Research Interests

My primary areas of specialization are Social and Environmental Psychology. I teach graduate and undergraduate content and research methods and design courses in these areas. Broadly my research has focused on how social psychological factors, especially those related to social cognition, influence decisions and judgments made in uncertain and possibly hazardous situations. Specific research has been conducted in several substantive areas: 1) Judgments of Environmental Risk and Hazards; 2) Warnings and Product Labels; and 3) Social Trust and Risk Management, currently my main interest. Earlier work focused on Adolescent Risk-related Decisions and Behavior.