Meet the
FaM Lab
2024
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Kristen Harrison, PhD
krisharr@unc.edu
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STUDENT COLLABORATOR
Enrica Bridgewater, MS
Enrica is a PhD Candidate in two programs at the University of Michigan: Communication and Media and Developmental Psychology. Her research centers on representations of minoritized groups in entertainment media and how media influence behavioral and psychological outcomes across the lifespan.
FORMER STUDENT COLLABORATOR
Addison Lewis, BA
Addie is a graduate of UNC and a rising J.D. candidate at Cardozo School of Law. Her undergraduate thesis research focused on state regulations regarding children’s social media use.
The LAB Lab
Sirius Brown, aka Bruno
Bruno joined the FaMLab in 2018 and has been offering moral support and entertainment to its members ever since. He is a pathological extrovert and loves cheese.
AFFILIATED FACULTY
Kelley Borton, PhD, MPH, RDN
Kelley is Assistant Professor of Clinical Nutrition at Oakland University in Rochester, MI. Her research focuses on how weight and nutrition coverage in the media are related to healthy eating behaviors along with disordered eating and weight stigma.
AFFILIATED FACULTY
L. Monique Ward, PhD
Monique is Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. She one of the world’s foremost developmental psychologists studying media use among adolescents and its connection with sexuality and racial identity.
FORMER STUDENT COLLABORATOR
Jessica Moorman, PhD
Jessica is Assistant Professor of Communication at Wayne State University. She studies the media’s role in shaping Black women’s expectations of romantic relationships.
STUDENT COLLABORATOR
Eleazar Yisrael
El is a rising senior in the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at UNC. He is a collaborator on the Representation Matters Project and spending summer 2023 filming a documentary about family media use in Utah.
STUDENT COLLABORATOR
Kristen Leer
Kristen is a PhD Candidate at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on how marginalized communities conceptualize and are impacted by traumatic media both psychologically and physically.
STUDENT COLLABORATOR
Will Rawlings, MA
Will is a Park Fellow and PhD student at the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at UNC. His research focuses primarily on health and science communication, specifically pertaining to infectious diseases.