Kate Sweeny, PhD
Principal Investigator
ksweeny@ucr.edu
​Curriculum Vitae

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Kate Sweeny is a Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. She received her B.S. (2002) from Furman University and her M.S. (2003) and Ph.D. (2008) from the University of Florida, where she studied social psychology with James Shepperd, Ph.D. You can read about her research interests and ongoing projects elsewhere on this site, and you can download a short biography here. When she's not at work, you can find Kate hanging out with her husband and their pets Mojo and Cookie, doing Middle Eastern and Polynesian dance, wine tasting, practicing yoga, learning Spanish, writing postcards to voters, and enjoying nature by hiking or camping.