Behavioral Science PhD Student Yena Kim

Background

Yena Kim is a Joint-PhD Candidate in Cognitive Psychology and Behavioral Science. She is also a recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Prior to Booth, Yena was the lab manager of Dr. Howard Nusbaum's lab at the University of Chicago's Department of Psychology. Outside of the lab, she has also interned at Amazon as a user experience designer for two summers.

Research Interests

Yena primarily studies how people change. At the individual level, what kinds of change do people want for themselves? At the interpersonal level, how do people get others to change? Using qualitative and experimental methods, both in and out of the lab, she examines the challenges and questions people face when it comes to change and, ultimately, human flourishing.