Emma Wedell

Graduate Student

Psychological Sciences


Concentration

Social Psychology


Advisor

Kim Chaney


Anticipated Graduation

2026


Education

M.S. Experimental Psychology, College of William & Mary, 2021
B.S. Psychology, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 2018


Research Interests

Confrontation of prejudice and discrimination
Personality traits and sociopolitical attitudes


Publications

Bettergarcia, J. N., Wedell, E., Shrewsbury, A., & Thomson, B. R. (2021). “There’s a stopgap in the conversation”: LGBTQ+ mental health care and community connection in a semi-rural county. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/19359705.2021.1900973

Wedell, E., & Bravo, A. J. (2021). Synergistic and additive effects of social dominance orientation and right-wing authoritarianism on attitudes toward socially stigmatized groups. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-01245-7

Farber, R., Wedell, E., Herchenroeder, L., Dickter, C. L., Pearson, M. R., & Bravo, A. J. (2020). Microaggressions and psychological health among college students: A moderated mediation model of rumination and social structure beliefs. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. http://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00778-8


Emma Wedell
Contact Information
Emailemma.wedell@uconn.edu