07
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"AI-Faces by Illinois" include 1,152 AI-generated images of children by age (3-15), gender, eight racial background, and emotion (smile, angry, sad). Images (osf.io/vurm5/) and Preprint available(doi.org/10.31234/osf...) with @brendacstraka.bsky.social and @Dr. Michael Rizzo!
15.11.2025 03:54
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📣The MOSAIC Lab is excited to announce that two of our lab alumni will be presenting their posters at SPSP 2026 in Chicago! The annual convention will be held on Feb 26-28th. Be sure to attend their posters!
14.11.2025 16:56
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📣The MOSAIC Lab is excited to announce that Sarah and Teresa will be presenting their posters at SPSP 2026 in Chicago! The annual convention will be held on Feb 26-28th. Be sure to attend their posters!👩🏫
03.11.2025 22:07
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Undergraduate RA spotlight! ✨ Bryana is a junior, double majoring in Clinical/Community Psychology and Spanish with a minor in Adult Development. Bryana hopes to attend graduate school and obtain a PhD in clinical psychology!
13.10.2025 20:46
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Undergraduate RA spotlight! Miranda is a senior majoring in Clinical-Community Psychology with a double minor in Criminology and Social Work. After undergrad, Miranda plans to go to graduate school to obtain a doctorate in Forensic Psychology!
06.10.2025 22:52
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Undergraduate RA Spotlight! ✨ Isabella is a senior majoring in Psychology (with a concentration in Clinical-Community) and minoring in Latino/a Studies. She is interested in topics like nature vs. nurture, attachment styles, relationships, and the development of children’s personalities.
02.10.2025 17:25
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Congratulations to Dr. Straka and her fellow team members for winning the SPSP Award for Distinguished Service to the Society! 🎊 🎉
The Equity and Antiracism Task Force and Its Descendants created a mentoring toolkit to reduce racism in mentorship. More information here: spsp.org/about/divers...
26.09.2025 18:30
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New undergraduate RA spotlight! Lauren is a senior majoring in Developmental Psychology and minoring in Criminology, Law, & Society. She is exploring various interests in identity formation, group behavior, ethics and morality, forensic osteology, and criminology.
15.09.2025 20:04
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New undergraduate RA spotlight! NyJae is a junior majoring in Intradisciplinary Psychology. She is interested in how concepts like stereotype threat and pluralistic ignorance shape minority experiences and contribute to disparities in education, work, and daily life.
15.09.2025 19:13
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Welcome back to campus! As we finish off the first week of school, we would like to introduce our new lab manager, Teresa!
Her research interest focuses on the discriminatory experiences of queers of color and how their intersecting identities shape how they navigate such discrimination.
29.08.2025 21:21
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A glimpse of Dr. Straka’s talk at the 2025 New England Future Faculty Workshop! This was a virtual conference to help postdoctoral fellows and later-stage graduate students prepare for a faculty position in STEM, Health Sciences, and Social Sciences and Humanities.
23.08.2025 02:15
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It's time to say goodbye to our two amazing team members, Sherlock and Isabela.
Sherlock will be starting her PhD at the University of Michigan and Isabela will be starting her PhD at The Ohio State University!
Congratulations again to the both of you! 🎉
16.08.2025 02:27
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Summer 2025 Lab Outing 😎
Took a short break from the heat with Jarling’s! 🍦
14.08.2025 03:40
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Happy Graduation! 🎊 Huge congratulations to Heaven who will be continuing her academic journey this fall at the University of Illinois in Chicago pursuing a Master's in Social Work! Heaven was one of the first members of our team and we will surely miss her! ❤️
07.08.2025 03:45
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New paper alert! 🚨 With our collaborators at Duke, this article reviews the structure, availability, and quality of peer mental health support programs available across different U.S. college and universities. pubmed-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.proxy2.library.illinois.edu/40659550/
24.07.2025 22:13
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More post graduation news! 🥳Congratulations to Sherlock continuing her academic career in the PhD program in Personality and Social Context Psychology at the University of Michigan this fall! Sherlock was integral to building the MOSAIC lab and we are so excited to follow her academic journey! 🌟
27.06.2025 22:22
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Post Graduation Announcement! 👩🎓Huge congratulations to Isabela who will be continuing her academic journey this fall at The Ohio State University pursuing a PhD in Social Psychology ✨ Isabela has been with the MOSAIC lab since the start and she is now off to do more amazing work! #psychology
06.06.2025 21:00
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Congratulations to our incredible students who graduated last weekend! Sherlock graduated from the MSPS program and Seniors Heaven, Teresa, Lilian, Abir, and Isabella all graduated with honors! 🥳 💙🧡
24.05.2025 16:13
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🎉 Happy last week of instruction!
Spring 2025 has been a busy semester for MOSAIC Lab, wrapped up beautifully with Senior Student Research Fair and our graduate students’ Creative Research Zine!
We’re proud of all the hard work that went into this semester-can’t wait to share more cool science!
09.05.2025 23:13
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🎉 Congratulations to Bryana for being accepted into the TRIO McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program!
She will continue working with Dr. Brenda Straka on her independent project, “Exploring Social Exclusion Among Students from Low SES Backgrounds.” 👏✨
#uiuc #socialpsych #uiucmosaiclab
09.05.2025 17:37
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