Hi, I’m Ivy!

I’m a Ph.D. candidate in social psychology at Cornell University, where I work in the Applied Moral Psychology Lab under Dr. Laura Niemi. I hold an M.A. in linguistics from Florida Atlantic University.

Using frameworks and tools from moral psychology and cognitive linguistics, I study consumers’ perceptions, beliefs, and moral attitudes toward products, industries, and industrial processes/practices, especially in the context of animal agriculture and animal products. Some additional research interests include:

  • morality and consumer behavior

  • interventions that enhance moral concern for farmed animals

  • corpus-assisted discourse analysis

  • ecolinguistic strategies that promote species inclusivity and effective framing of animal rights issues

ig233@cornell.edu