My name is Kari Terzino, and I am a 4th year doctoral student at Iowa State University. On this page, you will find information related to my research and research interests.
My main research interests lie within the areas of the self, forgiveness, and culture. To learn more about my research interests and the projects I am currently involved with, please click HERE.
ABOUT ME AND MY COLLABORATORS:
I attended Purdue University for my undergraduate degree, where I worked with several esteemed professors: Dr. Duane Wegener (attitudes and stereotyping); Dr. Ximena Arriaga (violence in intimate relationships); Dr. James Nairne (human memory and cognition); and Dr. Amanda Diekman (social role theory; sex differences). Dr. Diekman also directed my Honors Thesis.
I had the fortunate opportunity to work with Dr. Frank Fincham, who is now at Florida State University. Dr. Fincham is an extremely productive forgiveness researcher, and he also conducts research on marriage and family relationships.
At Iowa State University, I work with Dr. Susan Cross, who is interested in the role of the self in cognitive, motivational, emotional, and social processes, with a particular interest in cultural variation in these processes.
I also collaborate with Dr. Nathaniel Wade, who is interested in forgiveness, particularly developing forgiveness interventions. To learn more about Dr. Wade's group counseling clinic, Network, go here.
In addition, I am working with Dr. Zlatan Krizan, who is interested in how personality shapes how one perceives one's future, worth, and place in social context. We are currently working on a project concerning narcissism and social comparison. To learn more about other projects in Dr. Krizan's lab, visit the SSPEL webpage.
To learn more about our lab and other projects Dr. Cross and her students are working on, please click HERE.
