Katherine Thorson

Katherine Thorson is a social psychologist who joined Barnard in 2019 after completing postdoctoral research at New York University. She studies interpersonal interactions, with a focus on how people from different social groups influence one another’s psychological experiences and physiological responses. Her research has been funded by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues and was selected as a finalist for the Society for Experimental Social Psychology Dissertation Award. She has a BA in psychology from Bates College and an MA and a PhD in psychology from New York University.