Stephanie Farah

This is what I study:

How do children allocate resources among peers following bias-based exclusion, and how do they reason about fairness?
Are peer dynamics and interactions reflected in individual and dyadic physiological processes measured through heart rate and heart rate synchrony?

Grütter, J., Weber, A., Farah, S., Barth, C., & Srivastava, M. (2026). Teachers as facilitators of positive intergroup dynamics and inclusion. Social Psychology of Education, 29, 64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-026-10225-x
Grütter, J., Barth, C., Weber, A. , Farah, S., & Tschopp, C. (2026). Das Freundschaftsprojekt – Wie können positive soziale Beziehungen und sozial-emotionale Kompetenzen in der Schule gefördert werden? In S. Perren & T. Malti (Eds.), Soziale und emotionale Entwicklung im Kindesalter. Entwicklungsprozesse verstehen, begleiten und stärken (pp. 226 - 244). Kohlhammer.
Denk, B. F., Pruessner, J. C., Farah, S., Barth, C., Putra, P. U., Lenggenhager, B., & Grütter, J. (2026). Cardiac synchrony, peer relationships, and affective experiences in children during group interactions. Scientific Reports.
Grütter, J., Farah, S., Barth, C., & Weber, A. (2025). Fostering cross-ethnic friendship and inclusion in schools: Potential avenues for educational programs. In Intergroup Contact, Friendships and Prejudice Reduction in Multiethnic Schools and Communities (pp. 148-170). Routledge.

Denk, B., Gaertner, R., Meier, M., Weber, A., Farah, S., Pruessner, J. C., & Grütter, J. (2026, June 5–7). Psychophysiology of peer experiences in late childhood [Conference presentation]. 51st Annual Conference: Psychology and the Brain (Psychologie und Gehirn, PuG), Heidelberg, Germany.
Farah, S., Barth, C. & Grütter, J. (2024, July 29- August 3). Understanding Bystander Responses to Social Exclusion: Prosociality, Extraversion, and Aggression Management. [Poster session]. 25th International Society for Research of Aggression World Meeting, Munich, Germany.
Denk, B.F., Farah, S., Pruessner, J.C., Grütter, J. (2024). Heart rate synchrony and dyadic relationships in children [Poster]. Conference: Behavioural dynamics in social interactions.
Farah, S. & Grütter, J. (2024, June 16 – 20). Resource allocation following peer inequalities: balancing desire for fairness with concerns about peer status. [Poster session]. 27th Biennial Meeting of the ISSBD, Lisbon, Portugal.
Farah, S., Arkhondis, P., Maasrani, L., El-Amin, T., Ghossainy, M., Amin, T. (2024, June 16 – 20). Developmental Trajectories in Children’s Essentializing of Social Categories in the Religiously Diverse Context of Lebanon. [Poster session]. 27th Biennial Meeting of the ISSBD, Lisbon, Portugal.

July 2023- Present:

Research Assistant and Doctoral Candidate at the University of Konstanz- supervised by Prof. Dr. Jeanine Grütter & Prof. Dr. Jens Prüssner

March 2022- July 2023:

Research Assistant at the American University of Beirut- Developing Belief Network

September 2021- May 2023:

Psychology Lecturer at the Lebanese American University

June 2020- August 2021:

Research Assistant at Harvard University- Spelke Lab for Developmental Sciences

September 2019- May 2020:

M.A. in Psychology at Boston University- Fulbright scholar

August 2016- May 2019:

B.A. in Psychology at the Lebanese American University

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