2016 Janet Taylor Spence Award June Gruber University of Colorado Boulder colorado.edu/clinicalpsychology/june-gruber-phd Please briefly describe your research interests. Emotions are an essential ingredient of what makes us human. Surprisingly, there remain many mysteries as to
The neural mechanisms for self-control, the dysfunctional side of positive emotions, and the health consequences of stigmatization are among the bodies of work being pursued by this year’s winners of the Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions.
Rapidly expanding racial and ethnic diversity in many industralized countries has sparked a new wave of research on the ways people react to changes in their power and social status.