Complementing her undergraduate studies in psychology at New York University, Greenwich, CT, resident Olivia Savitz serves as a research assistant at the university’s West Interpersonal Perception Lab. There, Olivia Savitz joins with fellow students and the lab’s principal investigator, Tessa West, to study the effects of stress in various interpersonal settings.
An associate professor of psychology at NYU, Tessa West holds a BA in psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and both an MA and PhD in social psychology from the University of Connecticut. She joined NYU as an assistant professor shortly after completing her doctorate in 2008 and accepted her associate professorship in 2015.
An active researcher in the fields of social and personality psychology, Tessa West has received more than $3 million in awards and grants over the course of her career. She has written or co-written dozens of articles that have earned publication in journals, and she currently serves a number of these same journals in editorial capacities and as an ad hoc reviewer.
In recognition of her achievements, Tessa West has garnered accolades from, among others, the Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. She maintains memberships in the latter organization today, as well as belongs to the American Psychological Association, the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
