Lab Director
Diane M. Quinn, Ph.D.
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Diane Quinn is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Connecticut. Broadly, her research focuses on the experiences and outcomes of people with socially stigmatized identities. She has examined the experience of stigma for a variety of different identities, including gender, race, obesity, and mental illness. She is particularly interested in the combination of situational factors and personal beliefs that affect outcomes, including performance outcomes, mental health outcomes, and physical health outcomes.
Diane Quinn is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Connecticut. Broadly, her research focuses on the experiences and outcomes of people with socially stigmatized identities. She has examined the experience of stigma for a variety of different identities, including gender, race, obesity, and mental illness. She is particularly interested in the combination of situational factors and personal beliefs that affect outcomes, including performance outcomes, mental health outcomes, and physical health outcomes.
Ph.D. Students
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Jasmine Perry
Jasmine Perry is a first-year Ph.D. student in the social psychology program working with Diane Quinn. She earned her B.S. at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2019) and her M.A. at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2022). She is broadly interested in how stigma impacts both mental and physical health outcomes, as well as utilizing physiological data to explore the impact that stigma has on people’s physiological responses. |
Affiliated Ph.D. Students
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Tosca Braun
Tosca Braun is a fifth-year graduate student working with Amy Gorin and Crystal Park in the clinical psychology department. She earned her B.A.s at Reed College (History, 2007) and SUNY Empire State College (Psychology, 2011), and her M.A at UConn (Clinical Psychology, 2015). Tosca’s research aims to elucidate the psychosocial mechanisms underlying associations between adverse interpersonal experiences (stigma, trauma) and behavioral and physical health in medical populations. Fall 2016 she moves to South Korea, where she hopes to continue her research, clinical work, and passion for teaching and practicing yoga and meditation. |
Undergraduate Honor's Students
Members of the Quinn Lab, Spring 2019
