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Dr. Harris' broad research interests lie in the area of affective science, particularly focusing on the role emotions play in real-life decision-making and interpersonal interactions. Her work has examined specific emotions such as jealousy, envy, shame, guilt, and embarrassment, and their impact on cognition, judgment, motivations, and behaviors. Dr. Harris has explored questions such as whether emotional states can motivate drastic actions like homicide, how envy influences political orientation, and how emotions affect cognitive processes like memory and attention. Her research delves into the methodology of replicability, gender differences in emotional expression, and the evolutionary origins of emotions. In addition to her research contributions, Dr. Harris has served as Editor-in-Chief of Emotion Review and as Past President of the International Society for Research on Emotion (ISRE).
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).