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Kevin Jarbo is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Social and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. His research explores how risk and confirming stereotypes of an individual's group identity influence their attempts to avoid potentially negative interpersonal experiences in academic settings. In 2018, Kevin received his Ph.D. in psychology with a certificate in cognitive neuroscience from the Center of the Neural Basis of Cognition at Carnegie Mellon. His doctoral work focused on the contextual impacts on aversive decision-making behavior, specifically examining the brain regions and circuitry involved in this process. Kevin actively supports work in CMU's Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion, where he advises individual students and student organizations involved in social justice activism, implementing programs that address the intersections of race and masculine gender identity development.
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