LAB PHOTOS

Conferences and Webinars

Psychology Department Conference 2026: ISP Research assistant, Kaely Eva, standing in front of her poster alongside ISP lab director Dr. Kristin Pauker and Graduate assistant Nicole Alarcon
Psychology Department Conference 2026: ISP Research assistant, Sera Gavin, standing in front of her poster alongside ISP lab director, Dr. Kristin Pauker.
Nicole Alarcon presenting her work at the CDS 2026 conference in Montreal, Canada.
SPSP 2025: ISP Research assistant, Anya Latham, standing in front of her poster alongside ISP lab director, Dr. Kristin Pauker.
SPSP 2025: ISP graduate student, Shan Gao, cheesing with lab manager, Abigail Cummings, in front of their poster!
SPSP 2025: ISP lab graduate student, Snow (Yanran) Lin, grinning in front of her poster
Chaminade 2024: Research assistant Abigail Cummings presented her poster, “Gender and Cultural Differences in Social Interaction Anxiety Among Japanese and European Americans” by Abigail Cummings, Shan Gao, Stephanie Lin, Xander Krieg, Yiyuan Xu, and Kristin Pauker
Chaminade 2024: Research assistants Winona Alcalde and Emma Donaldson gave their presentation, “A focus on Social Media Methodology in Latinx Mixed Race Identification Research” by Emma Donaldson, Winona Alcalde, and Salena Diaz
SPSP 2024: Graduate student Snow (Yanran) Lin presented the poster “Qualitative Perceptions of “Acting White”: A Type of Racial/Ethnic Code-Switching” (with Nirupika Sharma from UC Berkeley as a coauthor)
SPSP 2024: Graduate student Salena Diaz and RA Nina Mayne presented the poster: “Effects of Mestizaje racial ideologies on perceptions of discrimination” (with Dr. Kristin Pauker as a coauthor)
SPSP 2024: Graduate student Shan Gao presented a talk: “PEOPLE = MEN Bias Across Languages”
SAS 2024: Graduate student Snow (Yanran) Lin presented the poster “I believe therefore you change: Beliefs about emotions differentially predict interpersonal emotion regulation” (with Felicia K. Zerwas, Oliver P. John, and Iris Mauss as coauthors)
ISP lab (Taeja Mason, Maxine Patterson, Tiffany Kim, Nina Mayne ) at Chaminade research dinner 2023
Taeja Mason presenting her poster at the Chaminade research dinner 2023
Nina Mayne presenting her talk at the Chaminade research dinner 2023
Dr. Pauker presented numerous talks at SRCD 2023! Here’s our symposium group celebrating finishing our symposium on “Reducing Children’s Intergroup Biases: Effective Cross-Cultural Interventions”. Thank you Gil Diesendruck and Meytal Nasie for organizing!
UHM Psychology at SPSP 2023!
Salena Diaz presenting at SPSP 2023!
LOCAS dinner SPSP 2023
Dr. Pauker on the Embrace Race webinar! https://youtu.be/_9kE4GeN2ug
Dr. Pauker presenting at an invited symposium on “Children’s Understanding of Race and Racism” at CDS 2022 (with Dr. Sylvia Perry, Dr. Onnie Rogers and Dr. MIke Rizzo)
Impromptu lunch at CDS 2022. We made our own mentoring lunch!
Dr. Pauker had an awesome group to present with at SPSP 2020 in a symposium on “Diversifying Research on Diversity: Insights on Understudied Racial Groups.” Pictured here is Dr. Meyers, Dr. Pauker, Dr. Eason, and PhD candidate Adriana Germano (who organized the symposium–thank you Adriana!)
LOCAS dinner; SPSP 2020
