Gerald Young

Biography

I am an Assistant Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Social and Affective Science Lab (opens in a new window).

I will be admitting Ph.D. students for the Fall 2026 cycle.

Education

Ph.D., Social/Personality Psychology, University of California, Berkeley (2024)

M.A., Social Psychology, San Francisco State University (2018)

B.A., Psychology, California State University, East Bay (2012)

Research Interests

My lab investigates the factors that influence a broad range of social (e.g., social integration, social identity) and affective processes (e.g., emotion experience/regulation, emotion beliefs) as well as how these processes influence the ways in which people navigate, understand, and experience their world.

Additionally, we aim to understand how social and affective processes become psychologically integrated insofar as our social world becomes an inherent part of who we are and how we feel.

At the heart of our research is the ultimate goal of advancing our understanding of how to promote all facets of human (e.g., physical, mental, psychological) health, resilience, and flourishing.

Please visit our lab website (opens in a new window) for more information about our research!

Selected Publications

Ibonie, S. G., Young, G., Ploe, M. L., Mauss, I. B., Alloy, L., Bavel, J. V., Borelli, J. L., Bullock, B., Holley, S. R., Jopling, E., Kamble, S., LeMoult, J., Mason, L., Moriarty, D., Nusslock, R., Okuma, A., Rutledge, R. B., Strauss, G., Villanueva, C. M., & Gruber, J. (2025). Associations Between Bipolar Risk with Social Networks Dimensions in Emerging Adults: two social sides of bipolar disorder. Journal of Clinical and Social Psychology, 44(1), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2025.44.1.001 (opens in a new window)

Young, G., Srivastava, A., Estrada, M., Schultz, P. W., & Hernandez, P.R. (2025). Colliding Identities? The role of multiple identities among historically underrepresented students pursuing scientific research careers. Self and Identity, 24(1-2), 81-105. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2024.2447253 (opens in a new window)

Smith, A. M., Young, G., & Ford, B. Q. (2023). The interpersonal correlates of believing emotions are controllable. Motivation and Emotion, 47, 323-332. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-023-10016-3 (opens in a new window)

Willroth, E.C., Young, G., Tamir, M., & Mauss, I.B. (2023). Judging emotions as good or bad: Individual differences and associations with psychological health. Emotion, 23(7), 1876- 1890. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001220 (opens in a new window)

Young, G. R., Karnilowicz, H. R., Mauss, I. B., Hastings, P. D., Guyer, A. E., & Robins, R. W. (2022). Prospective associations between emotion regulation and depressive symptoms among Mexican-origin adolescents. Emotion, 22(1), 129-141. doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001060 (opens in a new window)

Estrada, M., Young, G., Flores, L., Hernandez, P., Hosoda, K., & DeerInWater, K. (2022). Culture and quality matter in building effective mentorship relationships with Native STEM scholars. BioScience, 72(10), 999-1006. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biac064 (opens in a new window)

Estrada M., Young, G. R., Flores, L., Yu, B., & Matsui, J. (2021). Content and quality of science training programs matter: Longitudinal study of the biology scholars program. Cell Biology Education – Life Sciences Education, 20(3):ar44. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.21- (opens in a new window) 01-0011

Young, G., & Suri, G. (2020). Emotion regulation choice: A broad examination of external factors. Cognition and Emotion, 34(2), 242-261. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2019.1611544 (opens in a new window)

Suri, G., Sheppes, G., Young, G., Abraham, D., McRae, K., & Gross, J. J. (2018). Emotion regulation choice: The role of environmental affordances. Cognition and Emotion, 32(5), 963-971. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2017.1371003 (opens in a new window)

Courses Taught

• General Psychology
• Structural Equation Modeling

Graduate Students

• Tayler Fusaro
• Ross Boley