Emily Diamond

LIFE Fellow since 2024, University of Michigan

I am a PhD candidate in social psychology at the University of Michigan working with Amie Gordon. Broadly, I study how people form and maintain meaningful connections with others. I am interested in understanding why people feel connected to certain individuals as well as when and why people feel connected to others in specific moments. Throughout my work, I take a dyadic approach to understand the dynamic interaction between people. For example, I study when and why people synchronize their behaviors, thoughts, emotions, and physiologies in conversation as well as the social and relational consequences of such synchronization. I am excited to join the LIFE program to study how connection changes over the course of a relationship and a lifespan.