SRCD 2019: Christine presents her poster on “Children’s awareness of stereotypes that link gender and social status”
SRCD 2019: Christine and Libbie in a poster session.
SRCD 2019: Christine presents her first talk at SRCD on “Exploring young children’s essentialist beliefs about foreign-accented individuals.”
SRCD 2019: Libbie presenting her work with Christine Potter on “How does an adult’s social status influence children’s learning of novel words?”
SPSP 2019: Shahana and Christine present Leah’s poster (unfortunately she was sick!)
SPSP 2019: Christine presents the work from her master’s thesis on accent essentialism
SPSP 2019: Shahana presents her poster on how segregated environments may impact distance perception
SPSP 2019: Tufts family . . . old and new
Chanel presenting her talk on “How diversity and race relates to experience of microaggressions” at SPSP 2018
Shahana presenting her research at SPSP 2018.
Christine helping to present Libbie’s poster at SPSP 2018.
Chanel presenting her research at EASP in Granada, Spain; 2017
ISP lab represents at the HPU 2017 research dinner.
Deja presenting her work at the HPU 2017 research dinner.
Angelica presenting her work at the HPU 2017 research dinner.
Chanel, Kayla, and Maria present their research at a 2017 psychology conference hosted by Hawaii Pacific University.
Chanel Meyers-sharing her wisdom on a panel on Increasing Diversity and Inclusion (SPSP 2017)
SPSP 2017-Chanel presents her poster!
SPSP 2016- Chanel Meyers
Research assistants Kayla and Maria represented the ISP lab at the Chaminade Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference (2016) with their mentor Chanel!
Ashley Biddle and Cara Bellwood at their symposium for the 2016 APS conference in Chicago.
SPSP 2016- Dr. Kristin Pauker, Dr. Colleen Carpinella, Chanel Meyers
SPSP 2016- Dr. Colleen Carpinella
Tiffany Shigeoka, Nicole Nielsen, and Alysson DeLange presenting at the 2016 Psi Chi Conference at UH Manoa.
Torey Oishi presenting a poster at the 2016 Psi Chi Conference at UH Manoa.
ISP members at the 2nd Annual Psychology Research Conference at Chaminade University (2016)
SPSP Annual Meeting, 2015: Chanel is presenting Can I say that? Colorblind strategies in a racially diverse environment.
SPSP Annual Meeting, 2015: Current ISP Lab members met up with former lab members during the SPSP Annual Meeting. Left to right: Dr. Colleen Carpinella, Dr. Amanda Wiliams, Dr. Kristin Pauker, Victoria Floerke, and Chanel Meyers.
University of Hawai’i Law School Symposium, December 2014: Dr. Kristin Pauker and Dr. Colleen Carpinella were invited to give talks at the University of Hawai’i Law School Symposium, which ran from December 11 – 12, 2014. Dr. Pauker participated in The Criminal Justice System panel, while Dr. Carpinella participated in the panel on Psychology, Policy, and Gender. Here, Dr. Pauker presents Nonverbal Bias and the Media: Implications for Police and Beyond.
University of Hawai’i Law School Symposium, December 2014: Here, Dr. Carpinella presents The Gendered Face of Partisan Politics: Consequences of Gender Stereotypes for Politician Perception.
APS Convention, 2014: Chanel presented a poster that she co-authored with Dr. Pauker at the 26th annual Association for Psychological Science Convention in San Francisco, CA.

