Lab Members
Lab Director
Jeff Simpson, Professor and Lab Director
Email: [email protected]
S354 Elliott Hall
Department of Psychology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0344
Phone: 612-626-0025
Fax: 612-626-2079
Curriculum Vitae
Additional Links
- Personal webpage
- IREL Program
- Minnesota Longitudinal Project
- International Association for Relationship Research
- Oxford Handbook of Close Relationships
- The Science of Inimate Relationships
- APA Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology
- Attachment Theory and Research
- Attachment: The Fundamental Questions
- Orcid ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1899-2493
- Google Scholar - Jeff Simpson
Graduate Students
Anshu Patel
Research interests: Interpersonal relationships, conflict resolution, intimate partner violence, and emotion regulation
Abby Person
Research Interests: Interpersonal relationships, sexual assault, attachment theory
Grace Vieth
Research interests: Adult friendships, friendship across the lifespan, attachment theory, and health behavior
Charlotte Sudduth
Research interests: Interpersonal relationships, parenthood, attachment theory, health
Emily Jones
Research interests: Health behavior change, social influence, and friendships across the lifespan
Collaborators
Alumni
| Name | Graduation Year | Current Institution/Position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Vieth | 2025 | Macalester College | [email protected] | |
| Monique Nakamura | 2024 | University of Buffalo (postdoc) | [email protected] | |
| Margaret Jaeger | 2023 | Data scientist | [email protected] | |
| Cory Fleck | 2022 | Augsburg University | [email protected] | |
| Rachael Jones | 2022 | Data scientist | [email protected] | |
| Chloe Huelsnitz | 2020 | National Cancer Institute | [email protected] | |
| Ethan Young | 2019 | Data scientist | [email protected] | |
| William Johnson | 2018 | William & Mary College | [email protected] | |
| Ohad Szepsenwol (post-doc) | 2013-2016 | Yezreel Valley College (Israel) | [email protected] | |
| John Myers | 2016 | Northern Arizona University | [email protected] | |
| Allison Farrell | 2016 | Miami University (Ohio) | [email protected] | |
| Emma Marshall | 2015 | Deakin University (Australia) | [email protected] | |
| Jennifer Fillo | 2014 | University of South Carolina | [email protected] | |
| Theo Waters (post-doc) | 2013-2015 | New York University (Abu Dhabi) | [email protected] | |
| Stephanie Cantu | 2013 | University of Texas at Austin | [email protected] | |
| John Kim | 2013 | Leslie University | [email protected] | |
| Maryhope Howland | 2013 | Data scientist | [email protected] | |
| Sandra Shallcross | 2013 | Counseling private practice | [email protected] | |
| Jessice Salvatore | 2011 | Virginia Commonwealth University | [email protected] | |
| Yanna Weisberg | 2011 | Linfield College | [email protected] | |
| JhonWlashin | 2011 | University of Saint Thomas (Saint Paul) | [email protected] | |
| Kristina Durante (post-doc) | 2009-2011 | Rutgers University | [email protected] | |
| Lane Beckes | 2009 | Data scientist | [email protected] | |
| Heike Winterheld | 2008 | Data scientist | [email protected] | |
| Sisi Tran | 2007 | University of Toronto (emeritus) | [email protected] |
Research Assistants
Current Lab Managers & Research Assistants
RAs are listed in alphabetical order by last name.
Lab Manager:
Research Assistants:
Former Lab Managers & Research Assistants
* Completed empirical senior thesis using lab data.
Former Lab Managers: Clare Hansen*, Julia Schultz*, Sarah Spray, Grace Vieth*, Rachel Rineman
Former Research Assistants: Jane Acierno, Rola Alasmar, Runar Arnorsson*, Kendra Berthiaume, Lauren Behnke, John Blaeser, Xiran Chen, Brogan Comstock, Kevin Coons, Allison Dai, Taylor Drinkman, Emily Dyson*, Ashlyn Enga*, Sami Faust, Ben Gardner, Tatia Jewell-Schwartz, Justin Johnson*, Maverick Johnson, Monica Johnson*, Ava Lam, Tiffany Li, Anna Lynn, Samantha Meyer, Sara Michael, Laurie Miller, Mackenna Morton, Kelly Ochocki*, Alexandria Papacosta, Samantha Peterson, Hailey Poole, Andrew Reimann, Griffin Renner, Emma Rogers, Kingsuk Roy, Wesley Saxena, Wendy Schlinsog, Kyobong Seo, Carter Smith, Kathryn Taterka, Eve Thao, Emily Van Tassell, Taylor Webb, Francesca Wurm, Yixin Yang, Mira Altobell-Resendez, Teagan Beckley, Brooke Bjork, Olivia Chareunrath, Kay Hyvare, Jack Johnson, J. A. Kalin, Rachel Parent, Therese Streeter, Frankie Vochko, Sophie Dobos,