Tage S. Rai is a psychologist who studies ethics, culture, and violence. Drawing on both qualitative and experimental methods, he examines the social-relational nature of morality, its origins, and its consequences. In recent work, he has found that when perpetrators are motivated by moral sentiments, they may humanize rather than dehumanize their victims, experience greater rather than lesser self-control when harming them, and respond irrationally to material costs and benefits. Moving forward, he is especially interested in developing psychological approaches to the study of organizational and institutional violence.

Arathy is a third-year Ph.D. student at the Rady School of Management, UC San Diego. Her research interests lie at the intersections of social, moral, and political psychology. Specifically, she draws on methods and theories from social and moral psychology to investigate interpersonal and institutional harm and wrongdoing. Her work further explores moral judgements and social groups in the Indian context. In addition, she has an interest in meta-science- specifically in internationalizing psychology to better understand our social worlds.

She holds an M.A. in Applied Psychology from the University of Mumbai and a B.A. in Psychology from St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Mumbai. Prior to graduate school, she worked at Monk Prayogshala, a not-for-profit research organization in India, where she developed measures of political ideology and studied the dark triad personality traits.

Raihan (Rye-hawn) is a third year PhD student in Management and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. He studies the causes and consequences of moral disagreement, with applications to criminal justice, violence, and political polarization. In recent work, he has found that incentivizing punishment can destabilize cooperation and that stock trading by members of Congress can reduce ordinary citizens' willingness to comply with the law. Moving forward, he is investigating how moralistic anger drives political action.

Pin-Hao is a fourth-year Social Psychology and Linguistics major and Sociology minor from Seventh College. He is currently a research assistant and honors student under Dr. Tage Rai in the UCSD Rady Ethics and Conflict Lab, studying the intersection of morality, racism, and implicit causality in language. He has served as a UGIA for PSYC105 and is currently a UGIA for the Psychology Honors Program. He plans to pursue a JD following his undergraduate studies. Outside of academics, he enjoys hiking, sleeping, exercising, napping, gaming, slumbering, anime, snoozing, drinking, dozing, music, and catching some zs.

Vivian is a fourth-year Psychology major and Computational Social Science minor from Marshall College. She is currently in Dr. Rai's UCSD Rady Ethics and Conflict Lab as a research assistant and honors student. Her research areas of interest include protester psychology, learning, UX design, and education systems. In her free time, she enjoys doing gymnastics, aerial hoop (lyra), walking, rock climbing, and listening to music. 

Hi, I’m Seung Yeon, a senior at UCSD majoring in Psychology and Cognitive Science. My research interests include violence against women, women’s health, and the protection of women’s rights. I have also contributed to clinical research on severe mental illnesses in other labs. I am passionate about using research to promote social justice and well-being. Outside of academics, I enjoy cooking, exercising, reading, and learning new languages and cultures.

Danielle is a fourth-year Clinical Psychology major from Eleanor Roosevelt College with a strong interest in Social Psychology. She is currently a research assistant and is completing her honors thesis under Dr. Tage Rai in the UCSD Rady Ethics and Conflict Lab. Her research lies at the intersection of social, political, and emotional psychology, with a focus on collective action and protest behavior. Danielle currently serves as a UGIA for the PSYC 111 Honors Program series and plans to pursue graduate study in psychology. Outside of academics, she enjoys sewing, reading, thrifting, watching movies, and concert-going.