Lab Socials and
Recruitment Events

Helping kids discover ISP at the LCC Discovery Fair 2024!
ISP putting the ‘fun’ in the Wai’alae Fun Fair 2024!
The ISP lab having a blast tabling at CYD 2024 (with special guest, Sebastian!)
Socializing at SPSP 2025 with (Previous member) Dr. Salena Diaz, Snow (Yanran) Lin, (Fellow Graduate Student) Hannah Pearson, Dr. Kristin Pauker, Abigail Cummings, Anya Latham, Winona Alcalde, and Shan Gao
ISP smiling at the Kailua Farmer’s Market 2024!
Lab members having fun at the Waialae STEM Fun Fair (2024)!
Discovery Day at Leeward Community College 2023
Sharing the joy of science at Children and Youth Day 2023
Recruitment at Children and Youth Day 2023
Lab meeting with Dr. Sasaki’s lab and Dr. Pauker’s lab (2023)!
Social area social Spring 2023
A joint social between professor Pauker’ lab and professor Sasaki’s lab (Summer 2023)!
Lani and Kristina celebrating finishing a task in the lab (Summer 2023)
Social Area Dim Sum to celebrate Chinese New Year, 2020
Fun for the end of the Fall 2019 semester!
2018 Annual Pumpkin Carving contest
Libbie’s baby shower (2018).
Recruiting at Children in Youth Day 2017. Our studies are fun and short!
Recruiting at Leahi Swim school Fall 2017
Pumpkin carving contest 2017
Pumpkin Carving Contest 2016!
Pumpkin Carving Contest 2016!
Team Chanel, Fall 2016
Lab tea 2016 @ Moana Surfrider to celebrate Dr. Pauker’s Regents’ research award.
2015 White elephant holiday party
White elephant holiday party 2015
Collecting data at Leahi Swim School (2015)
ISP Lab Gingerbread Houses, December 2014: Lab members decorated gingerbread houses for the holiday lab meeting.
ISP Lab Pumpkin Carving Contest, October 2014
Oh Baby! Family Expo, October 2014: Graduate students and research assistants helped out at our booth at the Oh Baby! Family Expo at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center.
Participant Recruitment at UH Manoa, August 2014: Research assistants set up a table at UH Manoa’s Campus Center to recruit new participants during Welcome Weekend.
Socializing at SPSP 2025 with (Previous member) Dr. Salena Diaz, Snow (Yanran) Lin, (Fellow Graduate Student) Hannah Pearson, Dr. Kristin Pauker, Abigail Cummings, Anya Latham, Winona Alcalde, and Shan Gao
ISP Lab Outing, July 2014
ISP Lab Outing, July 2014: ISP Lab members gathered at Magic Island for a potluck and group bonding activities.

Graduations, Theses/Dissertations,
and Awards

Dr. Kristin Pauker smiles alongside 2026 Graduate Diversity Award winner Nicole Alarcon
Research assistant Kaely Eva and Graduate student Nicole Alarcon celebrate their 2026 Psychology Department Awards
Shan Gao, My Que Ly, Emma Burnkrant, and Snow (Yanran) Lin accepting their 2025 Psych Department Awards!
Research assistant Anna Friedrich and Dr. Pauker at Spring graduation 2024
Salena Diaz successfully defends her dissertation! (2024)
ISP Lab members receiving undergraduate and graduate awards at the 2024 Psychology Awards Luncheon
Psychology awards (2023): Anna wins an undergraduate award!
Dr. Pauker with graduates Dr. Tai and Dr. Ansari! (2022)
Congrats to Salena for successfully proposing her dissertation (Fall 2022)
Congrats Shahana Ansari on a successful dissertation defense! (2022)
Dr. Christine Tai’s dissertation defense (2022)
Shahana Ansari successfully passed her Master’s defense (December, 2019). Congrats Shahana!
Christine Tai successfully defended her Master’s thesis (March, 2019). Congrats Christine!
Christine and Shahana win Merit and Diversity Awards (2019)
Psychology department newly minted PhDs (December 2018).
Chanel’s graduation! (December 2018)
Dr. Pauker at the 2018 Manoa Award Ceremony (for her BOR teaching excellence award).
2018 UH Mānoa Award winners
Chanel’s successful dissertation defense (2018).
Dr. Pauker with her first two Ph.D. students (Dr. Biddle and Dr. Bellwood).
Selfie at graduation 2017.
Dr. Biddle with her two advisors (Dr. Pauker and Dr. Maynard) + a very tiny Edith. Graduation, May 2017.
Dr. Bellwood with Dr. Xu, Dr. Pauker, and Dr. Maynard. Graduation, May 2017.
Cara Bellwood and her committee members after she successfully defended her dissertation in April 2017.
2016 Manoa Awards ceremony: Dr. Pauker won the Board of Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Research
Congrats to Dr. Biddle on a successful dissertation defense! (2017)

LAB PHOTOS

Conferences and Webinars

Lab Socials and Recruitment Events

Graduations, Theses/Dissertations, and Awards

Lab Socials and
Recruitment Events

Graduations, Theses/Dissertations,
and Awards