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