Hi, I’m Ivy!

I’m a Ph.D. student 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 moral psychology and cognitive linguistics, I study perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes surrounding animal agriculture. Some broad research interests include:

  • morality and consumer behavior in the context of animal-based products

  • interventions that enhance moral concern for farmed animals

  • effective framing of animal rights issues

  • corpus-assisted discourse analysis, especially of language on social media

  • ecolinguistic strategies that promote species inclusivity

ig233@cornell.edu