About me

My name is Kate Petrova. My research focuses on questions at the intersection of affective science and social psychology. I work on the Harvard Study of Adult Development. I will be starting my Ph.D. in Psychology at Stanford University in Fall 2021.

I am interested in fundamental questions about the nature of emotion and emotion regulation. I study how people think about and regulate their own and others' emotions in social contexts. My other interests include emotional experiences in digitally mediated communication and the roles of emotional information in social decision-making.